Talk:List of films featuring mental disorders

HPD
Moe I would add category of histrionic personality Disorder and make blanche from a streetcar named desire - think this diagnosis fits her better - sexually provocative to men, theathrical, attention seeking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.237.100.201 (talk) 16:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Mahomed paruk

OCD/OCPD
Add to list of Obsessive compulsive Disorder girls(tv series) - lena dunham

Obsessive compulsive Disorder (ocd) vs Obsessive compulsive personality Disorder(ocpd ) - these movies Obsessive compulsive Disorder which is anxiety Disorder not personality Disorder - ocd obsessions which cause anxiety & lead to compulsions which one is driven to perform, ocpd preoccied with ordiliness, perfectionism

I think you guys are confusing the two, these movies featured Obsessive compulsive Disorder ,see wiki article OCPD is often confused with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Despite the similar names, they are two distinct disorders, although some OCPD individuals also suffer from OCD, and the two are sometimes found in the same family,[20] sometimes along with eating disorders.[21] People with OCPD do not generally feel the need to repeatedly perform ritualistic actions—a common symptom of OCD—and usually find pleasure in perfecting a task, whereas people with OCD are often more distressed after their actions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.237.100.201 (talk) 16:48, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Numb
I've added the 2007 film Numb which depicts depersonalization disorder - which is a dissociative disorder. I'm only specifying this here because most on that list seem to feature DID which of course is only one of the dissociative disorders. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.57.148 (talk) 05:31, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Black Swan
it seems every illness in the whole world was in black swan actually it wasn't media trying to add as much character to this as possable — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.24.51.238 (talk) 22:05, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Identity
Why is this film listed under Borderline Personality Disorder? The doctor in the film only mentioned dissociative identity disorder. BPD wasn't even alluded too. Does someone have a source for why they included this film? If not, I'm removing it. Wanderingsilverstone (talk) 03:15, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Lord of the Rings, Smeagol/Gollum
Smeagol had dissociative disorder and it's clearly shown in the film. I'll add Two Towers and Return of the King to the list because it is shown throughout those two movies.Demoman87 (talk) 21:10, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Problems with list
1. the madness of king george- king george the iii did not have schizophrenia, but porphyria. this physical condition had significant psych effects (akin to the list labeled AIDS-related psychosis), but not schiz.

2. the hours is listed under both aids related psychosis and other/unspecified.

3. There is dispute as to the diagnosis of david helfgott, the character palyed by geoffrey rush in shine. it is inconclusive whether or not it is/was a "stress disorder" (or schizoaffective, schizophrenia, etc...)Platypusjones 18:45, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

4. "Radio" should be on this list somewhere....probably under mental retardation? Someone better informed would have a better idea of where to put it.... - Have put under Misc for another to place.

I'd also point out that:

1. The editor has listed movies with a supernatural element, like the Butterfly Effect, The Shining, and Donnie Darko, where i don't recall the character as actually being schizophrenic, so much as being under understandably heavy stress do to new found psychic powers, ghosts, and so on. If you want to fill out the list there are Caveman's Valentine, and Summer of Sam, I think.

2. The DID category is a major spoiler for some of those movies. Also since we're including less than serious portrayals of the disorders why no Psycho, since, accurate or not, it is one of the most famous movie portrayals of a dissociative person? I'm not sure if in Friday the 13th Mrs. Voorhees had schizophrenia or DID.

3.Off The Map might be a legitimate addition to clinical depression. --Vonsindri 21:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

There is no "the editor" because many different people have contributed to this. Doczilla 21:23, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Shows
I know that the show Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex depicts a mental hospital of the future in the first season. I would have to look into it more for how to insert it into this list... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.99.18.96 (talk • contribs).

Number 23
What about movie "The Number 23"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dsda (talk • contribs)


 * What about it? Is there a formal diagnosis in it? Doczilla 16:50, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Reign Over Me
what about the film Reign Over Me (2007)? depiction of PTSD. there is a diagnosis, i believe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Olive chauclette (talk • contribs) 03:26, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Brooks
The movie "Mr. Brooks" had a character who had another personality, but he could see it as another person, and it could remember things he didnt. Just thought that would be put for consideration, on which category to put it in.
 * More than one identity in a single character is a common device in fiction. It's interesting but it doesn't mean the character has DID. This is the same issue I have with Fight Club. Six bricks (talk) 14:25, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Extensive list of movies and mental illness
Movies and Mental Illness Filmography

Linking to wrong page and wrong diagnosis category issues
Under the autism category it lists the amazing 1993 movie House of Cards. Problem is the link goes to the 1990 British Mini-Series also called House of Cards. This link error needs to be fixed, but I have no idea how to do it. in the DSM-IV TR, as described on the CDC website, and on the Wikipedia page, as normal developm Also - I believe the movie diagnoses Sally with autism, when in fact she has symptoms more concurrent with Childhood Disintegrative Disorderent for the first two years of life, followed by loss of important functioning skills before the age of 10, in at least two of the following areas "language skills, receptive language skills, social skills and/or self-care skills, bowel or bladder control, play skills, and/or motor skills" and also "abnormalities of functioning in at least two of the following areas - social interaction, communication, and/or repetitive behavior and interest patterns". Finally the "disturbance is not better accounted for by another specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder or by Schizophrenia".

In the movie, Sally had normal, if not gifted development, as shown by her mother's tapes of her speaking in various languages at a young age, among other proof. This problem is that although it was originally described in 1908, it was not recognized as a diagnosis until recently, which means that it probably was not in the DSM-III, and the DSM-IV was not released until 1994, after the movie had been released. This is an issue with the movie itself, but I did want to point out the common misconception with the movie and it's category.
 * Thanks for your input. I fixed the link. Childhood Disintegrative Disorder is under Autism Spectrum Disorders, so it's ok where it is, these are broad categories as films are open to interpretation.Tstrobaugh (talk) 01:37, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Vertigo
How about Vertigo, which features vertigo …? Kjidel (talk) 19:42, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Fight Club
I think it should be moved to the Miscellaneous section, because the Ed Norton character doesn't meet diagnostic criteria for any of the dissociative disorders. Six bricks (talk) 14:13, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Me, Myself & Irene
This movie should be under Dissociative Disorders and not under Schizophrenia because the main character (played by Jim Carrey) suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder or Dissociative Identity Disorder in the movie, not Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is not a split personality or one or more other personalities.

http://www.moviemistakes.com/film812/corrections — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.120.83.126 (talk) 02:06, 10 March 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅ Jim Michael (talk) 06:26, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

The Iron Lady
I haven't seen it. Kittybrewster  &#9742;  22:16, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ Jim Michael (talk) 06:30, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Original research?
Some of the examples seem original research--81.84.110.118 (talk) 12:02, 14 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree, however I think there ought to be some kind of source page we can create within the wikimedia space somewhere, where persons cite per film, either DSM-IV-TR, DSM-5 or ICD-X criteria relating to characters and their behavior. It'd be quite a task... and even scholarly papers on the subject of this article would be subjective. That's the nature of psychiatry and the DSM. It's a model...or the map, and not the territory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:19A:4201:92E4:E92B:D792:73D6:E6CC (talk) 23:30, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Autism is a cognitive disorder, not a mental illness
Autism should not be on this list because it is a cognitive disorder, not a mental illness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.70.214 (talk) 16:32, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
 * by changing the title of the article. Jim Michael (talk) 06:26, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Even though that is the case, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders includes, and has included in the past, a number of disorders which are primarily organic. This includes: Delirium, dementia, and Rett's disorder. Autism is, obviously, included as well. Each of these has important implications for one's psychological functioning even though they are primarily medical diagnoses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.212.139.7 (talk) 12:21, 4 April 2013 (UTC)