Describe in depth, your character’s behaviors, signs and, symptoms which indicate mental illness.

Describe in depth, your character’s behaviors, signs and, symptoms which indicate mental illness. For each behavior, sign and symptom you notice provide an example of where you saw this in the movie.
What mental illness do you suspect your character has? Provide your understanding of DSM-V criteria for the selected mental health disorder as it applies to the character. You must provide examples from the movie. Use one of your articles to support your suspicion.
Is the Hollywood portrayal of the mental health disorder accurate? Demonstrate why or why not by comparing and contrasting the DSM-V criterion to the Hollywood portrayal of your character. Use one of your articles to support or refute the Hollywood portrayal of your character.
Choose an appropriate nursing diagnosis for your character with a realistic outcome and four applicable interventions including appropriate medications.
In your conclusion, describe how the movie made you feel when considering a client who has mental illness. Did the movie provide you with any additional understanding or ideas on how to care for such clients? Why or why not?

MOVIE LIST:

Finding Nemo G
A Beautiful Mind PG-13
Split R
Benny & Joon PG
Silver Linings R
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest R
Rain Man PG-13
What About Bob PG
Me, Myself and Irene R
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape PG-13
I Am Sam PG-13
Black Swan R
Fatal Attraction R
Secret Window PG-13
Silence of the Lambs R
Sybil NR
The Soloist PG-13
The Three Faces of Eve NR
Ordinary People R
The Royal Tenenbaums R

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