Daisy Arabella ONLY

Introduction

This is a film about a family catastrophe and how the resultant trauma

plays itself out among the survivors one year later.

CONRAD

He survives the boating accident in which his older brother Buck drowns.

He has survived a serious suicide attempt and the movie begins 1 _

months after his discharge from a psychiatric hospital.

Diagnostic Issues

DEPRESSION

- insomnia

- diminished appetite

- suicidal thoughts

- decreased interest

- decreased concentration

- social withdrawal

- mood – depressed, anxious, irritable

- affect – flat to constricted

PTSD

Meets time and severity of event criteria

- re-experiencing: flashbacks, nightmares, intrusive

recollections

- avoidance symptoms: affective numbing, diminished interest

in activities,

estrangement from others

- hyperarousal symptoms: insomnia, irritability, outbursts of

anger,

difficulty concentrating, increased startle

COMPLICATED BEREAVEMENT

- PTSD – like characteristics

- survivor guilt

- anger

- suicide attempt