A Glimpse into Psychopathology and/or Treatment

Question/Prompt: Pick a movie that portrays a character or characters who is/are experiencing a psychological
disorder/mental illness. Alternatively, pick a movie that portrays an example of a certain type of therapy. Watch
the movie and then complete the following in at least 275 or more, must be in APA format:

1. Write a very brief summary of the movie. Give clear evidence that you watched it.
2. Write a description of how the psychological disorder and/or the therapy was portrayed.
3. Write a critical analysis of how accurate or inaccurate you found the portrayal of the disorder/therapy. Show
   evidence of your knowledge of the psychological disorder/mental illness or the type of therapy – ensure that
   you include academic support.
   Choose a movie from the following list:
   Leaving Las Vegas
   A Clockwork Orange
   What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
   Boys Don’t Cry
   Benny and Joon
   Girl Interrupted
   Seven
   Mad Love
   Rain Man
   Shine
   A Beautiful Mind
   The madness of King George
   Fight Club
   The Fisher King
   One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
   Sybil
   The Three Faces of Eve
   Eating
   The Silence of the Lambs
   Pollock
   Ordinary People
   Analyze This/Analyze That
   Final Analysis
   Identity

Sample Solution