Abnormal Psychology in the Media Write a 1,250-1,500-word essay that describes abnormal behavior based on the five perspectives of abnormal psychology. Choose a film or television show that depict

Abnormal Psychology in the Media Write a 1,250-1,500-word essay that describes abnormal behavior based on the five perspectives of abnormal psychology. Choose a film or television show that depict 1

PSY-570 – Psychopathology

Topic 1 – Abnormal Psychology in the Media

The following list of movies is only a suggestion for this assignment. If you have a movie in mind, that would fit the criteria of the assignment, please gain instructor approval.

Saving Private Ryan (PTSD)
The Hours (Major Depressive Disorder)
Girl, Interrupted (Borderline personality disorder)
As Good As It Gets (OCD)
Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Psychotic disorder)
Shine (Psychotic Disorder)
28 days (Substance abuse)
The Best Little Girl in the World (Eating Disorder)
The Soloist (Schizophrenia)
A Beautiful Mind (Schizophrenia)
Falling Down (Paranoid Personality Disorder)
The English Patient (Schizoid Personality Disorder)
Anywhere but Here (Histrionic PD)
Long Day’s Journey into Night (Histrionic PD)
Goodfellas (Substance Abuse)
Taxi Driver (Schizotypal PD)
The Aviator (OCD)
Fatal Attraction (Borderline Personality Disorder)
Silence of the Lambs (Antisocial Personality Disorder)
Copycat (Agoraphobia)
Gone with the Wind (Histrionic PD)
Trainspotting (Substance Dependence)
Grey Gardens (Agoraphobia)
Ordinary People (Major Depressive Disorder)
Silver Linings Playbook (Bipolar Disorder)