Psychology 212: Abnormal Psychology: Theory and Research

Watch a popular film that depicts a character with some form of psychopathology covered in this course. Provide the full details of your diagnosis of the character including the signs and symptoms apparent in the film and relate them to the criteria for the disorder in the DSM-IV. Discuss the best forms of treatment for this person and the prognosis. Discuss how the character would be characterized on each of the DSM-IV axes.

Review the movie in how it characterizes this disorder. Does the film convey a valid and accurate account of the disorder? Does the film help to increase public understanding and acceptance of mental illness? (6-10 pages).

Films might include, but are not by any means limited to, one of the following (in no particular order):

Clean and Sober

As Good as It Gets

Ordinary People

Primal Fear

Shine

Rainman

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Drugstore Cowboy

Sybil

Three Faces of Eve

Equus

A Clockwork Orange

Silence of the Lambs

Vertigo

After Darkness

Bliss

Blue Velvet

Crumb

David and Lisa

The Deer Hunter

Fisher King

Frances

Mr. Jones

Of Mice and Men

Play Misty for Me

Sling Blade

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Rampage

Outrageous

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Fatal Attraction

Compulsion

Streetcar Named Desire

King of Hearts

I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

Benny and Joon

Pi

The Shrike

Capt. Newman, M.D.

Blue Sky

Death in Small Doses

The Snake Pit

The Ruling Class

Dominick and Eugene

The Accused

Committed

Girl, Interrupted

The Bell Jar

An Angel at My Table

Vincent and Theo

Pollock

Star 80

Wired