Mental Disorders In The Movie, What About Bob

Ben is 23 and had his schizoaffective disorder under control until his grandfather got diagnosed with cancer and passed away. His grandfather death causes Ben to relapse. His mental disorder started at the age of 18 but was well controlled now after his relapse, Ben claims that God talks to him and blames him for that his family is going through. After two weeks of falling into depression Ben considers going to psychology and therapy. His doctor recommended ben to go out once a week and interact with others, following the doctor’s order made Ben become more stable.

Lester is a 40-year-old man referred to me for counselling by his doctor. He is currently married and lives with his wife, Carolyn, and their 16-year-old daughter Jane. He is employed as a fast food attendant (Cohen, Jinks & Mendes, 1999). At the initial examination Lester dresses untidily and unshaven, and avoids eye contact. Lester reports an overall feeling of unhappiness (Cohen, Jinks & Mendes, 1999). He stated that he has become reckless and self-destructive and worried about some of his recent life decisions.

Film portrayals of the mentally ill, have contributed to the stigma faced by people with these conditions. Films tend to create and reinforce the same certain stereotypes of the mentally ill. The film Silver Linings Playbook, is a refreshing departure from from this pattern. Exaggerated cinematic portrayals have largely bypassed mental illnesses , such as; Bipolar disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, etc. This film Silver LInings PLaybook, accurately depicts these common disorders among several characters in this film. The three main characters that blatantly show this depiction, are; Pat, Tiffany, and Pat’s best friend Danny Mcdaniels.

What About Bob tells a comical story of a Therapist, Dr. Marvin, and his new patient Bob. Desperate for help, Bob feels he cannot manage four weeks without his new therapist and decides to crash his therapist’s vacation. The movie depicts many different ethical dilemmas throughout the movie such as dual relationships, boundaries, and standard of care. Dual Relationships Dr. Leo Marvin, because of the family’s fondness of Bob and his own personal desire for his family members to like and admire him, he repeatedly continues to let Bob spend time with him and his family.

Before seeing Dr. Marvin, Bob has been subject to a variety of therapies. The most noticeable therapy being drug therapy. Bob talks about having Valium, Halcyon, and Seconol, all anti-anxiety drugs and all indicative of biological therapy. Bob also seems familiar with psychodynamic therapy from his "free associations from childhood" he does for Dr. Marvin. The main therapy focus seems to be on "Baby Steps" therapy, which is similar to desensitization - take small steps in order to overcome big fears. Dr. Marvin also attempts some cognitive therapy by giving Bob a prescription to "take a vacation from his problems." This is supposed to allow Bob to change the way he thinks about his problems so that they are not a crisis any longer and he can just forget about them, because he is on vacation from those problems. Bob also attempts some of his own therapies. "I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful" repeated over and over again by Bob is his own attempt at cognitive therapy and changing the way he thinks about how he feels. Bob also uses behavioral therapy in exposing himself to water by sailing. Granted, he is chained to the boat and is wearing a life preserver, but he is learning to desensitize

My main diagnosis of Prott/ Robert would be a dissociative identity order. A mental disorder that most times develop from traumatic effect and hinder present functions of daily life. Robert suffered from memory loss and repressed memories from his life in the past, experiencing amnesia. After the attempted suicide and murder Robert enters a fugue state, losing his idea of his personality and impulsively leaves his home and goes to New York. He started to become unaware of his self-identity and therefore created a new identity, Prott. Robert had created a new identity and place without all the bad from his past,

What About Bob is a movie about a man who has many psychological problems. He is not the only one with problems though. The movie What About Bob? shows many psychological disorders in a comedic light. From Agoraphobia, or the fear of open spaces, to Paranoid Personality Disorder. This causes people to suffer paranoia or have a relentless mistrust and suspicion of anybody other than themselves, normally when there is no reason to fear or be suspicious of anyone at all. Most of the characters in the movie express at least one major psychological disorder, and some even express two or more.

Generally people with mental issues are cast aside in society. The mentally impaired are immediately labeled as different. Questions on what to do with these people are common. In literature they are seen being locked into a tower room where they are forced to live their days peeling back the yellow wallpaper. This confines the characters to a world where it's just them and their insanity. These characters are present in many different stories. Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Shakespeare's King Lear are two prime examples of characters suffering from mental disabilities and disorders. Although they are not locked in a tower, the mental illnesses are apparent when studying the Mad Hatter, Alice, King

Andy seems to be showing signs of psychosis. Immediately I saw that he was very paranoid and suspicious of the people around him. The content of what he is saying does not make sense as he is accusing his roommates of putting voices in his brain. He believes his roommates are out to get him and fears they are listening to him. I noticed that his eyes wonder and he lacks eye contact. He seems to have lost all relationship with reality and experiences auditory hallucinations. Andy states that the thoughts in his head are planted from his roommates which are being tracked through a device they placed in his brain. The patient seems to be confused and suspicious as to why his friends would do this to him. The delusions and hallucinations seem very

Another man told of his horrible experience with Prozac in an anonymous letter to Ann Tracy, Ph.D., who was doing research on the adverse affects of Prozac. He was taking Prozac for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and had been using it for a year; "I quite liked the unsought-for increase in confidence, sociability, etc." However, after he stopped taking it he began to experience what he called "a whole host of mental problems that I'd never experienced before." He described a lack of emotional response that soon became a full-blown depersonalization disorder, which was accompanied by episodes of derealization, extreme experiences of mental impairment, and loss of short-term memory. He went to seven of Los Angeles's top psychiatrists, each one telling him the same thing. They claimed that it wasn't the drug and would prescribe him higher doses of Prozac and other mind-altering drugs. He began to experience "nauseatingly violent dreams with a constant state of unremitting depersonalization . . .to the point where I could barely function." It got so bad that he began to consider suicide.

In the film What about Bob, the movie starts off with Bob Willey sitting in bed telling himself “I feel great, I feel good, and I feel wonderful.” Without these words of encouragement he wouldn’t make it through day. Bob Wiley is quite the interesting character; he suffers from so many disorders. First he is faced with ongoing anxiety issues throughout the movie. Anxiety disorder is when a “person is continually tense, apprehensive, and in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal,” which describes Bob’s character perfectly.

Bob contrasts with the gay characters. He represents a gender binary of masculinity. Bob is an open-minded mechanic that takes a liking to Bernadette. Bob travels with the three on their journey after Priscilla brakes down. He was married to a mail-order wife, a Filipino prostitute that left him during the movie stating that he wasn’t a good husband.

In What About Bob, Bob is the one who starts out being the one who needs a phycologist. However, by the end of the movie, Leo is the one who needs a phycologist. In a way, Bob and Leo switch places in an old shape form as the movie goes through. Bob also ends up finding his way in the family by marrying Leo’s sister. At the time of marriage, Leo was already out of it. However, the marriage also helped Leo be aware again as some people believe. Overall, I do believe that Bob is a good person with a few issues. However, I also believe that we all have our own issues, and so what if people think we are crazy in a way. We are all born to be different, so Bob is unique in his very own way. Bob has his own unique personality, and it sets him apart from everyone. That is what makes Bob be

Phil came into the clinic because his wife had requested him to receive some professional help. While he was at the clinic, the meeting did not last long. He was there for about an hour and I was able to determine some psychological disorders that Phil may be suffering from. Phil was asked to come back in for follow-up sessions which he will be asked more questions and complete assessments that are the appropriate diagnosis of Phil.

Prior to being in New Hampshire, the story has Bob suffering from symptoms each time he leaves Gill and his apartment. Once he feels part of a family, or part of a group in the hospital, he is fine. He is also very manipulative; he uses his symptoms to achieve his objectives. In evaluating his symptoms it also important to note how normal he can act when he impersonates an inspector at the call center. He wants Marvin’s address and he can manage his symptoms to fool the operator. When he lies over the phone and Marvin gets mad he says, “Oops that was a mistake.” He is in fact very infantile, as can be seen in his relationship with Sigmund; he uses this attribute to make himself appealing to Marvin’s