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…
The Babadook and Facing the Shadow-Self Mental affliction is a social concern that is exploited by the media, whilst being unjustly overlooked by the healthcare system. The attempt to visually distinguish psychiatric illness attracted exaggerated and dramatized depictions of insanity in both academic works and circulating media. Similarly, in her examination of popular films, Livingston concludes that media’s “unrealistic portrayal of psychiatric disorders” is both informed by and shapes cultural beliefs (124). The inaccurate portrayal of the mentally afflicted contributes to the stigmatization and marginalization of people with mental illness (Eisenhauer 14). A disturbing association of mental illness with aggressive – and, at times homicidal – behavior is particularly apparent in horror films (Livingston 119).…
Psychology in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Jacob P. Brugh Fort Mill High School Psychology in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest the film is based off of a critically acclaimed book by the same name written by Ken Kesey. Kesey intended the novel to explore psychological principles and took psychedelic substances to immerse himself in the world of the patients he characterized (Lehmann-Haupt, 2001). The film reflects this, and psychological principles are clearly displayed throughout the movie. The movie is set in a mental institution in Oregon controlled by the domineering Nurse Ratched who uses subtle put downs and her control of resources to subdue the patients of her ward.…
My immediate reaction to Haywire: Children Living with Schizophrenia (2010), was disappointment because of how the media portrayed Schizophrenia, which contributes to exacerbating the stigma. This was evidenced by the insensitive use of language when phrases such as, “The innocent siblings in a psychotic world” and “Down the rabbit hole of hallucinations, for these kids and families, it’s no fairytale”, were used to spike the viewers’ interest. The broadcast seemed to provide the viewers with selective facts that enabled them portray Schizophrenia in childhood as they saw fit, but not to increase the public’s understanding of Schizophrenia in its entirety, or provide supportive ideas and resources to viewers. For example, according to Kiligus, Maxmen, & Ward (2016),…
The film highlights the importance of love and respect for ones’ mental health. There are many factors that can contribute to James’ poor mental health, such as substance abuse, low social economic status and socially isolated. Also, family issues can contribute to poor mental health, for example, James’ parents split up. His dad saw him on the street, but pretended not seeing him and then walked away. Stepmother refused to have a dinner with him at Christmas.…
In 1980, Robert Redford released his dramatic coming of age film that was nominated for 6 Academy Awards won four, including best picture and best director. Ordinary People is about a family dealing with the death of their son/brother. The film offers many perspectives on metal illnesses and how people deal with them and at the same time explores how our culture views mental illness. The film revolves around Conrad, who is the son of Beth and Calvin. Conrad’s brother died in a boating accident.…
Mental illness is in a lot of the movies I have watched, to narrow down the interpretations is a challenge. Movies depict mental illness as a drama in most ways, it is painful, dark, and sad. Mental illness is hard to predict and a challenge to heal, in most ways mental illness starts from a bad childhood experience or a bad experience in general. The movies that I remember most are The Fisher King, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Prince of Tides, Awakenings, Clockwork Orange, and Leaving Las Vegas. When looking at a list of movies with mental illness, there are so many that a person couldn’t talk about them all, I believe that, The Fisher King would be my favorite.…
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), at this time, meant that one did not know where they wanted to go in life or who they were exactly. DID is now defined as a state of mind in which the mind is split into neuropsychological modules where each complete personality system has…
Abstract Main character from the film “Benny & Joon” directed by Jeremiah Clechkik displays numerous symptoms indicating a mental illness. The symptoms narrowed down to three main categories: schizophrenia, autism, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The acknowledgement of a specified disordered is not given during the film. Throughout the paper, referencing details from the film, characters will be analyzed concerning their mental illness.…
It has become a trend for screenwriters and movie producers to incorporate mental disorders throughout their works, whether it be for entertainment, thrill, or just to show society that their lives are not as screwed up as others. Coming across a movie or show with that incorporation is not a hard find; in fact, the majority of top cinematic works include some type of mental disorder. Some works, make the disorder apparent from the get-go, while others may make the viewer unaware until a turning point in the plot. Some mental disorders are portrayed as a part of every day life. The popular television show Shameless directed by a multitude of directors, including Mark Mylod, depicts many different kinds of mental disorders, the most persistent…
The stigma around mental illnesses is that people are crazy more often than not and showing how the narrator 's alternate personality went haywire on society and cause destruction and mayhem furthers the stigma that people with such disorders are crazy. It leads to develop the people at any time and age can be prone to develop an alternate personality and causes people to fear for its adverse effects. Alternate personalities are generally a defense mechanism shown to cope with difficult situations but in the movie it is shown to be a chance to become like someone you always dreamed of being, your ideal self. Looking at the 4 D’s it is evident that such disorders are deviant and do cause emotional and physical dysfunction as seen in the case of the movie where the alternate personality did things that contradicted societal expectations. The disorder as mentioned above in the movie was developed as the narrator 's felt overwhelmed, anxious and captive by society 's structure of consumerism.…
The movie selected for the mental health analysis paper is ‘Silver Linings Playbook’. The main reason for choosing this movie is that it shows a good depiction of bipolar disorder. The entire movie is set in Philadelphia. The main character ‘Pat’ is suffering from a bipolar disorder, who has recently lost his job and was discharged from a mental institution. After getting out of the medical facility, he realizes that Nikki, his wife, has moved away and that his father doesn’t work anymore.…
Part I: Applications of Classical Conditioning Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder The treatment of the dissociative identity disorder follows a consistent observance of psychological requirements. It is important to understand that therapists have the tendency to clearly understand the best practices regarding medication. Classical conditioning is one of the methods that can be used to ensure that dissociative identity disorder patients get their treatment. Dissociative identity disorder patients have the tendency to experience gaps in their memory Because the alters alternate in controlling the patient 's consciousness and behavior, the affected patient experiences long gaps in memory— gaps that far exceed typical episodes…
Introduction: The case study Dissociative Identity Disorder: Multiple Personality is a case study about a 38-year-old woman named Paula, who had a Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). In the case study, Dr. Harpin, Paula’s psychologist, discovered and treated Paula’s case of DID throughout many sessions. Paula was a divorced mother of two children, who experienced amnesia in her everyday life.…
The main thing to draw from Aaron Stampler in the movie Primal Fear is that dissociative identity disorder is something that is in our society, but it can be faked to get around various failures or wrong doings in life. The symptoms of the disorder vary greatly from case to case as do the causes of the disorder, and the treatments for it are long and require the patient to put forth a lot more effort and commitment…