Her name is Bianca and Lars is in love with her. He’s convinced that she’s a real person and that they are going to spend their lives together (Gillespie, 2007). He talks to her and wheels her around in a wheel chair. After his brother and sister in law plead with the town; the town-goers all agree that they will act like Bianca is a real person. Eventually, Lars takes Bianca to a doctor, who is also a psychologist and she is able to help him somewhat cope with his life. During the movie, you find out that Lars’ mother died in childbirth with him and as a result his father was devastated for the rest of his life, which had a devastating effect of Lars. At the end of the movie, Lars has a delusion that Bianca is sick and she eventually dies
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Lars showed signs of delusional disorder for a while; he lived in his brother’s garage, which could count for his social isolation. He did not go to parties or participate in activities with other people. However, he managed to hold a somewhat normal life; he had a job and he regularly attended church (Gillespie, 2007). His delusion with Bianca lasted for quite some time, so the time frame would have been included with the criteria in Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (American, 2013). Overall, Lars’ behavior was not overall weird or strange, he looked normal to society, before Bianca. Even though, I read that these delusions are usually brief, I was surprised that he eventually killed off Bianca. I thought it was pretty strange, considering how much he seemed to love her. It is pretty fascinating to think that his mind told him, to come up with a fake disease and the death of Bianca. I would classify him as having Erotomanic type of delusion because he bought Bianca on the internet and he created the delusion that she was in love with him. Although it was quite interesting that he wanted to marry Bianca, but in his mind, …show more content…
Since there is little information about delusion disorder, there is little known out possible treatments. Another issue comes up, when trying to treat this patients, is that there is no drug that is made particularly for delusional disorder (Sammons, 2005). Therefore, the psychologist has to use their knowledge of other disorders such as schizophrenia to make an educated guess on treatment (Sammons, 2005). I find this very troubling because I do not know how confident I would be in a psychology, which had to guess on treatment for someone that I love. Delusional Disorder occurs very seldom and treatments have proven to be non-helpful (Sammons, 2005). Due to a lack of scientific studies and information, it is unknown whether antipsychotics can be helpful without any one method of treatment (Sammons, 2005). Another issue with treatment is that some of the drugs that are thought to help with this disorder are known to cause other illnesses, such as diabetes (Sammons, 2005). The anti-psychotic pimozide has shown to be helpful, however information also lacks with this (Sammons, 2005). There are also implications that this drug can also cause serious health effects with the workings of the heart (Sammons, 2005). Some find this drug effective, although some do not (Sammons, 2005). It seems that medical treatments is somewhat of a hit or miss depending on the patient. Another drug that seems promising is
Lars showed signs of delusional disorder for a while; he lived in his brother’s garage, which could count for his social isolation. He did not go to parties or participate in activities with other people. However, he managed to hold a somewhat normal life; he had a job and he regularly attended church (Gillespie, 2007). His delusion with Bianca lasted for quite some time, so the time frame would have been included with the criteria in Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (American, 2013). Overall, Lars’ behavior was not overall weird or strange, he looked normal to society, before Bianca. Even though, I read that these delusions are usually brief, I was surprised that he eventually killed off Bianca. I thought it was pretty strange, considering how much he seemed to love her. It is pretty fascinating to think that his mind told him, to come up with a fake disease and the death of Bianca. I would classify him as having Erotomanic type of delusion because he bought Bianca on the internet and he created the delusion that she was in love with him. Although it was quite interesting that he wanted to marry Bianca, but in his mind, …show more content…
Since there is little information about delusion disorder, there is little known out possible treatments. Another issue comes up, when trying to treat this patients, is that there is no drug that is made particularly for delusional disorder (Sammons, 2005). Therefore, the psychologist has to use their knowledge of other disorders such as schizophrenia to make an educated guess on treatment (Sammons, 2005). I find this very troubling because I do not know how confident I would be in a psychology, which had to guess on treatment for someone that I love. Delusional Disorder occurs very seldom and treatments have proven to be non-helpful (Sammons, 2005). Due to a lack of scientific studies and information, it is unknown whether antipsychotics can be helpful without any one method of treatment (Sammons, 2005). Another issue with treatment is that some of the drugs that are thought to help with this disorder are known to cause other illnesses, such as diabetes (Sammons, 2005). The anti-psychotic pimozide has shown to be helpful, however information also lacks with this (Sammons, 2005). There are also implications that this drug can also cause serious health effects with the workings of the heart (Sammons, 2005). Some find this drug effective, although some do not (Sammons, 2005). It seems that medical treatments is somewhat of a hit or miss depending on the patient. Another drug that seems promising is