All that Jazz-Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' Stages of Death and Dying
Analyze This-Anxiety and Depression
As Good as it Gets-Obsessive-Compulsive Anxiety Disorder (OCD)
Awakenings-Ethics of Psychotropic Drug Treatment
A Beautiful Mind-Schizophrenia
Being There-Development and cultural isolation...very funny!
Captain Newman, MD- Psychotheraputic treatment of several military men with psychological disorders caused by combat.(Thanks, Virginia!)
A Clockwork Orange-Antisocial Personality and "Rehabilitation" ethics
Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas-a thoroughly disgusting movie. Johnny Depp plays Hunter S Thompson
Francis-based on a true story of Francis Farmer, an actress who suffered a severe and persistent mental illness
Girl, Interrupted-The
female subject in the movie was diagnosed with
Borderline Personality Disorder
because she had tried to commit suicide. (Thanks, Jenette)
Good Will Hunting-Giftedness
John Q-Modern day adaptation of a Kohlberg moral dilemma
King of Hearts-Who's crazy and who's not, really?
Madness of King George-a classic in the psychopathology of history
Nell-Developmental Psychopathology
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest-treatment ethics
Rain Man-Autism
Sophie's Choice-a story of a concentration camp survivor who immigrates to America.
Sybil-Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly known as Multiple Personality
Spellbound-Dissociative Disorders: Amnesia, Fugue
Titicut Follies-Criminally insane treatment for the criminally insane....documentary: banned for 25 years!
Three Faces of Eve-Forerunner to Sybil
What about Bob?-Obsessive-Compulsive Anxiety Disorder...hilarious!
What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Autism, obesity and family issues
Thanks, Sister Sue !
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Mrs. Teresa Wolf's List of Abnormal Psychology Feature Films:
| PG-13 | ||||||||||
| A Beautiful Mind | Russell Crowe | Schizophrenia | Drama | |||||||
| Narcissistic | PG-13 | |||||||||
| Alfie | Michael Caine | Personality Disorder | Drama/Comedy | |||||||
| Obsessive- | PG-13 | |||||||||
| *As Good As It Gets | Jack Nicholson | Compulsive Disorder | Comedy | |||||||
| Psychotropic drugs, | PG-13 | |||||||||
| Awakenings | Robert DeNiro, Robin Williams | treatment ethics | Drama | |||||||
| Comedy | ||||||||||
| Benny & Joon | Johnny Depp | Schizophrenia | PG | |||||||
| Gender Identity | Drama | |||||||||
| *Boys Don't Cry | Hilary Swank | Disorder | R | |||||||
| Korsakoff's Syndrome | PG-13 | |||||||||
| Clean Slate | Dana Carvey | Comedy | ||||||||
| R | ||||||||||
| Donnie Darko | Jake Gyllenhaal | Schizophrenia | Drama | |||||||
| Short-term | PG-13 | |||||||||
| 50 First Dates | Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore | Memory Loss | Comedy/Romance | |||||||
| Post-traumatic | R | |||||||||
| Fearless | Jeff Bridges | stress disorder | Drama | |||||||
| Reactive | R | |||||||||
| *The Fisher King | Robin Williams | Schizophrenia | Comedy | |||||||
| Borderline Personality | R | |||||||||
| *Girl, Interrupted | Winona Ryder | Disorder | Drama | |||||||
| R | ||||||||||
| Good Will Hunting | Matt Damon | Giftedness | Drama | |||||||
| Narcissistic | R | |||||||||
| *Jerry Maguire | Tom Cruise | Personality Disorder | Drama/Comedy | |||||||
| Obsessive- | PG-13 | |||||||||
| Matchstick Men | Nicolas Cage | Compulsive Disorder | Comedy | |||||||
| Dissociative | R | |||||||||
| Me, Myself, & Irene | Jim Carrey | Identity Disorder | Comedy | |||||||
| Developmental | PG-13 | |||||||||
| *Nell | Jodie Foster | Psychopathology | Drama | |||||||
| Treatment of | R | |||||||||
| *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Jack Nicholson | mental illness | Drama | |||||||
| R | ||||||||||
| *Rain Man | Dustin Hoffman | Autism | Drama | |||||||
| PG-13 | ||||||||||
| Regarding Henry | Harrison Ford | Brain Injury | Drama | |||||||
| Marijuana | G | |||||||||
| Reefer Madness | No one you would know | Use | ???? | |||||||
| Prejudice and | PG | |||||||||
| *Remember the Titans | Denzel Washington | Discrimination | Drama | |||||||
| Antisocial | R | |||||||||
| *Silence of the Lambs | Jodie Foster | Personality Disorder | Drama/Horror | |||||||
| Dissociative | NR | |||||||||
| Sybil | Sally Field | Identity Disorder | Drama | |||||||
| Dissociative | G | |||||||||
| *The Three Faces of Eve | Joannne Woodward | Identity Disorder | Drama | |||||||
| PG | ||||||||||
| *Vertigo | James Stewart | Acrophobia | Drama/Suspense | |||||||
| Panic/ | PG-13 | |||||||||
| What About Bob | Bill Murray | Anxiety Disorder | Comedy | |||||||
| Autism | PG-13 | |||||||||
| *What's Eating Gilbert Grape? | Johnny Depp/Leo Dicaprio | Obesity | Drama/Comedy | |||||||
| *In SCC Library | ||||||||||
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More Films Than You Can Imagine
(follow link below)..
http://faculty.dwc.edu/nicosia/moviesandmentalillnessfilmography.
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Character in an Abnormal Psych Film?
Believe it or not, she is fairly normal, at least, for a teenager!
