Silver Linings Playbook Paper
Analyzing Mental Disorders within Silver Linings Playbook
Kathryn Granger
Niagara College
Abstract Mental health disorders for quite some time have appeared to be an underlying topic. It seems to be that only recently throughout society, mental health disorders has been a topic we are able to discuss and be forward about. One could say that some reasons for having this topic in the dark is because society associates mental disorders with being crazy or unstable, therefore those who do not experience mental disorders cannot relate to these people and assume their thought process is along the lines of crazy and overall would rather not associate with that. Within society recently it appears that mental health issues are a topic that is being brought forward in showing that anyone who one could even least suspect has a form of a mental disability, ensuring that mental disorders are not necessarily linked to being crazy. In 2012 the movie Silver Linings Playbook came out and showed various types of mental disorders and how those experiencing them deal with it. The movie shows the characters daily struggles and how they overcome them taking it one day at a time. This movie gives an accurate look at disorders such as bi-polar, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, attention deficit disorder and minor bits of schizophrenia. Nonetheless, this paper will go on to discuss with specific examples of the characters and their disorders with comparison to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. This comparison will show how the characters portray the type of disorder they face and how accurate the characters thoughts and actions are in comparison to how the DSM describes each disorder outlined. Overall with examples such as Silver Linings Playbook, it shows society that those with mental disorders have their own struggles they face and those who cannot relate just need to be supportive rather than toss around terms like
Kathryn Granger
Niagara College
Abstract Mental health disorders for quite some time have appeared to be an underlying topic. It seems to be that only recently throughout society, mental health disorders has been a topic we are able to discuss and be forward about. One could say that some reasons for having this topic in the dark is because society associates mental disorders with being crazy or unstable, therefore those who do not experience mental disorders cannot relate to these people and assume their thought process is along the lines of crazy and overall would rather not associate with that. Within society recently it appears that mental health issues are a topic that is being brought forward in showing that anyone who one could even least suspect has a form of a mental disability, ensuring that mental disorders are not necessarily linked to being crazy. In 2012 the movie Silver Linings Playbook came out and showed various types of mental disorders and how those experiencing them deal with it. The movie shows the characters daily struggles and how they overcome them taking it one day at a time. This movie gives an accurate look at disorders such as bi-polar, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, attention deficit disorder and minor bits of schizophrenia. Nonetheless, this paper will go on to discuss with specific examples of the characters and their disorders with comparison to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. This comparison will show how the characters portray the type of disorder they face and how accurate the characters thoughts and actions are in comparison to how the DSM describes each disorder outlined. Overall with examples such as Silver Linings Playbook, it shows society that those with mental disorders have their own struggles they face and those who cannot relate just need to be supportive rather than toss around terms like
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