Movie Midterm Paper Alexa Snyder Thomas Jefferson University PSYCH 223: Marriage and Family Adrienne O’Hara February 29, 2024 Having a family member or being the family member with mental illness is tough. Especially bipolar because with bipolar it does not affect oneself as much as it affects the people around them. In the movie Silver Linings Playbook, it is obvious that the son, Pat, is bipolar with delusions. 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 …show more content…
This isn’t uncommon for people with mental illnesses. He spent a lot of time working on his figure and mental state, all for Nikki. Everything he did was for Nikki, he was only living for her. Pat did not want to get better mentally for himself, he wanted to do it so Nikki would take him back. He refused to let Nikki go, this is shown when he breaks his restraining order and refuses to take his medication. Once he started hanging out with Tiffany and actually taking his medication as prescribed, he started to forget about Nikki without realizing it. Once he let go of Nikki, he was able to continue working on himself, but now for growth and development within himself. When looking at individuality, we don’t get to see the process that took place. We do know that he lived with his wife, got cheated on and ended up back with his parents. Pat ending up back up with his parents is a result of his bipolar, but it does take a toll on the individuation process. He was independent and living on his own before, and now he is back under his parents’ roof with their rules. He is an adult, but because of his disorder, they are very cautious about where he goes or what he does. In a sense, this is an example of pseudo-individuation. Pat tried to go off on his own, but ultimately ended
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
“Silver Linings Playbook” centers around two people with mental disorders finding one another. It shows a story about a man named Patrizio “Pat” Solitano, Jr. He was placed in a mental health facility. After months of treatment, Pat is reunited back with his family. He meets Tiffany Maxwell at a friend’s dinner. Tiffany says she can help Pat deliver a letter to Nikki, Pat’s ex-wife, but with one condition: Pat would need to be her partner at the dance competition she is entering. He reluctantly agrees because he plans to win Nikki back. One evening, Pat’s father, Pat, Sr. lost his fortune to a man named Randy, a family friend. Pat’s father believes that Pat, Jr. messed up the “Eagle’s juju” because Pat, Jr. was spending so much time
Human beings are not isolated individuals. We do not wander through a landscape of trees and dunes alone, reveling in our own thoughts. Rather, we need relationships with other human beings to give us a sense of support and guidance. We are social beings, who need talk and company almost as much as we need food and sleep. We need others so much, that we have developed a custom that will insure company: marriage. Marriage assures each of us of company and association, even if it is not always positive and helpful. Unfortunately, the great majority of marriages are not paragons of support. Instead, they hold danger and barbs for both members. Only the best marriages improve both partners. So when we look at all three of Janie’s marriages, only her marriage to Teacake shows the support, guidance, and love.
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In Pat’s family, he was always seen as the outcast and was not treated the same as others. His father says in the movie that he regrets not spending as much time with him as a kid and that he was trying to make up for it now. His father did not know how to handle Pat’s violent mood swings as a child, and that led to them having an unhealthy father-son relationship. One thing that I have learned throughout this chapter is how important family is in helping a person with a mental illness and guiding them through their process of recovery. There are many factors that can drive and worsen a mental disorder, but there are also many factors that can help improve a person’s mental disorder.
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Pat is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and displays two hyperactive mood swings: maniac and depressive (Martinez, 2004) (Russell, 2014). During his maniac mood swings, he demonstrates poor judgement, aggressive behavior, unwise financial choices and increased drive to achieve goals. During his depressive swings, Pat is sad and hopeless and demonstrates anxiety and trepidation and considers suicide and suffers from chronic pain. Tiffany on the other hand treats in order to compensate for feeling guilty sleep with everyone in her office and then treats anyone who comes close to her as a threat. This in itself is difficult to understand. She frantically tries to avoid her grief by having extreme relationships and social problems (Russell,
Pat Solitano is the main character of the movie the Silver Linings Playbook. Pat had been sent to a psychiatric residential facility as a plea bargain not to have to serve time for committing a violent crime. Pat walked in on his wife having sex with another teacher he worked with while their wedding song was playing on the radio. Pat reacted violently and beat the teacher with tenure as Pat refers to him. Pat’s world has been turned upside down and when his mother picks him up from the facility eight months later Pat is going home to live with his parents.
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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.
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