...The film I chose to watch and discuss within my paper was, Prescription for Change: Ending America’s Opioid Crisis. This film was a documentary about the Opioid Crisis in America. That being said, the theme of the movie was that, America is facing an opioid epidemic; therefore, America needs to focus on the rehabilitation of substance abusers. The film goes on to make a point that there are not enough treatment options and that the individuals who are seeking treatment, are having difficulties in doing so. The film goes on to discuss further, how America is facing a drug crisis, but it is not the illegal drugs that are the biggest issues, it is the prescription drugs. The film even provides statistics on how big of an issue prescription medications are when it comes to substance abuse....
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...disorders are highly treatable. There are various methods in which the illness can be treated, and in cases where a person gets the correct treatment, they can be cured. However, according to Anxiety and Depression Association of America (2017), only 36.9% of those suffering receive treatment. The film will not only make people aware of anxiety...
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...seminar, the Western Economics International Association’s Conference, and the University of Colorado Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop. ∗ 1 The Al Gore Effect: An Inconvenient Truth and Voluntary Carbon Offsets Abstract This paper examines the relationship between climate change awareness and household behavior by testing whether Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth caused an increase in the purchase of voluntary carbon offsets. I find that in the two months following the film’s release, zip codes within a 10-mile radius of a zip code where the film was shown experienced a 50 percent relative increase in the purchase of voluntary carbon offsets. During other times, offset purchasing patterns for zip codes inside the 10-mile radius were similar to the patterns of zip codes outside the 10-mile radius. There is, however, little evidence that individuals who purchased an offset due to the film renewed them again a year later. This research has implications for how information campaigns, which are commonly used by policy-makers to address market failures, affect the behavior of households. Keywords: climate change, voluntary carbon offsets, al gore, an inconvenient truth, awareness campaign 2 1 Introduction Awareness campaigns that promote behavioral change exist across a wide spectrum of concerns, including health (e.g., National Breast Cancer Awareness Month events that encourage screening), political...
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...rarely been presented in a positive view, which has perpetuated stereotypes about people with disability. In this paper, I will be comparing two films, a documentary and feature film, about mental disability. The documentary that I will be using in this analysis is People Say I’m Crazy, a 1989 documentary film by California Mental Health and Silver Lining Playbook(2012) an Academy Award nominated feature film. The comparison will be as followed: a topics will be presented, next the findings in the documentary, and finally how mental illness is portrayed in the feature film. In this paper I will talk about medical treatment, family and community support, and media representation of people with mental illness. Before I jump into these topics, a summary of these two films are necessary to provide context. People Says I’m Crazy People Says I’m Crazy is a 56 minute documentary by the California Network of Mental Health Clients made in 1989. This documentary is based on the findings from the Well-Being Project, a survey conducted in 1987 to explore what factors promote or deter the well-being of persons commonly labeled as mental ill in California. The statistics from the Well-Being Project survey are included in the documentary to provide focus by the mental health consumers relate their experiences. Silver Lining Playbook In this film Patrick “Pat” Solatano, Jr. (played by Bradley Cooper), a diagnosed bipolar mental patient, is released from a mental health facility in Baltimore...
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...The film Silver Linings Playbook follows Pat Solatano, who has a bipolar disorder, as he is discharged from a mental health institution after his court mandated 8-month treatment and is set to move in with his parents. Pat’s institutionalization and diagnosis of his bipolar disorder was due to the beating of a man that his wife was having an affair with. Upon being released, Pat is unwilling to take his medication, because he does not like the way it makes him feel, and he is also reluctant to go to his mandated therapy sessions. His goals are to get his old job as a substitute teacher back and to get back together with his wife who has already left him and got a restraining order against him. Pat’s friend Veronica invites him to dinner where...
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...Media Portrayal of Bipolar Disorder Stories portraying individuals with mental health disorders are presented throughout the film industry all the time, but whether or not the disorder is portrayed in an accurate manner always seems to be the underlying question. Ultimately the film business is set up to sell a story, yet in doing so, accuracy tends to get altered in order to create a film that will draw an audience in. Although the mental disorder is secondary to the main storyline, the film, “Silver Linings Playbook”, adequately portrays an individual with Bipolar disorder. Even though some inconsistencies were noted related to the treatment and symptoms of the disorder, storytellers succeed in the ability to demonstrate diagnosis as well as various signs and symptoms of Bipolar disorder. According to The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, diagnosis of Bipolar 1 Disorder requires the individual to meet the standards for a manic episode that lasts throughout the day, for seven days, or experiences a manic episode that results in hospitalization in order to prevent harm to ones self or others...
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...the 1992 film Aladdin, the antagonist character Jafar presents with several personality disorders that explain his behavior. At first analysis, Jafar may present with Schizotypal Personality Disorder, but considering cultural and contextual factors, this diagnosis is incongruous. However, Jafar’s behavior throughout the film indicates the presenting problems associated with Antisocial Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Diagnosis According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM–5; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013), individuals with Antisocial Personality Disorder fail to conform to social norms, are deceitful, impulsive, aggressive, reckless, irresponsible and lack...
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...Blacks with Syphilis in Macon County, Alabama. Four hundred and twelve men infected with the disease were selected for the study that faked long term treatment while really only giving placebos and liniments. The goal of this study was to determine if blacks reacted similar to the whites to the effects of the syphilis disease. After forty years it was discontinued and the Senate initiated an investigation of the study. At the time of the investigation, only one hundred and twenty-seven of the study’s original participants were still alive and had not died from the disease (Morehan, 2007). In the film, the story is told from the view point of Nurse Eunice Evers, one key character in the movie, who played the role of the real- life nurse who was a part of the Tuskegee Study. The movie, Miss Evers’ Boys portrays “the emotional effects of one of most amoral instances of governmental experimentation on humans ever perpetrated” (Morehan, 2007). It depicts the government’s involvement in research targeting a group of African American males, as it explores the depths of human tragedy and suffering that result from unethical act. The film also unveiled the racial tension that existed in America which did not only occur in the segregation of skin color but also founded upon disease (Morehan, 2007). The purpose of this paper is to analyze the film in order to critically examine bioethical issues in healthcare, research, and nursing. This paper focuses on the ethical frame-works virtue based...
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...Examining Classical Conditioning in A Clockwork Orange: Realizing its potential for good and bad Cory Latour St. Lawrence University Psychology blossomed as a relevant field of study in the 19th century, as emerging social constructs like individualism and romanticism encouraged scholars to evolve the study of human behavior (Carlson, Miller, Heth, Donahoe, & Martin, 2010). At the beginning of the 20th century, one question provoked notable research: how can learning be studied? Learning is defined as an enduring shift in behavior or knowledge due to experience, and Ivan Pavlov and Edward Thorndike both designed experiments that measured how these long-lasting changes occurred; the pair’s research introduced the idea of conditioning into the field of psychology (Carlson et al., 2010). Pavlov and Thorndike differed in experimental methods, but their research ultimately concluded that one achieves learning through conditioning, which is a construct that modifies behavior through the operant and classical procedures (Carlson et al., 2010). Thorndikes’s investigation exemplifies operant conditioning, while Pavlov’s study highlights classical conditioning. Operant conditioning is a type of learning where responses are the result of consequences (Carlson et al., 2010). One example of the experiment placed a cat in a box where a latch was the only means to get out; whenever the cat successfully pulled the latch (the response), Thorndike rewarded it with food (eliciting...
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...Running Head: DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER: ITS CAUSES AND TREATMENTS Dissociative Identity Disorder: its causes and treatments: What are the roots causes and treatments of Dissociative Identity Disorder Abstract Research shows that Dissociative Identity Disorder, the most extreme form of dissociative disorders, is usually developed in childhood as a means to cope with emotionally difficult situations, whether it is sexual abuse or other childhood trauma. In the past, it has been assumed that Dissociative Identity Disorder has no treatment because of the complexity of the condition. However, recent studies have shown that structured clinical psychiatry sessions can alleviate the symptoms of Dissociative Identity Disorder and actually reduce the number of memory relapses. These conclusions stand as testimonies to the fact that Dissociative Identity Disorder can be treated despite the claims of past studies. “What if pretending she was somebody else was the only way a little girl knew how to defend herself. But she had to pretend so intensely that the pretending became real” (Sargent, 2007). In the 2007 docudrama film Sybil, directed by Joseph Sargent, the main character Sybil Dorsett suffers from 16 personalities because of her Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which she developed as a child. Dissociative Identity Disorder is defined as “a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities (known as alters or parts), each with its own pattern of...
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...Lorena Thoma Psych 1 Rm. # D135 Professor Nancy Melucci Term Paper: A Beautiful Mind. The film, A Beautiful Mind, is about the life of Mathematician John Nash and his struggle with paranoid schizophrenia. It follows his journey from the point in his life that he is completely unaware of his schizophrenia, to the point where, thanks to Princeton University, his employer at the time, along with his dedicated and faithful wife Alicia and their accommodations for him, find a way to properly manage his condition. The film succeeds in realistically describing the disturbed thinking, emotion, and behavior that characterizes this disorder, as well as the difficult management and recovery from schizophrenia. The movie communicates the vital importance of the factors that contributed to Nash’s recovery and achievement as an intellectual, such as the Nobel Prize in 1994 and world acclaim. His story shows first-hand the problems that come with the territory. This is the story about the mystery and complex functions of the mind, in its three main acts, genius, madness, and reawakening.in this paper I will discuss how accurate the depiction of schizophrenia is in the film. Nash shows many of the symptoms characterized by schizophrenia, such as being socially withdrawn. For example, at the beginning of the film Nash is very dissociated and awkward in social situations. He doesn’t seem to be well associated with people and becomes very anxious and...
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... Fundamentals Video Production Fundamentals (VID106) Semester 2, 2014 Hitman Assignment 1: An Original Short Film Concept Student Name: Student ID: Lecturer: Date: Than Htike Aung (Harry) 980511 Brayden Gifford 4 September 2014 Than Htike Aung 1 Student ID: 980511 Assignment 1 VID106 Video Production Fundamentals Contents - Synopsis - Treatment Concept Script Outline Setting Cast Sound Design Filming and Editing Style - Storyboard - References Than Htike Aung 2 Student ID: 980511 Assignment 1 VID106 Video Production Fundamentals Synopsis A mysterious man living in a suburban home wakes up one morning and does his normal routine to get ready for work. As he walks out from the front door to his car on the driveway… Treatment Concept I have chosen “Hitman” as the title of this short film. The aim is to create a 2 to 3 minute story in the genre of mystery. Within this mystery genre, a middle age man will be introduced without any dialogue but with a voiceover narration, as he gets ready for work. As we explore the life about this man over the narrative track, the key conventions will lead the audience into a false sense of knowledge. The main concept of this film is to build up to the climax where the audience will be shocked by a twist to the plot. This supposed genre would allow...
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...Signs and symptoms of BPD presented in the film will be identified and categorized into the four applicable criteria segments of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM) IV. Under the affective criteria, persons diagnosed with BPD show symptoms of lack of anger management, long-term “feelings of emptiness,” and emotional instability. The affective criteria are visible in Susanna through her outbursts at nurses and Lisa, her nervous breakdown, depression, her lack of motivation at the beginning of the film, her refusal to follow directions, and her rebellion. The cognitive criteria describe the paranoia and dissociative symptoms patients experience. Susanna claims to experience seeing things others cannot see and not having bones in her hands at times. In terms of the behavioral criteria, all suicidal actions and impulsive behavior are considered; Susanna had attempted suicide by combining Aspirin and Vodka and had dark bruises on her wrists. In the film, Susanna finds a record of her therapy that stated the psychiatrist has diagnosed her with having psychoneurotic depressive reactions, being highly intelligent but in denial of conditions, and having a personality pattern disturbance, being resistant, and schizophrenic. Susanna’s...
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...The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 (Hays Code) If motion pictures present stories that will affect lives for the better, they can become the most powerful force for the improvement of mankind A Code to Govern the Making of Talking, Synchronized and Silent Motion Pictures. Formulated and formally adopted by The Association of Motion Picture Producers, Inc. and The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc. in March 1930. Motion picture producers recognize the high trust and confidence which have been placed in them by the people of the world and which have made motion pictures a universal form of entertainment. They recognize their responsibility to the public because of this trust and because entertainment and art are important influences in the life of a nation. Hence, though regarding motion pictures primarily as entertainment without any explicit purpose of teaching or propaganda, they know that the motion picture within its own field of entertainment may be directly responsible for spiritual or moral progress, for higher types of social life, and for much correct thinking. During the rapid transition from silent to talking pictures they have realized the necessity and the opportunity of subscribing to a Code to govern the production of talking pictures and of re-acknowledging this responsibility. On their part, they ask from the public and from public leaders a sympathetic understanding of their purposes and problems and a spirit...
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...Kayla Ashley Ordered to Forget by Khusein Erkenov is one of the most controversial films of Russian history displayed in the most recent years. This film depicts one of the darkest times in the Soviet Union. This was when many ethnic groups were deported from their homes in 1944. Chechens, Tatars, and Kalmyk’s were among the nationalities that were deported during this horrendous time in Russian history. The film begins with a young boy traveling with his grandmother and father to go visit the grave of his grandfather. He then proceeds to ask his grandmother why there are two death dates on the grave. This question leads to a flashback which follows the life of Daud, the young boy’s grandfather. Throughout the film, Daud constantly evades persecution by fleeing into the mountains which begins after the arrest of his father. He marries Seda, who then also flees with Daud to similarly avoid persecution. The two struggle with not being able to return to their village. However, this saves them from the destiny of the other Chechens in the village. Instead, Daud and Seda act as witnesses to the horrific destiny of the other villagers. Daud intervenes in the situation and ultimately because of this, lets the real story of what happened become known. Many of the more memorable scenes in Ordered to Forget depict shocking and unethical treatment of the Chechens during the Soviet regime. However, none of the characters of the Soviet regime seem to take responsibility for orders except...
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