Psychological Disorders in Movies/TV Shows

[SideEffect34]

In my Psychology class, we have to write a 1 page paper about a movie or TV show that has a character with a psychological disorder and tell if they did a good job portraying the issue, or not, and why. It is graded on how well we make our argument. It is due this Wednesday. So I thought I would ask here and see if you guys have any good ideas you can come up with. Thank you.


EDIT: For TV shows, I think the teacher wants a specific episode.

[jadedeath]

Check out House.

I'm not a fan myself but from the looks of the series lately he's got a bit of an unwanted imaginary friend.

Logan

[Rob71]

Monk.

Or for a movie maybe Misery.

[PH3AR]

Me, Myself, & Irene?

[pacificvibes]

Clockwork Orange. I got a disorder after watching it, I'll help you out

[supersix4]

DEXTER!

or tony soprano love that show

[kiskiboy97]

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movie...78&show=review

[jkwest]

Session 9
Fight Club
Me, Myself and Irene
A Beautiful Mind
Spider
Benny and Joon

[toef]

Some movies, and the person in the movie with the disorder.

Harvey (Jimmy Stewart) -- ??, maybe he just drinks too much

Rain Man (Dustin Hoffman) -- autism

The Fisher King (Robin Williams) -- post-traumatic stress

Little Miss Sunshine (Steve Carrell) -- depression, maybe even catatonia

A Beautiful Mind (Russell Crowe) -- schizophrenia

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (everyone) -- a lot of stuff

[silversnake]

Movies

-rain man
-girl interrupted
-clockwork orange
-one flew over the cuckoo's nest
-fight club
-the machinist
-requiem for a dream

TV

-Dexter
-Huff

[Clark Kent]

I had a similar assignment in high school. The movie I picked was The Three Faces of Eve, from 1957. It features a woman suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder, more commonly known as multiple-personality disorder.

Here is a Wikipedia link that might aid you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_illness_in_films

[Marcusarilius]

Psycho.

and Barney episodes.