List of mental disorders in film

Short description: List of mental disorders as portrayed in films

This is a list of films which have portrayed mental disorders.

Inclusion in this list is based upon the disorder as it is portrayed in the canon of the film, and does not necessarily reflect the diagnosis or symptoms in the real world.

## Contents

* 1 Agoraphobia
* 2 Antisocial personality disorder
* 3 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
* 4 Autism
* 5 Borderline Personality Disorder
* 6 Conversion Disorder
* 7 Folie à deux
* 8 Kleptomania
* 9 Posttraumatic stress disorder
* 10 Schizoaffective disorder
* 11 Schizoid personality disorder
* 12 Schizophrenia
* 13 Stuttering
* 14 Substance use disorders
* 15 See also
* 16 Notes
* 17 References

## Agoraphobia

* What About Bob? – 1991 – character of Bob Wiley played by Bill Murray[1]
* The Aviator – 2004 – character of Howard Hughes played by Leonardo DiCaprio[2]

## Antisocial personality disorder

(Antisocial Personality Disorder should also include psychopathy and sociopathy.)

* Nightcrawler – 2014 – character of Louis Bloom played by Jake Gyllenhaal[3]
* The Invisible Man – 2020 – character of Adrian Griffin played by Oliver Jackson-Cohen[4]

## Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

(Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is also known as ADHD.)

* Juno – 2007 – character of Juno MacGuff, played by Elliot Page[5]

## Autism

(Autism is also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder and in the past has had a subtype called Aspergers Syndrome. The spectrum can overlap with Savant syndrome and Prosopagnosia.)

* Rain Man − 1988 – character of savant Raymond Babbitt played by Dustin Hoffman[6]
* Cube – 1997 – character of savant Kazan played by Andrew Miller[7]

## Borderline Personality Disorder

(Borderline Personality Disorder is also known as Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder)

* Mommie Dearest – 1981 – character of Joan Crawford played by Faye Dunaway[8]
* Fatal Attraction – 1987 – character of Alex Forrest played by Glenn Close[9]
* Single White Female – 1992 – character of Hedra Carlson/Ellen Besch played by Jennifer Jason Leigh[10]
* The Crush (1993 film) – 1993 – character of Adrian Forrester played by Alicia Silverstone[11]
* Mad Love (1995 film) – 1995 – character of Casey Roberts played by Drew Barrymore[11]
* Girl, Interrupted – 1999 – character of Susanna Kaysen played by Winona Ryder[12]
* Thirteen (2003 film) – 2003 – character of Evie played by Nikki Reed [13]
* Silver Linings Playbook – 2012 – character of Tiffany Maxwell played by Jennifer Lawrence[14]
* Welcome to Me – 2014 – character of Alice Klieg played by Kristen Wiig[15]

## Conversion Disorder

(Conversion Disorder used to be referred to as Hysteria)

* Tommy (1975 film) – 1975 – character of Tommy played by Roger Daltrey[16]

## Folie à deux

"Recent psychiatric classifications refer to the syndrome as shared psychotic disorder (DSM-IV) (297.3) and induced delusional disorder (F24) in the ICD-10."

* Dead Ringers – 1998 – characters of Beverly and Elliot Mantle played by Jeremy Irons[17]
* Bug (2006) – characters of Agnes White played by Ashley Judd and Peter Evans played by Michael Shannon[18][19]

## Kleptomania

* Häxan[20]

## Posttraumatic stress disorder

* The Perks of Being a Wallflower – 2012 – character of Charlie Kelmeckis played by Logan Lerman[21]
* Iron Man 3 – 2013 – character of Tony Stark played by Robert Downey Jr.[22]

## Schizoaffective disorder

* Terminator 2: Judgment Day – 1991 – character of Sarah Connor played by Linda Hamilton[23]

## Schizoid personality disorder

* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – 2002 – character of Gollum[24]
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – 2003 – character of Gollum[24]
* Lars and the Real Girl – 2007 – Lars Lindstrom[25]
* The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – 2012 – character of Gollum[24]

## Schizophrenia

(Not to be confused with Dissociative Identity Disorder)

* A Beautiful Mind – 2001 – character of John Nash played by Russell Crowe[26]
* Donnie Darko – 2001 – character of Donnie Darko played by Jake Gyllenhaal[27]
* The Voices – 2014 – character of Jerry Hickfang played by Ryan Reynolds[28]
* Words on Bathroom Walls – 2020 – Character of Adam Petrazelli played by Charlie Plummer[29]

## Stuttering

"Also known as Stammering or Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder."

* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest \- 1975 - character of Billy Bibbit played by Brad Dourif[30]
* The King's Speech – 2010 – character of King George VI played by Colin Firth[31]
* IT – 2017 – character of Bill Denbrough played by Jaeden Martell[32]

## Substance use disorders

"Drugs listed from most addictive, harmful or destructive to least (from most to least dangerous, based on a 2007 scientific research study."[33]

* Colossal – 2016 – character of Gloria played by Anne Hathaway[34]

## See also

* Mental illness in fiction

## Notes

1. ↑ "What About Bob: A Psychological Analysis". https://prezi.com/zl2lsee6wy3u/what-about-bob-a-psychological-analysis/.
2. ↑ "The Aviator Howard Hughes OCD And Bipolar Research Paper – 1673 Words by Paperdue". https://www.paperdue.com/essay/the-aviator-howard-hughes-ocd-and-bipolar-2161226.
3. ↑ Lou Leminick. "Gyllenhaal stuns as a sociopathic TV cameraman in 'Nightcrawler'". New York Post. https://nypost.com/2014/10/30/gyllenhaal-stuns-as-a-sociopathic-tv-cameraman-in-nightcrawler/.
4. ↑ Jake Coyle. "Film Review: 'Invisible Man' is a cunning if empty remake". Washington Times. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/26/film-review-invisible-man-is-a-cunning-if-empty-re/.
5. ↑ Gregory, B. and, Milazzo, M. (August 16, 2020). "Peculiar Picture Show: Juno: A Great Portrayal of ADHD, with Teen Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression". https://peculiarpicture.show/2020/02/07/juno-a-great-portrayal-of-adhd-with-teen-pregnancy-and-postpartum-depression/.
6. ↑ Knights, Karl (December 17, 2018). "Rain Man made autistic people visible. But it also entrenched a myth | Karl Knights". https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/17/rain-man-myth-autistic-people-dustin-hoffman-savant.
7. ↑ Autism and Representation edited by Mark Osteen, Autism in Film by Baker
8. ↑ Gregory, B. and, Milazzo, M. (August 16, 2020). "Peculiar Picture Show: F*ck You, Christina". https://peculiarpicture.show/2020/05/30/mommie-dearest-fuck-you-christina/.
9. ↑ Jonny Van Luven. "Analysis of the Portrayal of Borderline Personality Disorder in Fatal Attraction" (PDF). Loyola Marymount University. http://web.csulb.edu/~017403319/abnormal-paper-final.pdf.
10. ↑ "Three BPD sufferers break the myths around borderline personality disorder". April 5, 2018. https://metro.co.uk/2018/04/05/three-bpd-sufferers-break-the-myths-around-borderline-personality-disorder-7429602/.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lisabeth Ann Bylina (2012). "A CINEMA OF FATAL ATTRACTIONS : VIEWING GENRE THROUGH BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER" (PDF). Colorado State University. https://mountainscholar.org/bitstream/handle/10217/68095/Bylina_colostate_0053N_11254.pdf.
12. ↑ "Everything You Forgot About Girl, Interrupted and Why the Story Remains So Vital". 21 December 2019. https://www.eonline.com/uk/news/1105085/everything-you-forgot-about-girl-interrupted-and-why-the-story-remains-so-vital.
13. ↑ "Borderline Personality Disorder in the Movies". http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/matter-personality/201307/borderline-personality-disorder-in-the-movies.
14. ↑ Glenn Sullivan. "The Psychopathology of 'Silver Linings Playbook'". Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/acquainted-the-night/201812/the-psychopathology-silver-linings-playbook.
15. ↑ Scott, A. O. (April 30, 2015). "Review: Kristen Wiig as a Troubled Lottery Winner in 'Welcome to Me'". https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/movies/review-kristen-wiig-as-a-bipolar-lottery-winner-in-welcome-to-me.html.
16. ↑ "PsyArt: An Online Journal for the Psychological Study of the Arts". https://psyartjournal.com/article/show/tobacyk-the_rock_opera_tommy_by_the_who_illustra.
17. ↑ The Strange Case of the Walking Corpse: A Chronicle of Medical Mysteries by Nancy Butcher
18. ↑ Evelyn B. Kelly (2015). The 101 Most Unusual Diseases and Disorders. ABC-CLIO. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-1-61069-676-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=oF_lCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA83.
19. ↑ "Skeptical Cinema: 'Bug' and folie à deux". 2013. http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/skeptical_cinema_bug_and_folie_a_deux/.
20. ↑ "Cahiers du Coco: Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages" (in en). https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/article/13049635/cahiers-du-coco-haxan-witchcraft-through-the-ages.
21. ↑ Moosa, Fatima (October 16, 2020). "A list: Good examples of mental health representation in pop culture". https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/mental-health-representation-in-pop-culture/.
22. ↑ "Portrayal of PTSD: Tony Stark in Iron Man 3". June 27, 2013. https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/blog/iron-man-3-tony-stark-ptsd-mental-illness.
23. ↑ Footrin, Ralph (1991). "Terminator 2, Judgment Day". Psychiatric Bulletin 15 (12): 796–797. doi:10.1192/pb.15.12.796. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/20B07492752F4A10A69EC78FAC303EC6/S095560360011342Xa.pdf/terminator_2_judgment_day.pdf.
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "Mental health check for Lord of the Rings character". December 17, 2004. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2004/dec/mental-health-check-lord-rings-character.
25. ↑ "A Psychoanalytic Look at Lars and the Real Girl". October 27, 2013. https://www.cgjungpage.org/learn/articles/film-reviews/917-a-psychoanalytic-look-at-qlars-and-the-real-girlq.
26. ↑ Francine R. Goldberg (2013). Schizophrenia: A Case Study of the Movie a Beautiful Mind – Second Edition. eBookIt. ISBN 978-1-934107-12-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=uaRecsu_hw0C.
27. ↑ Gregory, B. and, Milazzo, M. (August 16, 2020). "Peculiar Picture Show: Donnie Darko: We Still Don't Really Know What It's About". https://peculiarpicture.show/2019/04/06/donnie-darko-we-still-dont-really-know-what-its-about/.
28. ↑ Crepaz-Keay, David (March 27, 2015). "Why is schizophrenia portrayed so negatively on screen?". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2015/mar/27/schizophrenia-portrayed-negatively-the-voices-louis-theroux.
29. ↑ "'Words on Bathroom Walls' is an optimistic film about living with schizophrenia" (in en). 2020-08-22. https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/words-bathroom-walls-optimistic-film-about-living-schizophrenia.
30. ↑ Dourif, Brad (March 24, 2010). "'Dourif discusses acting career'". Yale Daily News. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2010/03/24/dourif-discusses-acting-career/.
31. ↑ Firth, Colin (January 9, 2011). "'Colin Firth: 'Playing the stammering king had an effect on me, a semi-paralysis'". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/09/colin-firth-the-kings-speech.
32. ↑ Rubin, Rebecca (September 20, 2017). "'It' Star Jaeden Lieberher on Deleted Scene, Sequel Plans and Perfecting His Stutter". Variety. https://variety.com/2017/film/news/it-jaeden-lieberher-stephen-king-1202564025/.
33. ↑ Nutt, D; King LA; Saulsbury W; Blakemore C (24 March 2007). "Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse.". The Lancet 369 (9566): 1047–53. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60464-4. PMID 17382831.
34. ↑ Gregory, B. and, Milazzo, M. (August 16, 2020). "Peculiar Picture Show: Huge on Addiction, Abuse, and Other Metaphors". https://peculiarpicture.show/2020/03/06/colossal-huge-on-addiction-abuse-and-other-metaphors/.

## References

* Danny Wedding, Mary Ann Boyd and Ryan M. Niemiec, Movies and Mental Illness: Using Films to Understand Psychopathology, 2nd ed., Cambridge, MA, Hogrefe & Hufer Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0-88937-292-6. Movies and Mental Illness – Hogrefe Publishing
* David J. Robinson, Reel Psychiatry: Movie Portrayals of Psychiatric Conditions, Rapid Psychler Press, 2003, ISBN 1-894328-07-8.
* Glen O. Gabbard and Krin Gabbard, Psychiatry and the Cinema, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2nd ed., 1999, ISBN 0-88048-964-2.
* Otto F. Wahl, Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness, Piscataway, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8135-2213-7.

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