While studying chapter fourteen ‘psychological disorders’ we were able to understand, classify, and label psychological disorders. During this process we were given a task to analyze a movie based around psychological disorders. For this task, I chose the movie ”Call me Crazy” which is a movie composed of five different short films. Uniquely made, all the stories were emotionally touching and really brought to life the different psychological disorders individuals face worldwide. Yes, all five of the short films were impeccable but since time is an issue I’ve decided to only discuss two. The movie opens up with the story of Lucy—a triumphant law student who can’t seem to control the delusional thinking and hallucinations she faces. Lucy suffers
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As for Grace, she grew never knowing what mother she may witness. Never knowing if it would be okay to hang out with friends or if they could come over to play at her house—Grace grew up raising her mother. Grace’s mother battled with bipolar disorder which is also known as manic-depressive illness—a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, and ability to function. Suffering from bipolar disorder caused Grace’s mother to go days or weeks to be joyous about life and the mere happiness from raising Grace or the complete opposite. For example, she was so jubilant one day she decided to take Grace and two of her best friends shopping; she drag raced two teenage boys, and climbed trees. But, on her worst days she couldn’t even stomach the thought of getting out of bed because she was so overwhelmed by depression. Such as the time she stayed in bed crying for weeks for no reason or when her husband left her. She was so wore down by depression until she her wouldn’t allow her to tend to her own child. There are millions of people fighting the war against bipolar disorder and while some will seek help it won’t be because treatment isn’t available By reading the textbook and watching the movie you will discover that there are several different treatment options for those suffering with bipolar disorder such as medication like anticonvulsant or antipsychotics. There are also physicians such as psychiatrist who treat
As for Grace, she grew never knowing what mother she may witness. Never knowing if it would be okay to hang out with friends or if they could come over to play at her house—Grace grew up raising her mother. Grace’s mother battled with bipolar disorder which is also known as manic-depressive illness—a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, and ability to function. Suffering from bipolar disorder caused Grace’s mother to go days or weeks to be joyous about life and the mere happiness from raising Grace or the complete opposite. For example, she was so jubilant one day she decided to take Grace and two of her best friends shopping; she drag raced two teenage boys, and climbed trees. But, on her worst days she couldn’t even stomach the thought of getting out of bed because she was so overwhelmed by depression. Such as the time she stayed in bed crying for weeks for no reason or when her husband left her. She was so wore down by depression until she her wouldn’t allow her to tend to her own child. There are millions of people fighting the war against bipolar disorder and while some will seek help it won’t be because treatment isn’t available By reading the textbook and watching the movie you will discover that there are several different treatment options for those suffering with bipolar disorder such as medication like anticonvulsant or antipsychotics. There are also physicians such as psychiatrist who treat