Compose a 2 page paper (APA format) on the characteristics of chronic illness evident in the mental condition described, and music as a way of coping. Make sure you include excerpts from the lyrics to support your conclusions.
“Sad Lisa” by Cat Stevens (schizophrenia)
“The Great Pretender” by the Platters (depression)
“Fire and Rain” by James Taylor (mental illness, loss, and suicide)
“Nowhere Man” by the Beatles (mental illness in general)
“Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone” by Bill Withers (Depression)
“Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley
“Guilty ” by Bonnie Raitt (Depression)
“Insane in the Brain” by Cypress Hill
“Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” (Detachment)
“I Heard It Through the Grapvine” (Gladys Knight & the Pips)