Movies about Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social or occupational dysfunction. The onset of symptoms typically occurs in young adulthood, with a global lifetime prevalence of about 0.3–0.7%. Diagnosis is based on observed behavior and the patient's reported experiences.

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Through a Glass Darkly - Såsom i en spegel (1961)
Images (1972)
Altered States (1980)
Promise (1986)
The Fisher King (1991)
The Saint of Fort Washinton (1993)
Clean, Shaven (1994)
Angel Baby (1995)
Benny and Joon (1997)
The Gingerbread Man (1998)
Spider (2000)
The Cell (2000)
Some Voices (2000)
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Igby Goes Down (2002)
People Say I'm Crazy (2003)
Canvas (2006)
The Soloist (2009)


Documentary

You're Gonna Miss Me (2005)

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Movies about Autism

Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs is not well understood. It is one of three recognized disorders in the autism spectrum (ASDs), the other two being Asperger syndrome, which lacks delays in cognitive development and language, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (commonly abbreviated as PDD-NOS), which is diagnosed when the full set of criteria for autism or Asperger syndrome are not met

Movies

Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love (1979)

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

Rain Man (1988)

House of Cards (1993)

Mercury Rising (1998)

Miracle Run (2004)

Marathon (2005)

Mozart and the Whale (2005)

Sueño de una noche de invierno (2005)

After Thomas (2006)

Snow Cake (2006)

The Black Balloon (2008)

Temple Gradin (2010)

Dibujos animados

The Transporters (2006)

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Movies about Alcoholism

Alcoholism is the addiction to or dependency upon drinking excessive amounts of alcoholic beverages. Since the late twentieth century it has been considered an addictive disorder. It is characterized by compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcohol, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, relationships, and social standing. Like other drug addictions, alcoholism is medically defined as a treatable disease. The term alcoholism is widely used, and was first coined in 1849 by Magnus Huss, but in medicine the term was replaced by the concepts of "alcohol abuse" and "alcohol dependence" in the 1980s DSM III. (The term alcohol dependence is sometimes used as a synonym for alcoholism, sometimes in a narrower sense.) Similarly in 1979 an expert World Health Organisation committee disfavoured the use of "alcoholism" as a diagnostic entity, preferring the category of "alcohol dependence syndrome". In the 19th and early 20th centuries, alcohol dependence was called dipsomania before the term "alcoholism" replaced it.

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The Lost Weekend (1945) -

The Country Girl (1954) - Bing Crosby.

Shattered Spirits (1986) - Martin Sheen.

My Name is Bill W. (1989) - James Woods as Bill W.

When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) - Meg Ryan

Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - Nicolas Cage

28 Days (2000) - Sandra Bullock

Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Anna Hathaway as Kim

Crazy Heart (2009) - Jeff Bridges

When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010) - Winona Ryder as Lois Wilson, wife of  Bill W.

Documentary

Ryan (2004)

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Movies about Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD), also called Alzheimer disease, senile dementia of the Alzheimer type, primary degenerative dementia of the Alzheimer's type, or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of dementia. This incurable, degenerative, and terminal disease was first described by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906 and was named after him. Most often, it is diagnosed in people over 65 years of age, although the less-prevalent early-onset Alzheimer's can occur much earlier. In 2006, there were 26.6 million sufferers worldwide. Alzheimer's is predicted to affect 1 in 85 people globally by 2050.

I Never Sang for my Father (1970)

On Golden Pond (1981) - Henry Fonda

Age Old Friends (1989) - Michael

My Girl (1991)

Firefly Dreams (2001)

Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch (2001) - Iris Murdoch

A Song for Martin (2001) - Martin

El hijo de la novia (2001) - The Bride

The Notebook (2004) - Allie

Moment to Remmeber (2004)

Sundowning (2005)

Thanmathra (2005)

Aurora Borealis (2006) - Donald Sutherland

Memories of Tomorrow (2006)

The Savages (2007) - Lenny.


Away From Her (2007) - Fiona


Documentary

I Remember Better When I Paint (2009)

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Movies about Anorexia nervosa

Anorexia nervosa, also known as simply Anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. It is often coupled with a distorted self image which may be maintained by various cognitive biases that alter how the affected individual evaluates and thinks about her or his body, food and eating. Persons with anorexia nervosa continue to feel hunger, but deny themselves all but very small quantities of food. The average caloric intake of a person with anorexia nervosa is 600–800 calories per day, but there are extreme cases of complete self-starvation. It is a serious mental illness with a high incidence of comorbidity and the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder.

Anorexia most often has its onset in adolescence and is most prevalent among adolescent girls. While it can affect men and women of any age, race, and socioeconomic and cultural background, Anorexia nervosa occurs in females 10 times more than in males.

The term anorexia nervosa was established in 1873 by Sir William Gull, one of Queen Victoria's personal physicians. The term is of Greek origin: an- (ἀν-, prefix denoting negation) and orexis (ὄρεξις, "appetite"), thus meaning a lack of desire to eat.

Movies

The Best Little Girl in the World (1981) - Jennifer Jason Leig

Kate's Secret (1986) - A Lawyer

An Anorexic's Tale: The Brief Life of Catherine o Catherine (1988) - Catherine Dunbar.

The Karen Carpentenr Story (1989) - Cynthia Gibb as Karen Carpenter.

For the love of Nancy (1994) - Tracy Gold as Nancy Walsh.

301, 302 (1995) - Eum-jin and Sin-Hye.

Dying to be Perfect: the Ellen Hart Pena Story - Crystal Bernard as Ellen Hart Pena

When Friendship Kills (1996) - Lexi and Jennifer.

Perfect Body (1997) - Amy Jo Johnson as Andie.

A Girl is a Girl (1999) - Trevor and Lisa.

Slender Existence (2000)

Sharing the Secret (2000)- Alison Lohman

Dying to Dance (2001) - Dancer

Hunger Point (2003)- Mother and daugther

Craving -

Maybe (2003)

Briciole (2005) - Sandra

 

Malos hábitos (2007)

Black Swan (2010) - Natalie Portman 

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T.V. Series

Boston Public (2002)
Boston Legal (2006)


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Movies about Bipolar Disorder Manic Depressive

Bipolar disorder or manic–depressive disorder, also referred to as bipolar affective disorder or manic depression, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or more depressive episodes. The elevated moods are clinically referred to as mania or, if milder, hypomania. Individuals who experience manic episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes, or symptoms, or a mixed state in which features of both mania and depression are present at the same time. These events are usually separated by periods of "normal" mood; but, in some individuals, depression and mania may rapidly alternate, which is known as rapid cycling. Extreme manic episodes can sometimes lead to such psychotic symptoms as delusions and hallucinations. The disorder has been subdivided into bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymia, and other types, based on the nature and severity of mood episodes experienced; the range is often described as the bipolar spectrum.

Movies

Lust for Life (1956) - Kirk Douglas
A Fine Madness (1966) - Sean Connery
Frances (1982) - Jessica Lange
Mr. Jones (1993) - Richard Gere
Blue Sky (1994) - Jessica Lange
Mad Love (1995) - Drew Barrymore
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Pollock (2001) - Ed Harris
Manic (2001) - Joseph Gordon-Lewit
Sylvia (2003)  - Gwyneth Paltrow
King of California - Michael Douglas
Michael Clayton (2007) - Tom Wilkinson
The Informant! (2009) - Matt Damon

Documentales

Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive (2006)
A Summer in the Cage (2007)

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Movies about Dissociative identity disorder

Dissociative identity disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis and describes a condition in which a person displays multiple distinct identities or personalities (known as alter egos or alters), each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment.

In the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems the name for this diagnosis is multiple personality disorder. In both systems of terminology, the diagnosis requires that at least two personalities routinely take control of the individual's behavior with an associated memory loss that goes beyond normal forgetfulness; in addition, symptoms cannot be the temporary effects of drug use or a general medical condition. DID is less common than other dissociative disorders, occurring in approximately 1% of dissociative cases, and is often comorbid with other disorders.

There is a great deal of controversy surrounding the topic of DID. The validity of DID as a medical diagnosis has been questioned, and some researchers have suggested that DID may exist primarily as an iatrogenic adverse effect of therapy DID is diagnosed significantly more frequently in North America than in the rest of the world.


Movies

Psycho (1960)

Secret Window (2004)

Raising Cain (1992)

Color of the Night (1994)

Primal Fear (1996)

Never Talk to Strangers (1995)

Session 9 (2001)

Identity (2003)

The Nutty Professor (1996) Sherman Klump

Me, Myself and Irene (2000) Charlie Baileygates

Hide and Seek (2005)

The Lord of the Rings - Gollum

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) - Jean Grey

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