The Characters Of Dissociative Disorders In The Movie Shutter Island

The four symptoms of this mental illness consists of “reliving the event through memories or nightmares, avoiding situations that remind you of the event, negative changes in beliefs and feelings (fear, guilt, shame, etc.) and being hyperarousal (jittery, on the lookout for danger, trouble concentrating and sleeping)” (“PTSD”).

The movie I chose for this paper is titled Frankie & Alice. The main character, played by Halle Berry, was named Frankie. Frankie had a history of traumatic events that took place as she was growing up which resulted in her being diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. Frankie was unaware that she had any type of disorder until she was picked up by police and chose to receive treatment instead of going to jail. The paper includes a synopsis of the movie, along with an analysis of the symptoms Frankie’s character experienced to lead to her diagnosis. Also included are evidences about dissociative identity disorder and what may lead to its diagnoses in an individual. Prevalence of the diagnoses along with treatment selections for the diagnoses is also discussed.

The film Shutter Island depicts the story of a World War 2 veteran Andrew Laeddis and his experience with mental illness, specifically portraying the memory phenomena of repressed and recovered memories also known as dissociative amnesia and dissociative fugue (Kikuchi et.al. 2010). The illness is triggered by a psychologically traumatic event, which included discovering his wife had murdered his three children, and in response, he killing his wife (Kikuchi et.al. 2010). Additionally, the portrayal exhibits many of the criteria for a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Friedman et.al. 1994). The DSM-V now classifies dissociative symptoms as an additional subcategory of PTSD diagnosis, however, the film concentrates

Shutter Island is a very complex movie seemingly about a U.S. Marshal named Teddy Daniels. As the movie begins, Daniels and his partner are shown traveling to Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a patient from a mental hospital. However, as the plot unravels we see that Daniels has a mental disorder of his own. Though his diagnosis is not revealed in the movie, I believe this character suffered from Delusional Disorder, Persecutory Type.

The film Frankie & Alice starring Halle Berry is based on a true story of a woman who is living with a dissociative identity disorder. Set a number of years back (likely the 1970s or 1980s), this film provides the audience with a close up look at what it might be like to live with a mental health disorder. While watching the film, I put a great deal of effort into understanding the symptoms and episodes of the disorder, as the main character experienced them. Through my findings, I have a greater understanding and appreciation not only of dissociative identity disorder but also of mental health in general.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in war veterans is most commonly created when soldiers are put into situation in which they fear for their life. Recent war have changed in the way in which they have been fought. In past wars like World War I and World War II they type of fighting was strategically planned out. There would be attacks and retreats back to safety allowing some time to recuperate. However, in today’s war like in Iraq and Afghanistan soldier are attacking and being assaulted on the daily basis where there is little if any time for recuperation. The daily stress and common occurrences of horrific events and casualties but tremendous stress on soldiers’ brains. This daily stress is not just left on the battlefield once the soldiers return home. The physical, mental and emotional strain that war has on humans leaves lasting impression on the brain and body. When PTSD results from this strain, veterans can experience a wide range of symptoms. According to the Journal of Occupational Medicine the most common general symptoms include re-experiencing phenomena, avoidance tactics, and increased arousal (Bisson). Re-experiencing phenomena refers to a patient’s recurrent psychological recollections to the events that transpired to cause his or her PTSD. For many patients once they find a stimulus that causes them to have a recollection many try to avoid such areas in attempt to block their memories of the events. Arousal is shown through numerous methods with the most common being inability to sleep, difficulty concentrating, or irritability. Each treatment that follows is focused on reducing a patient’s symptoms and the severity in which it affects their

In a few cases, however, the symptoms of PTSD may not occur until years after the event. After the traumatic stress, symptoms of the disorder are often grouped into three categories: intrusive memories, avoidance and numbing, and increased anxiety or emotional arousal. Intrusive memories can include flashbacks or reliving the traumatic event in minutes or even days at a time, nightmares about the traumatic event. The symptoms of emotional avoidance and numbness may include: Try to avoid thinking or talking about the traumatic event, feel crippled emotionally, avoid activities once enjoyed, and despair about the future, memory problems, hard to concentrate, difficult to maintain close relations. Symptoms of anxiety and emotional growth might include: Irritability or anger, the guilt or shame, self-destructive behaviors, such as drinking too much, hard to sleep, easily startled or frightened, hear or see things there(2009). After the traumatic stress, symptoms of the disorder can come and go. Can have many symptoms of stress disorder late traumatic during high stress or when having reminders of what was passing. For example, patient can hear a counterproductive and relive the experience battle. Or they can find a report on the news of the rape, and feel again the fear and horror of the

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is defined as “a development of characteristic long-term symptoms following a psychologically traumatic event that is generally outside the range of usual human experience” (Nordqvist, 1). Simply put, it is a type of anxiety that affects a patient after a traumatic

In M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological horror-thriller film Split (2016), we follow Kevin, a man with Dissociative Identity Disorder, who kidnaps three teenage girls. Throughout this film, we witness Kevin cycle through his 23 distinct personalities as he interacts with the kidnapped girls in his underground living quarters. Dr. Fletcher, Kevin’s psychiatrist, received 20 emails from Barry, one of Kevin’s personalities, asking for help because of Kevin’s 24th emerging personality. Dr. Fletcher worries that this 24th personality is one that can alter Kevin’s physical limitations, and this becomes a reality in the film’s shocking plot twist. The Beast is unleashed, altering Kevin’s physically limitations, which causes chaos throughout the city

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, is a psychological issue that is quite debilitating to the affected individual. Symptoms of this disorder often mimic those of other physical and mental disorders such as seizure disorder, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder (“Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)”, 2012). The distinguishing symptom of Dissociative Identity Disorder, however, is the presence of two or more distinct identities that alternately take control of the individual and this symptom is the main basis and plot of The Secret Window. In addition, the person is plagued by memory losses that cannot be explained by ordinary forgetfulness and may even find items that he or she doesn’t remember buying. (“Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)”, 2014). Also, the individual may experience unexplained changes in eating

Samanova Aida 15BD01059 Dissociative identity disorder I have interested on psychological topic of dissociative identity disorder after familiarization with the creation of Daniel Keyes which is called “The minds of Billy Milligan”. From my point of view, this is one of the most interesting and mysterious phenomenon. It is important to be healthy if you want to live happy and meaningful life. I mean you have to be healthy not only in physical way; also it is significant to have a fresh mind, healthy emotional state. Nowadays multiple identity disorder has not an exact scientific explanation, specific treatment or a diagnostic criterion, that’s why it induces resonance among scientists. That mental disease is defined as inadequate mental state

The following document is entirely fictional, the person named in the evaluation was never actually evaluated, and the report author is not qualified to conduct psychological evaluations. Edward “Teddy” Daniels is a veteran from World Was II and a current U.S Marshall from Boston. Edward is sent to an island called “Shutter Island” with new partner Chuck. Shutter Island is a mental institute where only the worlds most dangerous psychiatric patients go. Teddy and his partner Chuck were asked to go to the island to investigate the disappearance of Rachel. She was a patient there due to Rachel murdering her three children. After arriving to Shutter Island Teddy and Chuck start their investigation. However, while being there Teddy wants vengeance on his wife and children killer, Andrew Laeddis. As their investigation goes on and Teddy goes to places where he should not, Dr. Cawley confronts Teddy stating that he has been a patient there for nearly 2 years. The doctor also tells Teddy that his headaches and shaking us due to withdraw from the medication he has been taking but has not taking it. His partner Chuck is actually his psychiatrist and along with Dr. Cawley they are trying to bring him back to reality, the reality that he is Andrew Laeddis.

Although the movie never specifies what Teddy’s diagnosis was, Dissociative Identity Disorder is the primary disorder that he should be diagnosed with and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder should be secondary. Dissociative Identity Disorder is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states. The multiple personalities differ in many areas including affect, behavior, memory, perception, cognition, and sensory and motor function. The disorder causes great distress and/or impairment in the individual who suffers from it. In the movie Shutter Island, Teddy suffers from identities. His main personality, or host, is discovered at the end of the movie to be Laeddis. His secondary personality, or alter, is the personality of Teddy. These are the only two personalities that he switches between. When the character was Teddy, he did not remember anything about Laeddis. In fact, he thought Laeddis was an entirely different person. Dissociative Identity Disorder often occurs as the result of a traumatic event. In Teddy’s case it was the result of his wife drowning his children. and then him subsequently shooting her.

This research paper aims to explore the mental disease known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder. I explore the meaning, symptoms, and effects of DID. My research describes those diagnosed with DID and the probable reasons of why they have the disorder. This study also explains the many different treatments and the effects those treatments might have on a person that has the disorder. I include a research study done on someone diagnosed with DID, the method used to help treat her, and the results of her treatment. Lastly, I state my opinion on DID and the methods I believe with help people prevent, treat, and cope with

Schizophrenia is defined by the American Psychological Association as, “a serious mental illness characterized by incoherent or illogical thoughts, bizarre behavior and speech, and delusions or hallucinations, such as hearing voices.” Though only effecting 1% of the population, the complex and long-term psychological disorder interferes greatly with the daily life of those diagnosed. Victims of schizophrenia often experience a combination of positive (hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech/thinking/behavior, catatonic behavior, etc…), negative (affective flattening, alogia, avolition), and cognitive (difficulty understanding, poor memory, difficulty integrating thoughts, feelings and behavior) symptoms. In the movie Shutter Island, the main character repeatedly shows the gradual increase of subtle signs of both schizophrenia and PTSD.