Mental disorder, 650 words

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Describe a portrayal of a mental disorder of your choice in popular culture (film, tv, or book). Based on what you've learned about that mental illness from class, discuss what the portrayal gets correct and what is incorrect or left out. Lastly, what unique issues do you see in portraying a concept like a mental illness through this format (e.g., minimizing its effects, making it seem normal and not in need of treatment)?

Recommendations include Law & Order: SVU, S9E1 - Alternate on Hulu or elsewhere online, the show Dexter, the movie 50 First Dates.

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Running head: AMNESIA IN 50 FIRST DATES

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Mental disorders are abnormal states of human mind that are characterized by abnormal
or altered actions by the affected individual such that they seem to act differently from the other
people considered to be of sane minds. Various mental disorders have been having, to date, been
utilized by numerous artists in the film industry where they have portrayed them in some ways.
Such presentations are either correct of incorrect depending on the motive of the artist as well as
the mind of the viewer who has the freedom of judgment. Some good examples of films which
portray various mental disorders include Wonderland which is a portrayal of Schizophrenia and
50 First Dates which presents Amnesia. This paper is, therefore, a description of how Amnesia is
portrayed in 50 First...


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