Presenting Symptoms of Pat Involvement in Activities that Lead to Painful Consequences. A symptom of a manic episode (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), one key example of this is the event that resulted in Pat’s institutionalisation in the film – assaulting his wife’s lover, almost resulting in his death. This event was also so prominent that the song playing in the background during this episode became a trigger for Pat later on that led to more violent outbursts. Pat also engages in other reckless behaviours in the film such as trying to find his wife by visiting the school they used to teach at despite the restraining order she has filed against him and engaging in a fight at a football game even though doing so would be a violation
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A symptom of a manic episode is an irritable mood (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Pat commonly displays irritability when he perceives someone is getting in the way of his goal. When he attempted to call his ex-wife and his father advised against it, he seemed to get extremely agitated. Additionally, in a particularly severe manic episode, he ransacks through the house in search of his wedding video and ends up accidentally hurting his mother in the process. Persecutory Delusions. It has been suggested that persecutory delusions are frequent in manic episodes (Freeman, 2007). In a therapy session, Pat mentions that he occasionally has Persecutory Delusions. A notable delusion would the incident he brings up where he had accused a fellow teacher for scheming with his wife against him. Pat also seems to show some signs of paranoia. An example of this is when he had accused his parents of hiding his wedding video from him when he was unable to locate it. Auditory Hallucinations. Although auditory hallucinations are not necessary for a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, it has an 11.2% prevalence in individuals who are bipolar manic (Baethge et al., 2005). Pat occasionally hears the song that triggers his violent outbursts even when it is not playing. This seems to occur in moments of high stress and are potential preludes to a manic
A symptom of a manic episode is an irritable mood (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Pat commonly displays irritability when he perceives someone is getting in the way of his goal. When he attempted to call his ex-wife and his father advised against it, he seemed to get extremely agitated. Additionally, in a particularly severe manic episode, he ransacks through the house in search of his wedding video and ends up accidentally hurting his mother in the process. Persecutory Delusions. It has been suggested that persecutory delusions are frequent in manic episodes (Freeman, 2007). In a therapy session, Pat mentions that he occasionally has Persecutory Delusions. A notable delusion would the incident he brings up where he had accused a fellow teacher for scheming with his wife against him. Pat also seems to show some signs of paranoia. An example of this is when he had accused his parents of hiding his wedding video from him when he was unable to locate it. Auditory Hallucinations. Although auditory hallucinations are not necessary for a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, it has an 11.2% prevalence in individuals who are bipolar manic (Baethge et al., 2005). Pat occasionally hears the song that triggers his violent outbursts even when it is not playing. This seems to occur in moments of high stress and are potential preludes to a manic