Mental Derangement In Film

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Who is mental derangement and who is not?

“Die Insassen” (“The Residential Patients”), by Director: Franziska Meyer Price, actors: Wolfgang Stumph, Maximilian Brueckner, Thomas Kuegel - demonstrate in her film that mental disturbance are not easy to detect by the familiar surrounding of co-workers, family members or the person him/herself who has a difficult time to realize that there is something wrong. Others believe that they can determine by indicators like the change of human behavior, the strange look on his/he face or just simply have read the basic of a psychology book and think they know the answer to label someone as being mental disturb. Considering that society approach this topic in varies way, I believe that one should be carefully

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