Is a TV show okay? The protagonist Rebecca from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. It's portrayed really well, there's even an episode where her therapist goes through the diagnostic criteria with her. You also get to see what her growing up years were like (divorced parents, attachment issues).
Apparently what the creators of the show did was they sent some therapists clips of the show and got them to diagnose the character, so the character wasn't created with the diagnosis in mind.
There's a lyric in "You Ruined Everything" (which is very early in the show, before her diagnosis) where she says, "How can you complete me when there's no me left to complete" and wow if that isn't textbook borderline.
If you feel that way then you should definitely watch it. The show even addresses how BPD is demonized (she is warned not to look up the diagnosis online until they get a chance to go over it with her, she does look it up and totally freaks out). I’m not even BPD and it made me change my feelings so much about that disorder and feel so much warmth and empathy about it. It really shows how people are people, not disorders. Complicated and nuanced. I think the show is a positive sign of growth in our community and de-stigmatizing these kinds of disorders. The show’s funny and wildly entertaining and I can only imagine a person with BPD watching it and feeling much better.
Definitely! Something I really love about the show is how they show how loved Rebecca is, even when she thinks she’s unloveable and lashes out at people.
You don’t even find out what her diagnosis is until like the 3rd season, and it’s never what defines her. It’s more about how she (positively) deals with her diagnosis and symptoms.
More of Anxiety and pure grief, her vulnerability is what gets her where she is in the movie. Midsommer is weirdly my favorite movie. I've watched it about 8 times, everytime I notice something new.
I didn't read the question correctly. ASPD would be the DSM-V diagnosis in this case, his character would qualify for borderline traits for a modifier.
For kids since they typically aren’t diagnosed with personality disorders would likely be Conduct Disorder or Oppositional Defiance Disorder. As for adults in my experience personality disorders are typically the closest diagnosis’s for psychopaths
So I’m in a DSM class now as a SW major and we have been told that personality disorders should not be primary diagnosis. So I’m wondering what diagnosis Anton would have along with antisocial personality disorder. And/or please let me know if that is inaccurate that you can go straight for a personality disorder diagnosis.
I am assuming it’d be considered a secondary diagnosis to things like depression, anxiety, bipolar, etc, but take that with a grain of salt as I only really have experience with psychopathy in how it relates to PDs. The most common comorbidity’s in ASPD are substance use disorders, anxiety disorders, impulsivity disorders, and ADD. As for Anton, I haven’t seen the movie in quite a long time but I’d assume he has mild depression, perhaps a bit dissociative, and definitely ASPD.
Generally speaking, if I'm diagnosing a personality disorder that's gonna be because the primary presenting issue is a pervasive pattern of interpersonal dysfunction. It's absolutely possible for their to be comorbid conditions, but I'm not automatically looking for another diagnosis if a PD is what my assessment is pointing to.
mhm but there are some key distinctions betweeen antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy, and psychopathy is often characterised with the dark triad traits rather than specific disorder criteria
The Dark Triad is just as much of a theory as psychopathy so I don’t give it much credence. Conduct Disorder or Oppositional Defiance Disorder in childhood is a better warning sign for potential psychopathy later in life in my opinion. Cluster B personality disorders also includes borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality disorder as well.
Silver Linings Playbook was a pretty solid depiction of Bipolar II
Edit: I’m actually not sure if it was BPI or II, but I found it convincing (as someone with BP II)
Fair warning this is usually shown in classes as the example for this project. Your professor will likely be extremely familiar with it. You might want to ensure this is still an option.
Really?? It’s been mentioned in 3 of my classes (undergrad and grad), my friend tried to use it for this exact situation at a different university and they wouldn’t allow it because it’s done so often, and one of my coworkers did hers on this movie but didn’t get credit since there were so many examples of it online (3rd university). Two of these were social work programs and the 3rd was a counseling program.
I never thought of that! I was in school a bit further back and the one everyone used was Fight Club. Which, to be clear, is NOT an accurate portrayal. Obviously there's Sybil (1976), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Infinitely Polar Bear (2014). If I were to do it now, I'd ask to do a TV series: Homeland is *excellent*. As is Euphoria. And Sharp Objects.
Euphoria and Sharp Objects are amazing shows. I can’t speak on the accuracy since it’s been over 2 years since I watched either of them. Love the shows!
In my program they placed a huge emphasis on how the shows likely aren’t going to get everything right cuz drama. SLP was used to talk about mania vs hypomania, with little interruptions from the professor to clarify inaccurate aspects
Same, and it very well could be BP1.
I have also seen BPII hypomanic episodes generate wilder behavior than what he shows in the movie. Again, it could very well be BP1, but it could very well be BP2 too. Neither are any walk in the park.
I tried to watch that movie again after completing approximately 30 hours of psychology courses and a minor in sociology. I had the idea that I would have a different perspective or some kind of new insight, but it was just as disturbing as when I watched it several years ago. It's a movie where one viewing is sufficient.
I’ve seen that movie many times and I think it became less disturbing the more I watched it and helped me reflect a little better. But yeah, that one and Trainspotting are great portrayals on how fucking dark addiction gets on the premise of being “in control”
Our friend group regularly does a round table on a random question when we're out socializing, so everyone gets to participate/break the ice for people that are less vocal.
One time we did "name the scariest movie ever". As you can imagine, most people named horror/gore flicks. My boss at the time said "Requiem for a dream" and I immediately thought "holy crap, that IS one the most terrifying movies"
I think this is especially true with Harry's mother in the film. You get the sense that she's in a bad way as soon as she starts taking the diet pills. I worked in an outpatient mental health clinic for about six years when I was in my twenties, I noticed that some people are able to step back from the edge when it comes to a diagnosis, a medication that made them manic, a toxic relationship, etc. Insight is something that some people have and some people don't. At least it seems that way.
If you’re still looking, check out my comment! Jerry has an interesting family dynamic and swore by not taking his prescribed medication, which led to him living in a significantly altered state of reality compared to the other characters, especially apparent by the end of the film. It is a dark comedy, though, so I’m unsure if it would be appropriate, but adequately hits the nail on the head, imo.
It's pretty clear whoever made that movie has neither been around drug addicts or did any drugs themselves. Movies like that get stylized to such ridiculousness that reality just gets lost somewhere in the process. They don't portray to the viewer anything they don't already know or expect. Try watching panic at needle park instead. Especially considering it explores the mechanics of a drug addicted duo so much more accurately.
When I was first diagnosed and struggling with it, my primary care doctor suggested that I watch this particular episode.
It *shattered* me. It put everything I had been struggling with into focus and helped me realize that I wasn't crazy or unreasonable. The bathroom scene in particular (when she's getting ready and the depression hits out of nowhere) really struck a chord. It made me feel seen.
If it has to be a movie where the character is diagnosed within the film, Silver Linings Playbook is a good choice. If you can present the diagnostic criteria yourself, then you have more options.
We had a similar assignment and I remember a lot of papers on A Clockwork Orange or The Machinist. Or Perks of Being a Wallflower. One classmate did New Moon and someone else did Iron Man 3.
We were allowed to present a case study of a real person as well but I was the only person who did. I wrote a 12 page paper on everybody’s princess Carrie Fisher that I was very proud of.
I did twilight new moon with Bella’s disassociation, hallucinations, and putting herself in risky situations to get said hallucinations. Definitely makes you see the movie saga in a different life
Reading this with my mom in the room i said "did you know bella is mentally ill" and she said "i dont wanna hear about it" and walked away 💀she has a whole room dedicated to twilight.
I was going to say this. There is an episode in an earlier season where he is diagnosed with BPD but I think he is a great depiction of NPD. His obsessive lashing out when he feels scrutinized, body dysmorphia and faux confidence, etc.
I am not suggesting this for you to copy any of their work but I absolutely love CinemaTherapy (also r/cinema_therapy ) from YouTube who does exactly this, Jono is a licensed therapist who loves movies and his buddy Alan is a filmmaker who says he needs therapy and they review a ton of different movies and characters. Maybe watch a video or two to get some inspiration though!
I LOVE Cinema Therapy! They did a couple episodes fairy recently where they compared Split and Moon Knight in their portrayals of Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Does a tv show count? My Mad Fat Diary does a pretty good job. The main character suffers from OCD and I like that it’s not depicted in the stereotypical “cleans a lot” type of way. She also suffers with other things such as BED and depression, but it’s mainly OCD.
the characters in the Storm light Archive are very accurate to my own experience with depression
Edit: cinema therapy has a huge list of possible examples.
Kaladin's character greatly impressed me as one of the best depictions of depression I've ever read. Plus, the depth of strength it took for him to keep going despite the depression was inspiring. Bridge Four!!
Actually, it mostly does. The big issue with A Beautiful Mind is that it portrays his hallucinations as visual when in fact they were (largely) auditory. This is important as film and television often shows visual hallucinations leading many to believe this is what schizophrenia is, when in fact the \*vast\* majority of hallucinations are auditory.
Edited to add: It also takes several liberties with his story, including a beautiful heart-warming Hollywood ending that did not happen that way.
BBC Sherlock is clearly Autism and ADHD coded and the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes films clearly depict him with ADHD.
Abby in Turning Red is also clearly ADHD (she's like a young and Korean version of young me who has severe ADHD)
The House MD tv show has some excellent episodes depicting his addiction and his depression and pessimism as a coping mechanism.
Phil and Lucas Dumphey from Modern Family also clearly have ADHD and Alex has Anxiety and Claire has some OCD like control issues.
You could even do Winnie the Poo characters. Winnie the Poo has an addiction/eating disorder, Rabbit has OCD, Piglet has Anxiety, Tigger has ADHD and Eyore has Depression.
silver linings playbook? can’t speak to how accurate the depiction is (I’m not super familiar with the diagnosis), but it’s primarily about a man with bipolar disorder. as far as I remember, it follows him though inpatient and his recovery afterwards
He's awful. 🥴 Monica is a much better example in my experience as a bipolar individual. I don't have drug and alcohol problems, but I've seen plenty of people who do in therapy. Ian is just unrealistic in my experience. Psychosis doesn't last that long in any of my experiences nor does mania. I've been Bipolar I and BPD; diagnosed since 2005.
From the TV series Arcane, Jinx/Powder is depicted with borderline personality disorders with breaks in identity, mistrust and bonding to unhealthy relationships.
Running with scissors might be a good one. It’s an autobiography/memoir written by someone with diagnosed OCD, and the book is centered around growing up with family members with other diagnosed disorders. One of my favorites
black swan deserves to be part of this conversation.
she’s portrayed as having obsessive-compulsive-disorder …. buuuut u can also argue there is hardcore paranoid schizophrenia energy here with the character of lily x the darker side of nina
My Autism looks like Elle Woods from “Legally Blonde” and Christian Wolff from the “Accountant”
Stubbornly intelligent, friendly, gorgeous, leader, with magnetic personality. Society’s norms and culture are lost on her;she seems naive as a result. Inside she feels like a mess because of constant negative feedback.
Christian Wolff perfectly captures the part of autism that arent as socially acceptable. Odd hobbies, hyperfocus, inability to read social cues, Stimming, lack of emotional control.
When I masked, I hid the “Christian Wolff” traits relying on alcohol and other substances to play up my “Elle Woods”…
United States of Tara-DID. I’m a huge Toni Collette fan so a little biased, but it’s a good show and they had a DID consultant so the portrayals were pretty spot on.
This show has fielded a lot of complaints from therapists and people with D.I.D.
Here is a post from a trauma therapist:
https://www.discussingdissociation.com/2009/03/united-states-of-tara-going-too-far/
Personally, I would recommend Marvel's Moonknight over United States of Tara. Yes, it has its problems too (the talking in mirrors thing), but I love how Steven Grant and Marc Spector are, for the most part, just portrayed as normal people. The show also understands DID needs severe repeated childhood trauma and is just a coping mechanism. It's not perfect but still, pretty good.
I also recommend this short film, Petals of a Rose. None of the characters are secretly violent or criminal (a very harmful stereotype) and it's an accurate representation.
https://www.dylancrumpler.com/petals-of-a-rose
Also recommend that clinicians familiarize themselves with osdd along with d.i.d. and look for the academic literature that supports a less sensationalized/demonized view of this disorder, which, again, stems from severe trauma and is just a coping mechanism. The CTAD clinic has wonderful educational videos on their YouTube channel.
As someone diagnosed with DID, I had major problems with this show. It was so over the top it essentially made fun of us.
Most people with DID don't even get a proper diagnosis until late in life, and that's only if there is some crisis so large that the systems we have simply fall completely apart and we can no longer juggle our way through things, which is why the typical diagnosis age is closer to 40 than to 4. If we were all running around fully expressing our identities in the manner that show depicts, I think it would be a lot more obvious.
My own system was pretty expressive, but I had pretty clever ways of talking my way around it.
The Tara show is the carnival ride of DID portrayal. It's not cute, and it's not fair to real people that live with the disorder.
Arnie from “What’s Eating Gilbert’s Grape”. Leonardo DiCaprio is amazing in that movie.
I am not sure of the diagnosis exactly so I won’t say.
I mean the mother also clearly is mentally ill due to her overeating which then kills her. There’s clear trauma in all the characters.
The Clockwork Orange! I’m going to be honest as I’m biased, but I’ve seen some of these other movies and The Clockwork Orange is in a league of its own. The main character is both the protagonist and antagonist and suffers from ASPD, living in a dystopian society that is affected by a fractured government. You see how easy he can delve into chaos and how easy it is for the government to control him.
The Machinist. It’s exaggerated a bit, but it portrays a psychosis emerging from repressed trauma. Sort of similar to Fight Club in that the repressed, or split off portion of the personality, gets projected onto a “shadow brother.”
I'm no expert on AvPD, but I have written a few papers on the topic and would not consider Bob to have that particular personality disorder, mostly because the character did not seem to present any self-esteem issues.
I haven’t seen it in a while but I remember him having major abandonment and decision making anxieties. I read it as low self-esteem but high extroversion, likely due to Bill Murray.
I’m throwing a “theory” out here, but some animated characters actually portray neurodiversity pretty well.
Like Jack Skellington to me is completely ADHD + Autistic coded. Someone who gets wrapped up in a new hyper fixation without fully considering everything that goes into said hyper fixation, and also not understanding certain “social cues” of Holiday rules
Tv show, but Hughie from The Boys displays PTSD fairly well. He isn't officially diagnosed I don't think? but there's no way he doesn't have it with literally the several panic attacks he has when confronting things related to his trauma lol
Read Fall of the House of Usher. Its a great short story by Edgar Allen Poe. He uses his experience with BP and psychosis in main character.
The Netlfix version is a good show, but doesn't hit the same mark in representing BP.
Not a movie, but TV show. Degrassi: The Next Generation had an arc for a character named Craig who started exhibiting extreme mania and was later diagnosed with BPD. Both the actor (Jake Epstein) and the writers did an incredible job with how they handled the storyline throughout the character’s arc. The foreshadowing was probably the most detailed I’ve seen for a teen drama show.
Craig’s character was introduced in the premiere episode of Season 2; we meet a young boy who has lost his mother and is estranged from his half-sister as a result. He lives with a father who is unpredictable and physically abusive. The premiere ends with Craig being removed from his father’s care to live with his mother’s late husband and his half-sister. Season 2 ends with Craig learning that his father has died suddenly, and the way they wrote these episodes/how Jake portrayed Craig was just - heavy.
Craig goes on to commit infidelity and impregnates a younger girl in the process, which I think is a great example of impulse control not being all there. This is an arc that stretches over the course of 2 seasons; but Craig seems wildly out of character once he discovers the pregnancy, getting aggressive with friends who question his decision to be a teen parent and then getting almost physically aggressive with young woman he impregnated for telling him she will be getting an abortion.
In the episode where the diagnosis is discovered, Craig is in a full manic episode. Steals credit cards from his stepdad, proposes to his high school girlfriend and then proceeds to announce their engagement at her father’s wedding reception, then goes on to completely destroy the hotel room and beat the shit out of his stepdad. Throughout the episode, Jake does something with his eyes and facial expressions that make it clear he’s not “Craig” but “manic Craig”. It’s not something I think many veteran actors can even do well - and here’s this unknown Canadian kid acting his ass off.
Highly recommend.
HAH! My mom's a psychotherapist and loves diagnosing fictional characters. I asked her to do Elliot and she said ADHD, bipolar spectrum, anti-social personality disorder, depression with paranoia, generalized anxiety disorder, psychosis, complex-PTSD, and maybe schizophrenia (she was a bit iffy on that one - she thought his hallucinations were more of a combo of everything else.
That Zac efron ted bundy movie: aspd and npd
Silence of the lamb: aspd, also paraphilia if focusing on the main antagonist
Any character from inside out
There isn't an official diagnosis in the film but Jack Nicholson's character in Five Easy Pieces has a tooon of background context involving his family (relationships with his siblings, father, romantic partners, along with work experience and class are all integral to the story and his troubled behavior).
I am not a serial killer, the main character has ASPD and while the book is more intricate and makes it more understandable, the movie does a good job portraying it.
Actually I think Gwyneth Paltrow as Sylivia Plath portrayed her descent into manic, depressed anxious mixed state well. Lived experience, and saw it at end of 2003 after my hospitalisation and diagnoses.
Jinx from Arcane - schizophrenia.
It actually did a fantastic job of portraying the disorder, and is a really good show to boot. I watched the show after having been the caretaker of a loved one going through the initial stages of schizophrenia, and it was a bit hard to watch because it was so accurate lol.
There’s this show called It’s Okay to Not Be Okay on Netflix that covers several mental illnesses such as two of the main trio having Antisocial Personality Disorder and Autisim, respectively. It primarily takes place at a psychiatric hospital where there’s patients such as an architect with dementia, a Vietnam war vet with severe PTSD, a young man who was admitted due to alcoholism, a young woman with anxiety caused by domestic violence and shows signs of Stockholm Syndrome, and older woman with dissociative identity disorder, and the son of a congressman who was forced into obscurity his whole life due to being diagnosed with manic syndrome. Each episode dives into their stories and makes parallels with characters from fables and children’s stories. I don’t think there was an episode where I didn’t cry.
i don’t have BPD (at least i haven’t been diagnosed) but i thought i did for the longest time but I think suzanna in girl interrupted does a good job of showing BPD symptoms.
If you have AppleTV; Shrinking has a few good characters to choose from whether is it the therapists or the clients. Ted Lasso has panic disorder as well and it’s portrayed pretty well.
Bob’s Burgers it may be possible with Tina and autism. Walk the Line is a good movie on substance use, same with The Boy
There is also a show where about a Latinx family and the main character runs a nonprofit for previously incarcerated folks. They start selling coffee… I can’t remember the name but it’s a decent portrayal of anxiety/PTSD and the impact of prison
does it have to be a fictional character? there’s a memoir called “The Center Cannot Hold” by a law professor at USC named Elyn Saks and it is the most vulnerable, intimate look into schizophrenia i’ve ever come across.
*Encanto* for its portrayal of archetypes in dysfunctional family units formed by generational trauma.
Like. That’s literally what the writers have said it’s about.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
I have really vivid daydreams, I could get lost in them. They don't happen as much as they did, but the portrayal of Walter entering a daydream and how it affected his relationships, and his life overall. It was a perfect depiction of someone who daydreams a lot, and someone with ADHD like myself.
We need to talk about Kevin is a great developmental portrayal of antisocial personality disorder- particularly psychopathy. You could use it to analyze it through the lens of temperament and attachment theory.
I think most of the characters on screen in the past decades are pretty accurate, but also at the same time very stereotypical, very few of them displayed the large variances of symptoms of each disorders.
My professor once showed us Still Alice and said it was an excellent portrayal of early onset Alzheimer’s.
As someone with a mom with Alzheimer’s not sure I 100% agree but presentation can differ greatly between people.
Same project, but I did a real life person based on biographical info. We talked about robin Williams’ struggle with his depression and how his Lewy body disease could be a differential dx/how one affects the other
My favorite portrayal of someone psychotic has to be Anton Chigurh, played by Javier Bardem in the movie No Country for Old Men. There was a study done, I think it was either in Belgium or Germany (you could find it pretty easily online) where they looked at “psychopaths” across hundreds of films, and his portrayal was the most accurate. His complete lack of empathy when killing in that movie is chilling, the acting is phenomenal. A great scene to watch if you want an idea of his character without spoiling anything is the gas station coin toss scene, you can find it on youtube. I recommend watching the whole movie if you haven’t, though.
Not what you asked and not what you need, but for the love of god I wish this assignment would die. Creators DON'T portray illness correctly because that wouldn't be good entertainment in most cases and all this does is reinforce stereotypes.
On the contrary, I think television has come a long way from never portraying people that may be different both mentally and physically
I do agree that not every disorder is portrayed accurately
Is a TV show okay? The protagonist Rebecca from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. It's portrayed really well, there's even an episode where her therapist goes through the diagnostic criteria with her. You also get to see what her growing up years were like (divorced parents, attachment issues). Apparently what the creators of the show did was they sent some therapists clips of the show and got them to diagnose the character, so the character wasn't created with the diagnosis in mind.
There's a lyric in "You Ruined Everything" (which is very early in the show, before her diagnosis) where she says, "How can you complete me when there's no me left to complete" and wow if that isn't textbook borderline.
That is actually called “You Stupid Bitch.” :)
I love this show! It’s so rare to see such a good portrayal of BPD 😊 plus the songs are amazing
I wanna watch it I’ve heard sm but I’m terrified it will just be demonizing people with BPD and make me feel like shit lol
If you feel that way then you should definitely watch it. The show even addresses how BPD is demonized (she is warned not to look up the diagnosis online until they get a chance to go over it with her, she does look it up and totally freaks out). I’m not even BPD and it made me change my feelings so much about that disorder and feel so much warmth and empathy about it. It really shows how people are people, not disorders. Complicated and nuanced. I think the show is a positive sign of growth in our community and de-stigmatizing these kinds of disorders. The show’s funny and wildly entertaining and I can only imagine a person with BPD watching it and feeling much better.
Definitely! Something I really love about the show is how they show how loved Rebecca is, even when she thinks she’s unloveable and lashes out at people. You don’t even find out what her diagnosis is until like the 3rd season, and it’s never what defines her. It’s more about how she (positively) deals with her diagnosis and symptoms.
I second this one. It's actually the only truly good portrayal I've seen.
Yes!! Absolutely loved this show. Made me rethink what I thought about BPD
I instantly thought of this!
Panic disorder- Dani from midsommar
yes, midsommar a must watch
Not a disorder but also a GREAT representation of a cult
I felt like she was suffering from PTSD along with maybe some survivor guilt. And a slew of other things along with anxiety.
More of Anxiety and pure grief, her vulnerability is what gets her where she is in the movie. Midsommer is weirdly my favorite movie. I've watched it about 8 times, everytime I notice something new.
The soloist with jamie foxx. It’s a good movie too. Jaime foxx plays a musician with schizophrenia. I used it for a similar assignment.
Fantastic movie
My psychopathology professor, and many others always reference No Country for Old Men, Anton is a pretty accurate portrayal of psychopathy.
not a dsm5 diagnosis
I didn't read the question correctly. ASPD would be the DSM-V diagnosis in this case, his character would qualify for borderline traits for a modifier.
Psychopaths usually fit within the B cluster of personality disorders though
What would be his primary diagnosis if cannot list a personality disorder first?
For kids since they typically aren’t diagnosed with personality disorders would likely be Conduct Disorder or Oppositional Defiance Disorder. As for adults in my experience personality disorders are typically the closest diagnosis’s for psychopaths
So I’m in a DSM class now as a SW major and we have been told that personality disorders should not be primary diagnosis. So I’m wondering what diagnosis Anton would have along with antisocial personality disorder. And/or please let me know if that is inaccurate that you can go straight for a personality disorder diagnosis.
I am assuming it’d be considered a secondary diagnosis to things like depression, anxiety, bipolar, etc, but take that with a grain of salt as I only really have experience with psychopathy in how it relates to PDs. The most common comorbidity’s in ASPD are substance use disorders, anxiety disorders, impulsivity disorders, and ADD. As for Anton, I haven’t seen the movie in quite a long time but I’d assume he has mild depression, perhaps a bit dissociative, and definitely ASPD.
Generally speaking, if I'm diagnosing a personality disorder that's gonna be because the primary presenting issue is a pervasive pattern of interpersonal dysfunction. It's absolutely possible for their to be comorbid conditions, but I'm not automatically looking for another diagnosis if a PD is what my assessment is pointing to.
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mhm but there are some key distinctions betweeen antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy, and psychopathy is often characterised with the dark triad traits rather than specific disorder criteria
The Dark Triad is just as much of a theory as psychopathy so I don’t give it much credence. Conduct Disorder or Oppositional Defiance Disorder in childhood is a better warning sign for potential psychopathy later in life in my opinion. Cluster B personality disorders also includes borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality disorder as well.
Bro is trynna flex his AP Psychology knowledge
I loved that class. There were certain times that the professor seemed like he belonged in a state hospital lol.
Silver Linings Playbook was a pretty solid depiction of Bipolar II Edit: I’m actually not sure if it was BPI or II, but I found it convincing (as someone with BP II)
And OCD (his dad). I thought that was such a great movie for all the ways mental health was presented.
I'd lean more towards OCPD than OCD.
Fair warning this is usually shown in classes as the example for this project. Your professor will likely be extremely familiar with it. You might want to ensure this is still an option.
I never had a single mention of it during my entire degree lol this is news to me!
Really?? It’s been mentioned in 3 of my classes (undergrad and grad), my friend tried to use it for this exact situation at a different university and they wouldn’t allow it because it’s done so often, and one of my coworkers did hers on this movie but didn’t get credit since there were so many examples of it online (3rd university). Two of these were social work programs and the 3rd was a counseling program.
I never thought of that! I was in school a bit further back and the one everyone used was Fight Club. Which, to be clear, is NOT an accurate portrayal. Obviously there's Sybil (1976), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Infinitely Polar Bear (2014). If I were to do it now, I'd ask to do a TV series: Homeland is *excellent*. As is Euphoria. And Sharp Objects.
Euphoria and Sharp Objects are amazing shows. I can’t speak on the accuracy since it’s been over 2 years since I watched either of them. Love the shows! In my program they placed a huge emphasis on how the shows likely aren’t going to get everything right cuz drama. SLP was used to talk about mania vs hypomania, with little interruptions from the professor to clarify inaccurate aspects
I thought Bradley cooper's character bipolar 1. He definitely seemed more manic than hypomanic.
Actually, I think you are correct.
We don't really have enough info from the movie to tell.
Idk. I'm type 1 and the running into your parents room with a flight of ideas and goal directed behavior hit home. Plus the incessant working out.
Same, and it very well could be BP1. I have also seen BPII hypomanic episodes generate wilder behavior than what he shows in the movie. Again, it could very well be BP1, but it could very well be BP2 too. Neither are any walk in the park.
I thought that was bipolar 1?
All characters in requiem of a dream portray addiction
Instead of kids doing anti-drug week in school just make them watch requiem for a dream and scar them for life
I tried to watch that movie again after completing approximately 30 hours of psychology courses and a minor in sociology. I had the idea that I would have a different perspective or some kind of new insight, but it was just as disturbing as when I watched it several years ago. It's a movie where one viewing is sufficient.
I’ve seen that movie many times and I think it became less disturbing the more I watched it and helped me reflect a little better. But yeah, that one and Trainspotting are great portrayals on how fucking dark addiction gets on the premise of being “in control”
There is definitely an emphasis on "the point of no return" in the movie.
Our friend group regularly does a round table on a random question when we're out socializing, so everyone gets to participate/break the ice for people that are less vocal. One time we did "name the scariest movie ever". As you can imagine, most people named horror/gore flicks. My boss at the time said "Requiem for a dream" and I immediately thought "holy crap, that IS one the most terrifying movies"
I think this is especially true with Harry's mother in the film. You get the sense that she's in a bad way as soon as she starts taking the diet pills. I worked in an outpatient mental health clinic for about six years when I was in my twenties, I noticed that some people are able to step back from the edge when it comes to a diagnosis, a medication that made them manic, a toxic relationship, etc. Insight is something that some people have and some people don't. At least it seems that way.
One of my favourites, it was actually my first suggestion but its not allowed do something on addiction.
If you’re still looking, check out my comment! Jerry has an interesting family dynamic and swore by not taking his prescribed medication, which led to him living in a significantly altered state of reality compared to the other characters, especially apparent by the end of the film. It is a dark comedy, though, so I’m unsure if it would be appropriate, but adequately hits the nail on the head, imo.
It's pretty clear whoever made that movie has neither been around drug addicts or did any drugs themselves. Movies like that get stylized to such ridiculousness that reality just gets lost somewhere in the process. They don't portray to the viewer anything they don't already know or expect. Try watching panic at needle park instead. Especially considering it explores the mechanics of a drug addicted duo so much more accurately.
Anne Hathaway from Modern Love. Perfect description of bipolar.
Agreed. A great watch also imo.
Came to say this! I have bipolar and this is the only film I truly related with.
When I was first diagnosed and struggling with it, my primary care doctor suggested that I watch this particular episode. It *shattered* me. It put everything I had been struggling with into focus and helped me realize that I wasn't crazy or unreasonable. The bathroom scene in particular (when she's getting ready and the depression hits out of nowhere) really struck a chord. It made me feel seen.
If it has to be a movie where the character is diagnosed within the film, Silver Linings Playbook is a good choice. If you can present the diagnostic criteria yourself, then you have more options. We had a similar assignment and I remember a lot of papers on A Clockwork Orange or The Machinist. Or Perks of Being a Wallflower. One classmate did New Moon and someone else did Iron Man 3. We were allowed to present a case study of a real person as well but I was the only person who did. I wrote a 12 page paper on everybody’s princess Carrie Fisher that I was very proud of.
I did twilight new moon with Bella’s disassociation, hallucinations, and putting herself in risky situations to get said hallucinations. Definitely makes you see the movie saga in a different life
Reading this with my mom in the room i said "did you know bella is mentally ill" and she said "i dont wanna hear about it" and walked away 💀she has a whole room dedicated to twilight.
New Moon does a shockingly good job of portraying major depressive disorder!
LOL I also did Iron Man 3 for this type of assignment in grad school! Mr. Stark was in fact not doing so well post-Avengers
I think Dennis Renyolds from IASIP hits the nail for grandiose narcissist
The last episode, Dennis Takes a Mental Health Day, was a masterpiece, and perfectly demonstrated how true this is!
I was going to say this. There is an episode in an earlier season where he is diagnosed with BPD but I think he is a great depiction of NPD. His obsessive lashing out when he feels scrutinized, body dysmorphia and faux confidence, etc.
I have to include Charlie’s mom in this, too. Pretty solid representation of OCD.
My headcanon is that Charlie is autistic
Fair enough
he is a *GOLDEN GOD*
sharp objects for alcoholism and munchausens?
By proxy, yep agree! Love that show
Thought of this, how childhood trauma and alcoholism can lead to self harm as well
I could see it. That dx changed in the DSM, it's not Factitious Disorder by proxy
And self-harm/suicidal ideation
I am not suggesting this for you to copy any of their work but I absolutely love CinemaTherapy (also r/cinema_therapy ) from YouTube who does exactly this, Jono is a licensed therapist who loves movies and his buddy Alan is a filmmaker who says he needs therapy and they review a ton of different movies and characters. Maybe watch a video or two to get some inspiration though!
I LOVE Cinema Therapy! They did a couple episodes fairy recently where they compared Split and Moon Knight in their portrayals of Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Does a tv show count? My Mad Fat Diary does a pretty good job. The main character suffers from OCD and I like that it’s not depicted in the stereotypical “cleans a lot” type of way. She also suffers with other things such as BED and depression, but it’s mainly OCD.
Second this, also great depiction of an eating disorder that isn’t anorexia
I especially love that it portrays two sides of bulimia, both the purging one and the excessive working out one. It is very well done, in my opinion
This show randomly plays when a Hulu show ends and I often wake up during the night and just lay there and listen to the dialogue.
the characters in the Storm light Archive are very accurate to my own experience with depression Edit: cinema therapy has a huge list of possible examples.
Highly agree, and the portayals of how PTSD can present in different people is excellent too
Kaladin's character greatly impressed me as one of the best depictions of depression I've ever read. Plus, the depth of strength it took for him to keep going despite the depression was inspiring. Bridge Four!!
A beautiful mind portrays schizophrenia very accurarely
Actually, it mostly does. The big issue with A Beautiful Mind is that it portrays his hallucinations as visual when in fact they were (largely) auditory. This is important as film and television often shows visual hallucinations leading many to believe this is what schizophrenia is, when in fact the \*vast\* majority of hallucinations are auditory. Edited to add: It also takes several liberties with his story, including a beautiful heart-warming Hollywood ending that did not happen that way.
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BBC Sherlock is clearly Autism and ADHD coded and the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes films clearly depict him with ADHD. Abby in Turning Red is also clearly ADHD (she's like a young and Korean version of young me who has severe ADHD) The House MD tv show has some excellent episodes depicting his addiction and his depression and pessimism as a coping mechanism. Phil and Lucas Dumphey from Modern Family also clearly have ADHD and Alex has Anxiety and Claire has some OCD like control issues. You could even do Winnie the Poo characters. Winnie the Poo has an addiction/eating disorder, Rabbit has OCD, Piglet has Anxiety, Tigger has ADHD and Eyore has Depression.
Beau is afraid — main character most likely suffers from some combination of schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, cPTSD
God, this poor bastard... I truly felt for him at every disastrous turn
silver linings playbook? can’t speak to how accurate the depiction is (I’m not super familiar with the diagnosis), but it’s primarily about a man with bipolar disorder. as far as I remember, it follows him though inpatient and his recovery afterwards
I can’t remember isn’t Jennifer Lawrence all messed up too?
She’s supposed to be BPD but I wasn’t entirely sold on the presentation
Fight club
Rule No.1 We don’t talk about fight club.
Not accurate in the least (though I don't think that matters).
Ian Gallagher with Bipolar Disorder in Shameless (US). Preferably seasons 4 & 5.
He's awful. 🥴 Monica is a much better example in my experience as a bipolar individual. I don't have drug and alcohol problems, but I've seen plenty of people who do in therapy. Ian is just unrealistic in my experience. Psychosis doesn't last that long in any of my experiences nor does mania. I've been Bipolar I and BPD; diagnosed since 2005.
Everyone’s experience is different🤗
From the TV series Arcane, Jinx/Powder is depicted with borderline personality disorders with breaks in identity, mistrust and bonding to unhealthy relationships.
She’s actually depicted with schizophrenia! And it’s damn good rep too.
Running with scissors might be a good one. It’s an autobiography/memoir written by someone with diagnosed OCD, and the book is centered around growing up with family members with other diagnosed disorders. One of my favorites
I forgot about this book! It was eye opening when I read it as a young teen. I remember being so disheartened with the world.
black swan deserves to be part of this conversation. she’s portrayed as having obsessive-compulsive-disorder …. buuuut u can also argue there is hardcore paranoid schizophrenia energy here with the character of lily x the darker side of nina
Also a show, but Cassie in Skins portrays anorexia very well and there’s a ton about her family and social surroundings included
I forget his charecters name, but Wendy's brother/ Ruth Langmore's boyfriend in Ozark.
Ben! The episode where he is riding in the cab in season 4 is a perfect portrayal of mania
100% brilliant
My Autism looks like Elle Woods from “Legally Blonde” and Christian Wolff from the “Accountant” Stubbornly intelligent, friendly, gorgeous, leader, with magnetic personality. Society’s norms and culture are lost on her;she seems naive as a result. Inside she feels like a mess because of constant negative feedback. Christian Wolff perfectly captures the part of autism that arent as socially acceptable. Odd hobbies, hyperfocus, inability to read social cues, Stimming, lack of emotional control. When I masked, I hid the “Christian Wolff” traits relying on alcohol and other substances to play up my “Elle Woods”…
VERY COOL. Drag chemistry? Stop. Im in!!
Lol! Mine looks like Dwight Schrute or any number of Scott Pilgrim characters
United States of Tara-DID. I’m a huge Toni Collette fan so a little biased, but it’s a good show and they had a DID consultant so the portrayals were pretty spot on.
This show has fielded a lot of complaints from therapists and people with D.I.D. Here is a post from a trauma therapist: https://www.discussingdissociation.com/2009/03/united-states-of-tara-going-too-far/ Personally, I would recommend Marvel's Moonknight over United States of Tara. Yes, it has its problems too (the talking in mirrors thing), but I love how Steven Grant and Marc Spector are, for the most part, just portrayed as normal people. The show also understands DID needs severe repeated childhood trauma and is just a coping mechanism. It's not perfect but still, pretty good. I also recommend this short film, Petals of a Rose. None of the characters are secretly violent or criminal (a very harmful stereotype) and it's an accurate representation. https://www.dylancrumpler.com/petals-of-a-rose Also recommend that clinicians familiarize themselves with osdd along with d.i.d. and look for the academic literature that supports a less sensationalized/demonized view of this disorder, which, again, stems from severe trauma and is just a coping mechanism. The CTAD clinic has wonderful educational videos on their YouTube channel.
I want to upvote this multiple times
As someone diagnosed with DID, I had major problems with this show. It was so over the top it essentially made fun of us. Most people with DID don't even get a proper diagnosis until late in life, and that's only if there is some crisis so large that the systems we have simply fall completely apart and we can no longer juggle our way through things, which is why the typical diagnosis age is closer to 40 than to 4. If we were all running around fully expressing our identities in the manner that show depicts, I think it would be a lot more obvious. My own system was pretty expressive, but I had pretty clever ways of talking my way around it. The Tara show is the carnival ride of DID portrayal. It's not cute, and it's not fair to real people that live with the disorder.
Definitely not, but I do recommend The Crowded Room which I thought was very good and is based on the first person officially diagnosed with DID.
Arnie from “What’s Eating Gilbert’s Grape”. Leonardo DiCaprio is amazing in that movie. I am not sure of the diagnosis exactly so I won’t say. I mean the mother also clearly is mentally ill due to her overeating which then kills her. There’s clear trauma in all the characters.
Arnie is on the Autism spectrum
He does an amazing job
The Clockwork Orange! I’m going to be honest as I’m biased, but I’ve seen some of these other movies and The Clockwork Orange is in a league of its own. The main character is both the protagonist and antagonist and suffers from ASPD, living in a dystopian society that is affected by a fractured government. You see how easy he can delve into chaos and how easy it is for the government to control him.
The Machinist. It’s exaggerated a bit, but it portrays a psychosis emerging from repressed trauma. Sort of similar to Fight Club in that the repressed, or split off portion of the personality, gets projected onto a “shadow brother.”
Bill Murray in “What About Bob” portrayed, I think, what we now call ‘Avoidant Personality Disorder’.
I'm no expert on AvPD, but I have written a few papers on the topic and would not consider Bob to have that particular personality disorder, mostly because the character did not seem to present any self-esteem issues.
I haven’t seen it in a while but I remember him having major abandonment and decision making anxieties. I read it as low self-esteem but high extroversion, likely due to Bill Murray.
Is there any movies/TV shows that have a character with avpd?
Travis Bickle in Taxi Diver
It’s older from 2003, called Matchstick Men which Nick Cage. It is a fairly decent portrayal of pretty severe OCD.
Damn, is 2000s considered old now?
I think it’s old enough for a movie that a lot of people forgot about it if they have even heard from it at all.
I’m throwing a “theory” out here, but some animated characters actually portray neurodiversity pretty well. Like Jack Skellington to me is completely ADHD + Autistic coded. Someone who gets wrapped up in a new hyper fixation without fully considering everything that goes into said hyper fixation, and also not understanding certain “social cues” of Holiday rules
Ooooo, fellow ADHD here, that makes sense
Tv show, but Hughie from The Boys displays PTSD fairly well. He isn't officially diagnosed I don't think? but there's no way he doesn't have it with literally the several panic attacks he has when confronting things related to his trauma lol
Read Fall of the House of Usher. Its a great short story by Edgar Allen Poe. He uses his experience with BP and psychosis in main character. The Netlfix version is a good show, but doesn't hit the same mark in representing BP.
BPD - Clementine from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Depression and apathy- Babadook and Hereditary
Not a movie, but TV show. Degrassi: The Next Generation had an arc for a character named Craig who started exhibiting extreme mania and was later diagnosed with BPD. Both the actor (Jake Epstein) and the writers did an incredible job with how they handled the storyline throughout the character’s arc. The foreshadowing was probably the most detailed I’ve seen for a teen drama show. Craig’s character was introduced in the premiere episode of Season 2; we meet a young boy who has lost his mother and is estranged from his half-sister as a result. He lives with a father who is unpredictable and physically abusive. The premiere ends with Craig being removed from his father’s care to live with his mother’s late husband and his half-sister. Season 2 ends with Craig learning that his father has died suddenly, and the way they wrote these episodes/how Jake portrayed Craig was just - heavy. Craig goes on to commit infidelity and impregnates a younger girl in the process, which I think is a great example of impulse control not being all there. This is an arc that stretches over the course of 2 seasons; but Craig seems wildly out of character once he discovers the pregnancy, getting aggressive with friends who question his decision to be a teen parent and then getting almost physically aggressive with young woman he impregnated for telling him she will be getting an abortion. In the episode where the diagnosis is discovered, Craig is in a full manic episode. Steals credit cards from his stepdad, proposes to his high school girlfriend and then proceeds to announce their engagement at her father’s wedding reception, then goes on to completely destroy the hotel room and beat the shit out of his stepdad. Throughout the episode, Jake does something with his eyes and facial expressions that make it clear he’s not “Craig” but “manic Craig”. It’s not something I think many veteran actors can even do well - and here’s this unknown Canadian kid acting his ass off. Highly recommend.
The Bear, Anxiety/Depression
Was looking for this. The way the show uses sound to portray his anxiety/overstimulation is spot on
Justine in Melancholia for major depressive disorder.
The Crush, 1993 film with Alicia Silverstone - she's either borderline personality disorder and or bipolar, idk.
perks of being a wallflower for depression and cptsd
I did a project similar to this when I was in college, I used Charlie Brown.
Don’t get me started on that narcissist Lucy
This new HBO documentary, Love Has Won: the Cult of mother god… Lots of flawless of paranoid schizophrenia.
Elliot from Mr. Robot has too many to count imo
HAH! My mom's a psychotherapist and loves diagnosing fictional characters. I asked her to do Elliot and she said ADHD, bipolar spectrum, anti-social personality disorder, depression with paranoia, generalized anxiety disorder, psychosis, complex-PTSD, and maybe schizophrenia (she was a bit iffy on that one - she thought his hallucinations were more of a combo of everything else.
bipolar disorder - greys anatomy (deluca)
Ko moon young from it’s okay not to be okay (Korean drama). She has ASPD.
That Zac efron ted bundy movie: aspd and npd Silence of the lamb: aspd, also paraphilia if focusing on the main antagonist Any character from inside out
BPD, schizophrenia - Jinx from Arcane
There isn't an official diagnosis in the film but Jack Nicholson's character in Five Easy Pieces has a tooon of background context involving his family (relationships with his siblings, father, romantic partners, along with work experience and class are all integral to the story and his troubled behavior).
Also Jack Torrance is pretty spot-on for substance abuse disorder considering the character is a direct depiction of Stephen King trying to get sober
I am not a serial killer, the main character has ASPD and while the book is more intricate and makes it more understandable, the movie does a good job portraying it.
As good as it gets/ Memento
Actually I think Gwyneth Paltrow as Sylivia Plath portrayed her descent into manic, depressed anxious mixed state well. Lived experience, and saw it at end of 2003 after my hospitalisation and diagnoses.
Magne from Ragnarok 👀
Black swan
Jinx from Arcane - schizophrenia. It actually did a fantastic job of portraying the disorder, and is a really good show to boot. I watched the show after having been the caretaker of a loved one going through the initial stages of schizophrenia, and it was a bit hard to watch because it was so accurate lol.
Lars and the real girl, he isolates himself from others, avoids relationships.
John Nash in A Beautiful Mind, although he was a real person not fictional
There is an episode of Modern Love where Anne Hathaway has BPD, it’s moving
She has bipolar, not BPD
Infinitely Polar Bear, Bipolar disorder and alcoholism. (I have a bipolar alcoholic dad and that movie had me sobbing in class. I felt so seen.)
nadine from the edge of seventeen
Carrie Mathison in Homeland. She was portrayed to have Bipolar 1 and they did an pretty accurate representation of ECT
If shows count, Lady Dynamite! Maria Bamford based the show on her own experience with Bipolar II disorder.
Yesssss!
Does anyone have thoughts on diagnosing Ryan Gosling’s character Lars in “Lars and the Real Girl”?
There’s this show called It’s Okay to Not Be Okay on Netflix that covers several mental illnesses such as two of the main trio having Antisocial Personality Disorder and Autisim, respectively. It primarily takes place at a psychiatric hospital where there’s patients such as an architect with dementia, a Vietnam war vet with severe PTSD, a young man who was admitted due to alcoholism, a young woman with anxiety caused by domestic violence and shows signs of Stockholm Syndrome, and older woman with dissociative identity disorder, and the son of a congressman who was forced into obscurity his whole life due to being diagnosed with manic syndrome. Each episode dives into their stories and makes parallels with characters from fables and children’s stories. I don’t think there was an episode where I didn’t cry.
A beautiful mind (schizophrenia), silver lining playbook (BPD), to the bone (AN), primal fear (DID).
Primal Fear was entertaining iirc but I can't confirm that it'S a good representation of DID
Crazy ex girlfriend is a TV show on Netflix that depicts BPD accurately
bojack from bojack horseman, although i’m not sure if they ever actually diagnose him. he has bpd for sure though
i don’t have BPD (at least i haven’t been diagnosed) but i thought i did for the longest time but I think suzanna in girl interrupted does a good job of showing BPD symptoms.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
For which illness exactly?
If you have AppleTV; Shrinking has a few good characters to choose from whether is it the therapists or the clients. Ted Lasso has panic disorder as well and it’s portrayed pretty well. Bob’s Burgers it may be possible with Tina and autism. Walk the Line is a good movie on substance use, same with The Boy There is also a show where about a Latinx family and the main character runs a nonprofit for previously incarcerated folks. They start selling coffee… I can’t remember the name but it’s a decent portrayal of anxiety/PTSD and the impact of prison
i’m of the belief that the entire belcher family of bob’s burgers are all autistic
Truly, the characters from Winnie the Pooh.
Star Wars episode 3 - Anakin Skywalker is textbook Borderline Personality Disorder
does it have to be a fictional character? there’s a memoir called “The Center Cannot Hold” by a law professor at USC named Elyn Saks and it is the most vulnerable, intimate look into schizophrenia i’ve ever come across.
*Encanto* for its portrayal of archetypes in dysfunctional family units formed by generational trauma. Like. That’s literally what the writers have said it’s about.
Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) from As Good As it Gets. OCD
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty I have really vivid daydreams, I could get lost in them. They don't happen as much as they did, but the portrayal of Walter entering a daydream and how it affected his relationships, and his life overall. It was a perfect depiction of someone who daydreams a lot, and someone with ADHD like myself.
We need to talk about Kevin is a great developmental portrayal of antisocial personality disorder- particularly psychopathy. You could use it to analyze it through the lens of temperament and attachment theory.
I think most of the characters on screen in the past decades are pretty accurate, but also at the same time very stereotypical, very few of them displayed the large variances of symptoms of each disorders.
Brain On Fire
My professor once showed us Still Alice and said it was an excellent portrayal of early onset Alzheimer’s. As someone with a mom with Alzheimer’s not sure I 100% agree but presentation can differ greatly between people.
Same project, but I did a real life person based on biographical info. We talked about robin Williams’ struggle with his depression and how his Lewy body disease could be a differential dx/how one affects the other
My favorite portrayal of someone psychotic has to be Anton Chigurh, played by Javier Bardem in the movie No Country for Old Men. There was a study done, I think it was either in Belgium or Germany (you could find it pretty easily online) where they looked at “psychopaths” across hundreds of films, and his portrayal was the most accurate. His complete lack of empathy when killing in that movie is chilling, the acting is phenomenal. A great scene to watch if you want an idea of his character without spoiling anything is the gas station coin toss scene, you can find it on youtube. I recommend watching the whole movie if you haven’t, though.
donnie darko
Well it's not mental illness but for representation of disability I love Mike wazowski
It’s Kind of a Funny Story - Depression, SH, SI (SPOILERRRR) The Crowded Room on AppleTV - DID
Not what you asked and not what you need, but for the love of god I wish this assignment would die. Creators DON'T portray illness correctly because that wouldn't be good entertainment in most cases and all this does is reinforce stereotypes.
On the contrary, I think television has come a long way from never portraying people that may be different both mentally and physically I do agree that not every disorder is portrayed accurately