Psychology is often depicted inaccurately in movies. For this option, you will watch a movie which either focuses on mental illness (examples: Rain Man, A Beautiful Mind) or psychotherapy (Good Will Hunting) in a major way in the movie (so not a minor character briefly experiencing a condition).

Your goal for this movie is to discuss:
1) what is being depicted (what disorder, which symptoms)
2) how accurate the depiction is (in symptoms, in presentation, in treatment)
3) consider the year of the movie and speak how mental illness was view/depicted at time
4) consider at least 1 incorrect aspect of the way mental illness is negatively depicted
5) Assess whether this depiction closely resembles the media presentation of mental health at the time of the movie (ie. is this what you would expect in Year X)

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