Discussion Board and replies

Reference Books for Discussion Board: American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5 (5th ed.). American Psychiatric Association Publishing. ISBN: 9780890425558.

Kring, A. M., Johnson, S. L., Davison, G., & Neale, J. (2018). Abnormal psychology: The science and treatment of psychological disorders (14th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 9781119456230.

Discussion: Psychopathology and/or Treatment

Topic: A Glimpse into Psychopathology and/or Treatment

Question/Prompt: For your initial post, pick a movie that portrays a character or characters who is/are experiencing a psychological disorder/mental illness. Alternatively, pick a movie that portrays an example of a certain type of therapy. Watch the movie and then complete the following:

1. Write a very brief summary of the movie. Give clear evidence that you watched it.

2. Write a description of how the psychological disorder and/or the therapy was portrayed.

3. Write a critical analysis of how accurate or inaccurate you found the portrayal of the disorder/therapy. Show evidence of your knowledge of the psychological disorder/mental illness or the type of therapy - ensure that you include academic support.

Choose a movie from the following list or choose your own (as long as you get it approved by your instructor prior to the discussion board):

· Leaving Las Vegas

· A Clockwork Orange

· What's Eating Gilbert Grape

· Boys Don't Cry

· Benny and Joon

· Girl Interrupted

· Seven

· Mad Love

· Rain Man

· Shine

· A Beautiful Mind

· Madness of King George

· Fight Club

· The Fisher King

· One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

· Twelve Monkeys

· Sybil

· The Three Faces of Eve

· Eating

· The Silence of the Lambs

· Pollock

· Ordinary People

· Analyze This/Analyze That

· Final Analysis

· Identity