1. What is the name of the movie? To the Bone is a somewhat recent Netflix drama, written and directed by Marti Noxon, tells a tale about a 20 year-old girl named Ellen who is battling a chronic case of anorexia. Ellen has been in and out of hospital treatments and in-patient facilities, but still struggles with her obsession of staying thin. This is all of course before Ellen is admitted into a world-renowned doctor’s group home, where Ellen is joined by six other individuals battling different types of eating disorders (Bulimia, Binge eating, anorexia).
2. What psychological symptoms and disorder are exhibited? The main character, Ellen has chronic anorexia nervosa, and the symptoms she exhibited included extreme weight loss and thinness, …show more content…
The group therapist that would come into the home twice a week would illustrate an open discussion on the emotional links on health as well as tying to develop a desire to get better. However, aside from the group therapy within the home, Ellen also experienced family group therapy- a method that just made things worse, and a form of Psychotherapy in which Dr. Beckham would focus on Ellen’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that triggered her disorder. Lastly, Ellen went through a period of using antidepressants, but due to fear of gaining weight she flushed them down the …show more content…
One can see Ellen’s obsession with thinness by constantly trying to wrap her hand around her upper arm, to constant fainting, bruising of the spine-due to continuous sit-ups, drawing pictures of food she used to love, preoccupation with burning off calories, and cutting/playing with food. In regards to the accuracy of the cause of Ellen’s disorder while it wasn’t explicitly shown, it can be assumed due to biological and social factors. To the Bone truthfully explains that there is not a single fix for the course of a disorder, as each person has to find his or hers own signified road to recovery. While sending one to treatment or an in-patient facility might significantly help, it may not be the right option for every person.
6. How could the disorder have been portrayed more
2. What psychological symptoms and disorder are exhibited? The main character, Ellen has chronic anorexia nervosa, and the symptoms she exhibited included extreme weight loss and thinness, …show more content…
The group therapist that would come into the home twice a week would illustrate an open discussion on the emotional links on health as well as tying to develop a desire to get better. However, aside from the group therapy within the home, Ellen also experienced family group therapy- a method that just made things worse, and a form of Psychotherapy in which Dr. Beckham would focus on Ellen’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that triggered her disorder. Lastly, Ellen went through a period of using antidepressants, but due to fear of gaining weight she flushed them down the …show more content…
One can see Ellen’s obsession with thinness by constantly trying to wrap her hand around her upper arm, to constant fainting, bruising of the spine-due to continuous sit-ups, drawing pictures of food she used to love, preoccupation with burning off calories, and cutting/playing with food. In regards to the accuracy of the cause of Ellen’s disorder while it wasn’t explicitly shown, it can be assumed due to biological and social factors. To the Bone truthfully explains that there is not a single fix for the course of a disorder, as each person has to find his or hers own signified road to recovery. While sending one to treatment or an in-patient facility might significantly help, it may not be the right option for every person.
6. How could the disorder have been portrayed more