Three Faces of Eve
The movie that was chosen for analysis was the “Three Faces of Eve”, which is a real life adaptation of a woman in the 1950’s named Eve White. The location for the movie looks to be in a southern area of the United States. In the movie Eve White was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder; which is also known as multiply personality disorder. The psychiatrist whose name is Dr. Luther was primarily involved in the care of Eve White and slowly begins to realize that he has someone under his care with a disorder that he has never personally treated, this leads to frequent consults with a neurologist who has an office next door to his own. Throughout the movie you experience firsthand the journey that patient …show more content…
According to the American Psychiatric Association DSM-5 Development the criteria that Eve met would have been the presence of two or more identities that take control over the person and have their own way of thinking; as well as not being able to relate the symptoms to a disease process or something that could be related to forgetfulness (http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx, …show more content…
Pharmacological interventions such as antidepressants and antianxiety would be an option to help her control the constant emotions that she feels with regards to her situation. With regards to the expected patient outcome much of the therapy would be done to help the patient move to a level of understanding about the disorder they have and the tools to cope with the situations they may
The movie that was chosen for analysis was the “Three Faces of Eve”, which is a real life adaptation of a woman in the 1950’s named Eve White. The location for the movie looks to be in a southern area of the United States. In the movie Eve White was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder; which is also known as multiply personality disorder. The psychiatrist whose name is Dr. Luther was primarily involved in the care of Eve White and slowly begins to realize that he has someone under his care with a disorder that he has never personally treated, this leads to frequent consults with a neurologist who has an office next door to his own. Throughout the movie you experience firsthand the journey that patient …show more content…
According to the American Psychiatric Association DSM-5 Development the criteria that Eve met would have been the presence of two or more identities that take control over the person and have their own way of thinking; as well as not being able to relate the symptoms to a disease process or something that could be related to forgetfulness (http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx, …show more content…
Pharmacological interventions such as antidepressants and antianxiety would be an option to help her control the constant emotions that she feels with regards to her situation. With regards to the expected patient outcome much of the therapy would be done to help the patient move to a level of understanding about the disorder they have and the tools to cope with the situations they may