Silver Lining Playbook

A life interchanging from high to low, happy to sad, to the brink of exploding with euphoria to the lowest low, is the life of a human living with Bipolar disorder. This roller coaster of emotions is inevitable and almost unlikely to cure in terms of later onset. Living with any personality disorder puts strain and hardship on your loved ones and is more then anyone would want to deal with in their short lifetime. These disorders are more common than we know and the way they are treated will determine the individual’s psychological outcome. The movie “Silver Linings Playbook” does a great job depicting a character with Bipolar disorder and the struggles the main character Pat faces on a day-to-day basis through his road to recovery.

Once he was released, Pat lived with his parents since his wife still had a restraining order on him. In various scenes, we see ways in which Pat is expansive in his thoughts about getting back together with his wife, Nikki. He also became extremely joyful when he felt like things were going in a step in the right direction on his mission to win back his wife, and grew particularly irritable otherwise. Scarred by the moment he found Nikki having an affair with their wedding song playing, Pat develops hallucinations about the song causing him to hear it even when it wasn’t on. Hearing the song, whether it was actually playing or only playing in his head enraged Pat, causing him to experience a manic episode. Pat’s excessive optimism about getting back together with his wife caused him to have irrational thoughts, which drove him to make poor judgments and partake in reckless behavior like when he broke his

Case Conceptualization: Silver Linings Playbook Sarah Dirks Part 1: Introduction In the film Silver Linings Playbook (Russell, director, 2012), followed the character Pat Solatano after his release from a psychiatric hospital. Pat had, after he caught his wife with another man, beat that man severely. As part of a deal

Though the movie is positive and amusing, it portrays mental disorders precisely. Marvin’s kids, and he didn’t struggle with the adult-child relationship. He was great with the kids, at one point he helped Dr. Marvin’s son learn to dive. He even went sailing with Dr. Marvin’s daughter and her friends. They held a “normal” relationship. He was never violent and he didn’t get frustrated often. Bob also had a pet goldfish that he cared greatly for. When Bob went to see Dr. Marvin, he brought his goldfish with him, making sure he was properly fed and that his water was fresh. Aside from his separation anxiety, Bob was an independent adult. He lived on his own, took care of himself, and worked from home˗ although it is unclear what his job was. Bob defeated many stereotypes of the classic mentally ill person while still obviously portraying

Sarah Carpenter Professor Herzog Final Paper Silver Linings Playbook Silver Linings Playbook The narrative of Silver Linings Playbook is formed in the heart of Philadelphia around a middle class family at it’s breaking point. Pat’s, the protagonist, family has very much shaped his current situation; he has clinical bipolar disorder and struggles with stress-induced manic outbursts. After Pat’s release from a mandated rehabilitation center, he handles the next recuperating stage of his life in a similar way as a quarterback looking to make the next big play on the field; watching for possible blitzes and passes, anything to get the ball into the end zone, or in Pat’s case, to get in position for his life to get back on track, and

In the movie, ‘Silver linings Playbook’ Pat Solitano is diagnosed with clinical bipolar disorder 1 and struggles with stress-induced manic outbursts. This is revealed by a manic episode where Solitano is seen to almost beat to death a co-worker, who he caught cheating on with is wife. The repercussion of Solitano’s actions results in termination of his job, estrangement from his wife who takes out a restraining order and sees Solitano institutionalized for eight months in a psychiatric hospital.

As per the requirements in the DSM-V, in order to diagnose someone with Bipolar I, they need to have had at least one manic episode (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). A manic episode is one that lasts for a minimum of one week would require hospitalization or have psychotic symptoms. This is differentiated from a hypomanic episode in that, for hypomania, the symptoms last four or fewer days, doesn’t require hospitalization and does not include psychotic feature. I will distinguish between the two using the presence of psychotic symptoms. Pat’s psychotic symptoms can be seen as both delusions and hallucinations (Cohen et al., 2012). His delusions are shown very early on in the movie; he is completely

In Silver Linings Playbook Pat, a middle-aged man, turns to living with his parents upon losing his job, his wife and being checked into a mental institute. He is admitted into the mental institute because he almost beats the man he catches his wife cheating on him with to death. Upon being checked into the mental institute he is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He is in denial of losing his wife to another man and hopes to win her back and rebuild his life with her, despite her writing him off to the point of getting a restraining order against him. When Pat meets Tiffany, who also suffers with mental disorders, presumably borderline personality disorder, they begin a tentative friendship. Pat promises to dance with Tiffany in a dance competition in exchange for her passing along a message to his wife. They ultimately fall in love and decide to pursue a relationship with each other. (Silver Linings Playbook, 2012)

The movie Silver Linings Playbook, by David O. Russel, depicts two main characters, Patrick and Tiffany. They both struggle with psychological disorders. Patrick who was a former high school teacher who catches his wife in shower with another man. As a result he spend eight months in a hospital and

The Silver Linings Playbook is written in the point of view of Pat Peoples and tells the story of his acceptance of his own mental disorders and separation from his ex-wife Nikki. Throughout the book Pat does not stop mentioning how he cannot wait to end “apart time” with his ex-wife and how everything he has been doing to better himself is for her. He begins reading the books on the syllabus of her high school literature course (Quick 9), he exercises almost

Some of the characters in this film did have psychological disorders. However, not all of the disorders that were shown were demonstrated accurately through the characters. Starting with Pat Solitano who has Bipolar Disorder, he tends to have manic episodes of being in a very energetic state and suddenly dropping to a depressed state. For instance, after hearing his wedding song, he became super energetic and upset by tearing his house down trying to find his wedding video. This connects to the fact that he reads all the books his ex-wife teaches and goes on long runs with garbage bags over his clothes to help him lose weight faster. The end goal for him was to change himself to be with Nikki. Having increased activity levels, a goal-directed

Simply, it leaves a bad impression of sorts. The film is based on a rich memoir by Susanna Kaysen. It depicts the suffering of a fictional character referred to as Susanna. The film does not primarily give focus on true hospital course during the recovery process of the fictional character. Much of the focus is on the characters recovering without the aid of the hospital or staff. It is depicted as a road of self discovery and not very realistic for the conditions ascribed the characters. Recovery of an individual suffering from a mental ailment takes time and proper guidance coupled with proper coordination of counseling, medications and familial support. As such, the film provides a decent exploration of mental illness but not realistic. Though in my opinion it does portray the little resources available to women during the day in age depicted the effectiveness of the society’s mental health care system.

Silver Linings Playbook Essay Jason Lin Camden County College Pat the main character of the movie has bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorder is also known as Manic Depressive Disorder. Bipolar Disorder consists of mood swings from the lows of depression to the highs of mania. These mood swings may happen as often as a few times a day to a few times a year. The exact cause of Bipolar Disorder is still unknown. Since the exact cause of Bipolar Disorder is unknown it is unknown what parts of the brain is exactly affected by Bipolar Disorder. Current research indicates that structural abnormalities of the amygdala, basal ganglia, and the prefrontal cortex are the parts of the brain that are affected by Bipolar Disorder.

Another “disorder” Pat may have is called obsessive love disorder. While is can be related to obsessional jealousy, it is still its own category. His love for Nikki is very central to the plot line of the movie. He is obsessed with getting her back; so far as to wear a garbage bag while working out to lose weight and is also reading the books from the list she assigned to her students.

In Lars and the Real Girl, the psychiatrist in the movie was treating Lars for schizoid personality and autism. Lars had purchased a lifesize doll from online and became strongly attached to it. This raised flags to his brother Dagmar and Dagmar’s wife, Karin, to take him to seek treatment from a psychiatrist. A huge part of the treatment process involved having community and family members pretend the doll was real in order to support Lars. However, the mental health professional was shown to do something to Lars without his awareness, which was again a common portrayal of mental health professionals across all films. Again, this theme can be seen in A Silver Linings Playbook, when Pat Solitano’s therapist, Dr. Patel, plays the song “My Cherie