The psychological disorder that was illustrated in the movie Silver Linings Playbook is bipolar disorder. The main character is Pat Solitano and he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he nearly beat his wife’s lover to death. As the movie goes on we are also introduced to Tiffany who seems just as “crazy” as Pat, but amazingly she helps him control his episodes through dancing. According to the DSM-5, a book published by the American Psychiatric Association, which helps psychologists diagnose a person with a mental illness, Pat does somewhat reach abnormality. His mood swings lead him to do things that would not be considered “ok” by society and his mood swings also interfere with his daily life as well as his relationship with the people around him. The first half of the movie we see he hardly gets any sleep because he is reading books in order to catch up with his wife’s, which is a teacher, English syllabus. Once he finishes reading one of the books he is so angered by the ending he throws the book out of his window, breaking the glass, and waking his parents at …show more content…
During these outbreaks he seems to be remembering the time that he caught his wife cheating on him and their wedding song plays in his head. In the movie we see certain symptoms that are considered to be of the bipolar disorder. For example, we …show more content…
Pat tries to go around people but it seems that almost everyone is afraid of him and of what he will do. His father and mother are concerned for him but they have faith that he will change and that in the end everything will turn out okay. During the film we see that his father is constantly telling Pat how much he believes in him and that he just wants the best for him. In my opinion the impact on the ones around him were portrayed realistically there is a great deal of emotion and faith within the film they make it believable for the
In the film, Nathaniel was given a schizophrenia diagnosis. According to the DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Schizophrenia, a diagnosis requires that two or more positive, negative, and/or disorganised symptoms be present for at least 1 month, with at
After the first manic episode in which the patient encountered his wife performing sexual acts with another man causing him to impulsively assault the wife’s lover, Pat develops a manic episode when faced with a trigger that reminds him of his wife. This can be seen when he has violent outbursts, increased talkativeness, and impulsive behavior after hearing his wedding song while sitting in the waiting room of the hospital. Another example occurred when Pat could not find his wedding video causing him to yell, destroy property, lack the need to sleep for days, uncontrollable talkativeness, and violent actions of punching his mother and father. When asked about his manic episodes, the patient responds, “that was a delusion, this isn’t right.” The patient is able to identify that he was not in the right state of mind, which shows that he has some insight on his condition. However, the patient does not understand the relationship between him and his wife, and he does not understand the severity of his actions performed during a manic episode. During a manic episode, the patient is convinced that medication in not necessary for his condition, and he refuses to take the pills. Also, small trivial things have been found to cause extreme irritation in the patient. This is seen when the patient finishes reading an Ernest Hemingway novel and throws the book out the window while furiously
Several theories exist as to what might lead a person to develop bipolar disorder. In Virginia Woolf's case, many scholars related her illness to childhood sexual abuse by her older stepbrothers, on the basis of Freudian theory (Carmango, 1992). Uebelacker (2006) researches correlations between family functioning and the course of bipolar disorder and finds that stable family relationships would likely make it easier for bipolar family members to manage their symptoms. In Woolf's case, family problems may have played a major role, not in the development of her disease, but in the onsets of her episodes (Carmango, 1992). A person’s environmental forces do not cause bipolar disorder.
Film Analysis - The Notebook Introduction The film is portrayed in the past and present scenario setting. It is based on a young couple’s love and passion for one another, but are unexpectedly separated due to the disapproval of the teen girl parents and the social differences in their life. At the start of the movie, it displays a nursing home style setting with an elderly man named Duke (James Garner), reading to an elderly woman named Mrs. Hamilton (Gena Rowlands), whose memory is inevitably deteriorating. The story he reads to her is a love story about two teenagers named Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah (Ryan Gosling), that met in the 1940’s at a carnival in Seabrook Island, South Carolina.
After noticing Pat’s uncontrollable anger and mood swings, he was diagnosed to be bipolar. Upon being released from the hospital, Pat was very compulsive and persistent in reaching out to his wife. Throughout this movie we saw him go from extreme euphoria to being ballistic. For example, One night Pat could not find his wedding video and his anger went through the roof, which left the house torn apart and his parents hurt. He also had a trigger that regularly set him off making him rash and angry. He walked in on his wife cheating on him while their wedding song was on, so every time he hears the song he lashes out. Although it is normal for something like this to affect someone strongly, Pat’s emotional outbursts were scarily difficult to be handled and
Pat, when in a depressive mood swing, suffers anxiety of being forgotten, lonely and betrayed (Martinez, 2004). The stress of knowing he has this anxiety also can create more anxiety and stress (Martinez, 2004). The treatment in the movie he receives is therapy and medication, however cognitive therapy would mostly help him more in the long wrong (Comer, 2014). He needs to process the stress and anxiety and emotion in order to recover and progress forward and not be caught in the past (Comer, 2014). Pat must face his dysfunctional thoughts and work through them. Tiffany is stressed through her unprocessed feeling and is then anxious when it comes time to face her real thoughts and emotions. This stress causes her to have anxiety toward anything having to do with relationships because it relates back to her unresolved feelings with her late husband. She is avoiding this. In order to process these emotions, she will need to probably need to go through some exposure therapy (Bonanno, 2004). She will need to slowly be able to say her husbands name and slowly start looking at pictures and then ultimately visit his grave (Bonanno, 2004). This way she will be able to face her feelings, process them, and then move forward in
Pat has to readjust to his new life throughout the movie. Pat now has no wife, no job, no house, and many new battles. Pat is a character with emotional regulation issues and poor social skills. As the movie develops we follow Pat as he grows as a person and gains coping skills to adjust to his new
Take a moment and think about how difficult it is going through an unexpected change having to do with leaving your old life, your hometown, and even your house by force. Well, that's what you call a sudden change that may leave a long-term effect on a person. Based on true story, In the book Night, movie called Life is Beautiful and article named “ The Journey to Europe: One Syrian refugee’s story” all show terrible experience through sudden changes of a person due to Religion and way life is going on in their own hometown that changes a person for life, but after going through the change they're able to continue a normal life.
American Psycho is a savage account of a wealthy investment banker in the late 80s that commits heinous acts of murder, rape, and torture. Although on the surface, American Psycho seems as though it is just another horror story, it actually has a much deeper message. This story is a harsh critique of a superficial Wall Street society in the late 80s that was rampant with materialism and greed. This is the society in which the main character Patrick Bateman lives–where appearance, material possessions, and status define a person. This superficial existence leaves him hollow and dead inside and turns him into a psychopathic killer. A society such as this, devoid of any morality, inevitably creates psychopaths such as Bateman. The film shows an excellent portrayal of a vacant, nihilistic killer with no feelings or emotions. However, there is something more to the story that the film did not quite capture. The book seems to not only be a satirical take on this society, but a tragedy as well. Recreating the dinner scene with his secretary Jean shows that underneath the surface Patrick Bateman is, indeed, a human being with real feelings and emotions, and that it is a great tragedy that this superficial society has turned him into a monster.
The film, Of Two Minds, is based on real life accounts of individuals living with bipolar disorder. Before watching this film, I had an idea of what bipolar disorder is , but after viewing this film I was completely mistaken. Previously, I thought being bipolar was going from a “normal” mood to an angry or sad mood in a matter of seconds and could be simply fixed by taking medicine. But my previous thoughts were completely wrong and bipolar disorder is very serious and complicated. I didn’t know the severity of this disease and I think a lot of the general public is uneducated about bipolar disorder as well as mental illness. Terri Cheney describes having bipolar disorder as, “Take the best day you ever had and multiply it by a million, it 's like a flu but one hundred times worse. It 's having flu in your mind."
Bipolar Disorder is a common psychiatric mood disorder that is defined by recurrent episodes of abnormally elevated mood and depression, changes in energy and, the ability to carry out day to day tasks. (Joel, Jakosson and colleges) “Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a chronic disease with high risk of relapse. This disease also results in a high rate of suicidal mortality.” (Sabrina, Paterniti and Jean-Claude Bisserbe) Many studies show that this disorder is genetic therefore it runs in families, passing down from generation to generation. The closer you’re related to a person with bipolar the more likely you are to have BD.
Pat (Bradley Cooper): In the beginning, Pat was recently discharged from a mental health facility for dangerous aggression after witnessing his wife cheat on him with a co-worker. Personally, it seemed as though Pat Solitano meets the criteria for Bipolar I Disorder. Bipolar Disorder is the tendency of manic episodes to alternate with major depressive episodes, like a roller coaster. (Barlow, D., Durand, M., Stewart,S., & Lalumière, M., 2014, p. 222).
Bipolar disorder is an overwhelming mental illness that can affect one’s life drastically. Bipolar is a disorder that is characterized by recurring episode of mania and depression. Most people who suffer from bipolar disorder are often misdiagnosed, and undergo ineffective treatments, which may hinder recovery and lead to the progression of the illness. In the movie “Mr. Jones”, (1993) the main character experiences broad symptoms of bipolar disorder that lead to an improper diagnosis. The article chosen to support this paper Emotional Reactivity in Bipolar Depressed Patients ( P. Stratta, D. Tempesta, R. L. Bonanni, S. de Cataldo, and A. Rossi Journal of Clinical Psychology 2014), broadly debates that bipolar disorder has
Within his lifetime, George has experienced multiple manic and depressive episodes consistent with bipolar I disorder. This diagnosis is possible because George has suffered from at least one manic episode; George has also experienced depressive episodes, which are common, but not required, occurrences in the disorder. The case study describes three different bipolar episodes and indicates that more have occurred. First, George experienced a depressive episode
People who have this disorder are usually self-centered and have a hard time maintaining relationships. This is clear as in the entire movie he doesn’t seem to care about his fiance. He had sex with many other women, and when he was asked if he was dating anybody he responded by saying, “not really.” This also shows how he was a liar. He constantly lied to get out of situations and to make himself feel better. For example, he believed that he made a reservation at a restaurant when they were clearly all booked. As well as being a pathological liar, he was also decietful. He tricked a prostitute into thinking she was safe by going to his apartment. He ended up murdering her with a chainsaw. He was always rude and straightforward to others as he was inconsiderate of anyone’s feelings. He told a woman he worked with exactly what to wear; and if she did not look good he would tell her she was ugly. He was very shallow and arrogant as he cared very much about his facial features. Patrick did not display many emotions except for greed and digust. He showed zero remorse for the people he murdered; it was as if nothing happened. People with antisocial personality disorder also show recklessness. Towards the end of the movie he believed he was going to get caught for all of the murders he completed, and therefore decided to shoot everyone he came in contact with. This included police officers, security