Silver Linings Playbook Pat Solitano, played by Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook, portrays symptoms of bipolar disorder. The DSM-5 defines bipolar disorder as “increased activity, poor concentration, and increased impulsivity,” these symptoms are seen in Pat in the movie. The DSM also describes how these symptoms are episodic and can occur several days at a time. People with this disorder also have increased impulsivity or inattention accompanied by elevated mood, grandiosity, and more (DSM-5). Not only is Pat diagnosed with this disorder in the movie, but I also believe it is an accurate diagnosis because each of these symptoms are seen throughout the film. At the beginning of the movie, Pat has just been released from a psychiatric …show more content…
Cliff Patel is Pat’s therapist and helps him stay calm in times of stress and worry. Examples of bipolar episodes Pat experienced in the movie frequently revolved around Pat’s wife and wedding, particularly his wedding song. One happens when he is in the office to see Dr. Patel, his wedding song begins to play on the speakers which completely freaks him out and he asks the person at the front desk to please turn it off because it is killing him. The person says she can not turn it off because she does not control the music, which makes Pat extremely angry and uncomfortable. He frantically tries to find the speaker to turn off the music, but in the process knocks down a magazine rack, which scares the other people in the waiting room. He quickly recognizes what he has done and apologizes to everyone in the room. This clearly shows the symptoms of impulsivity and increased activity experienced by many with bipolar disorder. I think this is a great portrayal of someone struggling with bipolar disorder because it accurately represents the fast change in mood that happens as a result of this …show more content…
Although not necessarily starting as a result of this agitation and anger, Pat felt it was uncalled for and completely random. This shows Pat struggling with impulsivity once more because he randomly just had to find this wedding tape and because he couldn’t he was enraged. Although both increased activity and impulsivity are two symptoms portrayed in the movie, poor concentration is not easily found. Many times you see Pat not being able to focus on more than one thing at a time, but he is unable to focus. When he is having conversations with Tiffany about the letter and she changes the topic, all he can think about is the letter, but that does not necessarily show poor concentration, but rather he is being self-centered. While Pat is spending time at home, he is connecting with Tiffany. Although challenged in her way, Tiffany helps Pat work through his problems and develop necessary life skills. Not only dancing, but also punctuality and the ability to work through a schedule. Pat and Tiffany meet at a dinner hosted by Veronica (Tiffany’s sister) and her husband Ronnie (Pat’s good
Throughout the movie, Pat displays signs and symptoms of Bipolar I disorder. He has moods swings that go back and forth between manic episodes and depressed episodes. We see the manic episodes with his aggressive behavior, easy irritation, increased physical activity (always out jogging in the neighborhood), lack of sleep, and very poor
Does one really know the definition of psychological instability? Perhaps it has an existence at the mental institutional treatment sanitarium here in southern California. The patient of evaluation, Holden Caulfield, a seventeen year old Caucasian male, weighs approximately 120lbs with a skinny, lanky stature and is 6 feet and 2.5 inches tall. Caulfield has crew-cut hair that is graying on the right side. The patient was an occasional drinker and smoker but has now cut cold turkey due to being institutionalized. Frequently drastic mood swings have been documented, as well as, emotional breakdowns, evident sexual frustration, deep depression, clear resentment, a rebellious attitude, signs of being socially inept and abnormal immaturity for a boy of his age. Based on professional observation, it is obvious that the patient exhibits some bipolar and multiple personality characteristics; his obsession with finding the flaws in the people and world around him has contributed to putting him in a dangerously depressive state.
“A Summer in the Cage” is a documentary filmed by Ben Selkow that shows his friend Sam battling with a manic-depressive illness known as bipolar disorder. The main theme of this film is the struggles the main character Sam goes through when battling bipolar disorder. Selkow firsts meets Sam while filming a documentary about street basketball. Ever since that day, they became close friends. Sam decided to help make the documentary with Selkow. Selkow begins to realize after spending so much time with Sam that he had something off about him. At this time, Sam was having is first manic episode. When Sam was eight years old, his father committed suicide due to battling the same disorder. Throughout this documentary, Sam tries to escape that same
Desire. Pat was a man who wanted. Wanted to live on the edge, craved a challenge, needed to be busy. When told in High School that he was too small to play baseball, he chose not to join the chess team, but lift weights and play football instead. Headstrong and filled with hubris, he would decide his course and stick with it. While meeting with the head coach of ASU’s football team he announced to his superior, “Coach, you can play me or not play me, but I’m only going to be here four years. And then I’ve got things to do with my life (Page 71-72).” Running his own show, he refused to let the world get in his way.
Silver Linings Playbooks tells the story of Pat Solitano Jr. (played by Bradley Cooper), a high school teacher diagnosed with bipolar disorder who is trying to get his life back together. The movie opens as Pat is released from a psychiatric hospital after eight months of treatment and moves back in with his parents. He is determined to get back together with his wife, Nikki, despite all the signs that say she does not want to be with him - such as the restraining order she filed against him. Pat meets recently widowed Tiffany Maxwell (played by Jennifer Lawrence), who is suffering from depression and overcoming a sex addiction that ensued from the death of her husband. Tiffany offers to help deliver Pat’s letters to Nikki if he enters a dance competition with her. As the movie goes on, Pat and Tiffany’s relationship progresses and they learn to cope with their issues.
The main character Pat who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, displayed signs of manic episodes such as: fast talking, rambling with words, and no sleep. There were about 3 scenes of Pat waking his parents up early in the morning because he was looking for something, or could not wait to tell them something in the morning. Throughout most of the film, Pat exhibits a lot of delusions. Before hospitalization, it is briefly mentioned that Pat was accusing his wife and another teacher (who ironically was the man who this wife cheated on) embezzling money from him. After hospitalization, there were delusions that him and his wife were perfect for each other and they were going to be work through their marriage when that clearly was not the
In the movie, Silver Linings Playbook, it all started with a man named Pat Solitano who had a mental disorder. He was recently released from a psychiatric hospital and now resides with his parents. He had lost his wife and his job and life just was not happening in his favor. His aim was to win back his wife, which happened to be quite difficult in his case. That is until he met this widowed woman named Tiffany Maxwell, who promised to help him reach out to his wife if he returned a favor and danced with her in a competition. Pat wrote letters to his wife and in turn Tiffany delivered them. We later find out that Tiffany was the one all along writing back to Pat and that she had fallen in love with him. Directly following the dance competition,
Pat ends up asking Tiffany on what seemed to be a date after she expressed her desire to be friends, where the two engage in mutual self-disclosure, and Tiffany ends up offering to take Nikki, Pat’s wife, a letter. However, this soon ends when Tiffany concludes that Pat is saying that she is crazier than him. Their openness and mutual self-disclosure deteriorates, she retracts the offer to help, and trashes the diner table before storming out. She also shows jealousy towards Nikki, both in her cold demeanor while discussing the letter and during the dance competition when she begins drinking with another guy upon realizing Nikki was there and when she runs out of the building after seeing Pat whisper into Nikki’s ear. However, their relationship continues to develop in a more positive way despite these
Pat has to readjust to his new life throughout the movie. Pat now has no wife, no job, no house, and many new battles. Pat is a character with emotional regulation issues and poor social skills. As the movie develops we follow Pat as he grows as a person and gains coping skills to adjust to his new
The severe mood fluctuations of bipolar or manic-depressive disorders have been around since the 16-century and affect little more than 2% of the population in both sexes, all races, and all parts of the world (Harmon 3). Researchers think that the cause is genetic, but it is still unknown. The one fact of which we are painfully aware of is that bipolar disorder severely undermines its victims ability to obtain and maintain social and occupational success. Because the symptoms of bipolar disorder are so debilitation, it is crucial that we search for possible treatments and cures.
In life we all go through experiences that cause our moods to change for better or for worse. There are times that we experience degrees of great joy and happiness just as other times we experience great sadness and despair. These polar emotional opposites can be brought about by a cornucopia of circumstances such as the joy and excitement of getting married or the birth of a child to the deep sadness and grief over the loss of a loved one or one’s employment. Feelings of joy and feelings of sadness are normal parts of human life. Some however are unfortunate enough to be force to cope with these emotions to the extreme and on a regular basis. Some individuals must further cope with an ever present emotion rollercoaster, switching from one emotional extreme to the next with regularity. This personality disorder is known as bipolar disorder.
In the movie Silver Linings Playbook there are two main characters, Pat and Tiffany, who portray a type of mental illness. Below, I will explain each character in regards to their symptoms and portrayal of mental illness and compare the information discussed in the Abnormal Psychology Textbook. Pat (Bradley Cooper): In the beginning, Pat was recently discharged from a mental health facility for dangerous aggression after witnessing his wife cheat on him with a co-worker. Personally, it seems as though Pat Solitano meets the criteria for Bipolar Disorder.
The bipolar ultimately ended Pat’s marriage and caused him to be hospitalized. Pat comes from a traditional Italian family. He was brought home from the hospital to live with his family. He refused to take his medication at first, but after a fight with his parents got physical, he started to take it seriously. Pat meets
The film, Of Two Minds, is based on real life accounts of individuals living with bipolar disorder. Before watching this film, I had an idea of what bipolar disorder is , but after viewing this film I was completely mistaken. Previously, I thought being bipolar was going from a “normal” mood to an angry or sad mood in a matter of seconds and could be simply fixed by taking medicine. But my previous thoughts were completely wrong and bipolar disorder is very serious and complicated. I didn’t know the severity of this disease and I think a lot of the general public is uneducated about bipolar disorder as well as mental illness. Terri Cheney describes having bipolar disorder as, “Take the best day you ever had and multiply it by a million, it 's like a flu but one hundred times worse. It 's having flu in your mind."
.... After meeting with Robert Downey Jr. over the past few years he has shown and expressed his psychological disorders with me. It seems that every time Downey tried to get his life together, he overloads himself, which stresses him out. Being stressed is one symptom of Bipolar, so when he is going through one of his episodes, that is when he breaks his sober streak and goes down hill all over again. Making it extremely difficult to get back to where he should be. In situations like Downey, it takes as much as hitting rock bottom before he realizes how much he has corrupted and affected not only his own life, but also his friends and family that are trying to help him get better. This document is entirely fictional, that the person named in the evaluation was never actually evaluated, and that the report author is not qualified to conduct psychological evaluations.