Analysis Of The Movie Silver Linings Playbook

In the movie Silver Linings Playbook, we follow Pat Solitano Jr., a man recently released from a mental institution (Cohen et al., 2012). He is a Caucasian male, likely in his early to mid-thirties and of Italian descent. He was a high school history teacher, living with his wife, Nikki, an English teacher. Upon finding his wife in the shower with another man, he nearly beats the man to death leading him to be sent to a psychiatric facility for eight months with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. In this essay I will support the diagnosis of a Bipolar I disorder. A diagnosis of Bipolar I disorder, has specific criteria in the DSM-V that have to be met. I will be listing the criteria and through examples of Pat’s actions, thoughts and behaviours, he meets the criteria. As per the requirements in the DSM-V, in order to diagnose someone with Bipolar I, they need to have had at least one manic episode (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). A manic episode is one that lasts for a minimum of one week would require hospitalization or have psychotic symptoms. This is differentiated from a hypomanic episode in that, for hypomania, the symptoms last four or fewer days, doesn’t require hospitalization and does not include psychotic feature. I will distinguish between the two using the presence of psychotic symptoms. Pat’s psychotic symptoms can be seen as both delusions and hallucinations (Cohen et al., 2012). His delusions are shown very early on in the movie; he is completelyShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of The Movie Silver Lining Playbook 1564 Words   |  7 PagesThe movie Silver Lining playbook is an award winning movie that exposes some social disorders that the community as a whole as engaged in for years. â€Å"A word-of-mouth hi t in 2012, David O. 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These disorders are more common than we know and the way they are treated will determine the individual’s psychological outcome. The movie â€Å"Silver Linings Playbook† does a great job depicting a character with Bipolar disorder and the struggles the main character Pat faces on a day-to-day basis through his road to recovery. Silver Linings Playbook displays many types of psychological disorders that include Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Bipolar disorder, and a slight sexual disorder. BradleyRead MoreAnalysis Of The Movie Silver Linings Playbook 1614 Words   |  7 PagesIn the movie Silver Linings Playbook, Bradley Cooper plays the main character Pat Solitano Jr. The movie starts off with Pat being released from a psychiatric facility. Pat’s time spent in the psychiatric facility was a plea bargain that his lawyer advised him to make. 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It’s evident that sparks fly between Pat and Tiffany and she tries to connect with him but Pat’s only focus is getting back together Analysis Of The Movie Silver Linings Playbook A life interchanging from high to low, happy to sad, to the brink of exploding with euphoria to the lowest low, is the life of a human living with Bipolar disorder. This roller coaster of emotions is inevitable and almost unlikely to cure in terms of later onset. Living with any personality disorder puts strain and hardship on your loved ones and is more then anyone would want to deal with in their short lifetime. These disorders are more common than we know and the way they are treated will determine the individual’s psychological outcome. The movie â€Å"Silver Linings Playbook† does a great job depicting a character with Bipolar disorder and the struggles the main character Pat faces on a day-to-day basis through his road to recovery. Silver Linings Playbook displays many types of psychological disorders that include Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Bipolar disorder, and a slight sexual disorder. Bradley Cooper does an exceptional job playing the role of Pat Solitano, a bipolar patient who has just been released from a psychiatric ward after almost killing another man for sleeping with his wife. He plans to relive his past and thinks that nothing has changed since he has been gone, a common occurrence of a subject with bipolar disorder. On his journey he is set up with the character Tiffany, played by Jennifer Lawrence. She is a recently widowed woman that uses sex as a way of coping with her loss. These two characters connect throughout the movie and develop a relationshipShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of The Movie Silver Lining Playbook 1564 Words   |  7 PagesThe movie Silver Lining playbook is an award winning movie that exposes some social disorders that the community as a whole as engaged in for years. â€Å"A word-of-mouth hit in 2012, David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook has been popularly discussed as successfully targeting an adult audience under-served in contemporary Hollywood, as â€Å"authentically† reflecting the parenting challenges of its star and director, and as portraying a â€Å"modern† romance about a sympathetic, deeply damaged protagonistRead MoreAnalysis Of The Movie Silver Linings Playbook 1347 Words   |  6 Pages Silver Linings Playbook begins with the one of the main characters, Pat Jr., being released from a mental hospital by his mother. 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HeRead MoreAnalysis Of The Movie I Chose Silver Linings Playbook 1746 Words   |  7 PagesThe analysis of the movie I chose was Silver Linings Playbook. This movie was a revamping of the publication Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick. Patrick, known as Pat throughout the movie, Solatano, Jr. is portrayed by Bradley Cooper. Although it is unclear what is different about Pat in the very beginning, the story soon unravels his skeletons in the closet. The opening scene starts as Pat is being released from the Karel psychiatric facility in Baltimore. Pat was institutionalizedRead MoreAnalysis Of The Movie Silver Lining Playbook Directed By David O. Russell1354 Words   |  6 PagesSilver Lining Playbook Review In the film Silver Lining Playbook, directed by David O. Russell and starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, a character by the name of Pat Solatano Jr. is introduced with the bipolar disorder. 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Reading the synopsis, I also thought that Pat would be back together with his wife, but at the end heRead MoreAnalysis Of Pat Solitano ( Bradley Cooper )1501 Words   |  7 Pagesmonths in a mental health facility, Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) is released back home with his parents. Pat realizes that he must have a new outlook on life to reconcile and be back together with his wife Nikki. He attempts to see the good (the silver linings) in all that he experiences. At dinner with his friends, Pat meets Veronica s sister Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence). It’s evident that sparks fly between Pat and Tiffany and she tries to connect with him but Pat’s only focus is getting back together