Bob describes his presenting problems as having panic disorder with agoraphobia, hypochondria, multiple phobias, as well as a personality that makes him very dependent.
With Dan unaware of his actions, and constantly facing mild dissociative disorder, a police officer was assigned to follow his every step. The last section of the novel, Asylum by Madeleine Roux, included many obstacles the protagonist had to face. Dan Crawford, began the novel by spending his summer in the New Hampshire Prep program, as he began to uncover secrets hiding in the dorms he uncovered secrets about his past. With residing at Brookline, a shutdown mental hospital, many spin tingling secrets began to rise. Since Dan is a foster child and his biological parents decide to hide, much of his history has been covered.
Depression is another mental health condition that can affect a person's mood, thoughts, and behavior. Perry also shows
Bob Wiley exhibits symptoms of Agoraphobia (being afraid to leave his house), and Hypochondria (being hyper aware of illness and thinking he is dying). I feel like Bob’s symptoms of Hypochondria were slightly exaggerated. People with hypochondria typically don’t draw as much intention to their symptoms as Bob does and they typically express their ‘symptoms’ of an illness they believe they have to a doctor. Despite his symptoms appearing a bit overexaggerated, he still shows many real symptoms throughout the movie. Some of the symptoms of Hypochondria he displays are shown through how he uses tissues to open doors and how expresses his fears of having a fatal illness.
John (father, age 45) comes to counseling seeking assistance and guidance for his son Jim (age 12). John reports that Jim was recently diagnosed by his school guidance counselor with conduct disorder. Jim’s symptomatic behaviors include, but are not limited to, defiance, mild aggression, property damage, a brief runaway, cursing, and the refusal of performing chores around the house. John and his wife Susan (age 40) report the inability and knowledge to manage Jim’s behavior. They refer to Jim as both a tyrant and disrespectful.
Humans are very susceptible to qualities inside themselves. For example, a personality disorder is defined as “patterns of inflexible traits that disrupt social life or work and may distress the affected individual” (Rathus, 2010, p. 525). These traits may be highlighted in a person’s life and are a part of their personality. In addition, personality disorders effect your thoughts and behaviors. The academy award winning film Mommie Dearest, directed by Frank Perry, accurately portrays how the aspects of obsessive-compulsive disorder and histrionic personality disorders can affect someone’s everyday life.
No matter the time period or decade, there is always a norm that society pressures people to conform to and those who don’t are typically frowned upon. Those who struggle with mental illnesses or disabilities typically feel out of place and misunderstood. Society makes them feel like outcasts, which can lead to insecurities and sometimes depression. However, today, doctors and society know a lot more about different mental illnesses and the effects of them than in the past. Almost everything can be diagnosed and this means that a lot of symptoms can be fixed or subsided by medication or therapy.
The doctors describe the symptoms of his problem as the delusions and hallucinations. According to Open Stax (2016), “Delusions are beliefs that are contrary to reality and are firmly held even in the face of contradictory evidence.” On the other hand, Hallucinations is the “perceptual experience that occurs in the absence of external stimulation” (Open Stax,2016). Visual and auditory hallucinations are the main symptoms seen in him. He is not recovering at all but he is getting treatment with a combination of antipsychotic medications and psychotherapy.
Borderline Personality Disorder Intro: AGD: What do Amy Winehouse, Angelina Jolie, Princess Diana, and I have in common? We all have Borderline Personality Disorder. I am diagnosed with Borderline Personality disorder, as is my sister, so I know how it feels to have it effect your body and your life. Thesis: Today I am going to tell you some things about how Borderline Personality Disorder effects your mind, body, and the people around you Preview: First we have to go inside the mind to see how this disorder effects your emotions and how you think
Amy fits 6 of the 7 diagnostic criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder. “Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors, as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest” is one criterion that Amy fits because she has committed many acts throughout her life in which she could have been arrested for. For example, she has stolen money from her husband on multiple occasions to save up for when she will go missing. Stealing money from another person goes against social norms, as this would typically be an action that would result in a penalty or arrest. She was also arrested for assault and framing someone for her own disappearance, meaning she has difficulty following the law.
The silver screen plays a big role in portraying how the audience understands and thinks about mental illnesses. It is then important that movies and media properly represent mental illnesses to avoid the further creation of stigmas and wrongful opinions about some common, as well as rare disorders. One mental disorder was particularly and interestingly pictured in a very touching and relatable movie: Paul Greengrass’s Captain Phillips. Powerful scenes depict the effects of suffering an event no one would want to go through, leading to Captain Phillips, brilliantly played by Tom Hanks, suffering from severe post traumatic disorder. Further details about this disorder will be presented below, along with the movie’s portrayal of the illness and
Finally, the disorder that displayed is bipolar, which is a mood disorder in which a person alternates between hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania (p. 520). This disorder is portrayed when Joan Crawford is really calm and becomes the opposite and is freaking out on Christina because of the wire hangers within her
Ted Bundy was a notorious serial murderer who’s reign of terror lasted from 1974 to 1978. Bundy was convicted of three homicides and was sentenced to death for all three charges. However, at the time of his execution, Bundy confessed to 30 murders however the exact number of victims is still unknown. Bundy’s crimes evolved over time but he was both a sexual sadist and a necrophiliac serial killer. At the beginning of his rampage, Bundy would sneak into the victims house in the middle of the night, violently attack them while they were sleeping with a blunt object and then Bundy would usually sexually assault them.
Waller’s treatment. For example, the limits placed on number of therapy sessions approved by managed care following the passing of the Affordable Care Act could reduce the number of therapy sessions below the recommended amount if he is using insurance for payment. Also, review of best practice literature indicates that it is often best for therapy sessions for OCD to occur twice weekly, however due to the time constraints and often heavy caseloads at local mental health agencies, it is unlikely that Mr. Waller would be scheduled more than once per week. This student believes that Mr. Waller’s prognosis is positive. The changes that he displayed towards the end of the film, such as gainful employment and supportive relationships, as well as his insight regarding his disorder, are good indicators of a positive outcome.
Courtney Lopresti, in her article, “Why a Mental Health Misdiagnosis Can Be Dangerous,” goes into depth about how damaging a misdiagnosis can prove to be. One of her first points is that a misdiagnosis can lead to an incorrect prescription which could inevitably make the mental illness someone is suffering from so much worse. Lopresti gives the example of how mistaking someone who is bipolar from suffering from depression and putting them on antidepressants can exacerbate the illness, sending them into manic episodes. Another point she brings up is that therapy for a misdiagnosis can also prove to be harmful for patients. She uses the example of mistaking someone with OCD for someone with anxiety and how the encouragement for talking things out could worsen the obsessive behavior exhibited.
