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FILM LIST
| DEFENSE MECHANISMS
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Shadow of a Doubt - 1943
Spellbound - 1945 Marnie - 1964 Lorenzo's Oil |
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| ANXIETY DISORDERS
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PHOBIAS
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Agoraphobia
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| ANXIETY DISORDERS | OCD | As Good As It Gets
House of Games The End of Innocence |
| ANXIETY DISORDERS
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PTSD
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Born on the Fourth of July
Pawnbroker Chattahoochee Ordinary People (Conrad) Twelve O' Clock High Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) Deerhunter I'll Be Seeing You (1944) Home of the Brave The Manchurian Candidate* Slaughterhouse Five (1972)* |
| DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
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Three Faces of Eve*
Lizzie Sybil Primal Fear Raising Cain - is a child psychologist Voices Within - The Lives of Truddi Chase Zelig - Woody Allen Color of Night Loose Cannons The Dark Mirror - 1946 Sisters - 1973 Dressed to Kill Norma Jean & Marilyn - TV movie - 1996 |
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| SOMATOFORM DISORDERS
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CONVERSION DISORDER
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Seventh Veil
Home of the Brave The Secret of Dr. Kildare Sorry, Wrong Number Twelve O'Clock High Let There Be Light - 1946- about Freud & his early cases Freud, the Secret Passion - 1963. Captain Newman, M.D. -1963 The Piano (1993) Tommy (1975) Persona (1966) |
| SOMATOFORM DISORDERS | HYPOCHONDRIASIS | Hannah & Her Sisters-Woody Allen
Send Me No Flowers - Rock Hudson Up In Arms- Danny Kaye |
| SOMATOFORM DISORDERS
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RETROGRADE AMNESIA
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Spellbound* (The House of Dr. Edwardes)
Suddenly, Last Summer Possessed |
| MOOD DISORDERS
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MANIA
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Horse Feathers - Groucho Marx
Good Morning Vietnam The Mosquito Coast Captain Newman, M.D. Blue Sky (1994) |
| MOOD DISORDERS
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DEPRESSION
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The Last Picture Show
Ordinary People The Wrong Man The Seventh Veil The Shrike Unstrung Heroes (1995) Alone in the T-Shirt Zone (1986) Death in Small Doses (1995) Modern Times (1936) Natural Enemies (1979)* Eraserhead (1976) Harold and Maude (1971) King of Marvin Gardens (1972) Repulsion (1965) |
| MOOD DISORDERS
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BIPOLAR DISORDER
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Call Me Anna
Vincent & Theo Woman Under the Influence Sophie's Choice - this or schizophrenia? Mommie Dearest Mr. Jones |
| MOOD DISORDERS | ADJUSTMENT DISORDER - WITH DEPRESSED MOOD | It's A Wonderful Life
The Wrong Man |
| SCHIZOPHRENIA
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Wednesday's Child
Through A Glass Darkly (1961) Bennie & Joon Birdy David & Lisa* The Fisher King Outrageous (1977) I Never Promised You a Rose Garden* Images Lunatics: A Love Story Lust for Life* Possessed Promise The Ruling Class Saint of Fort Washington Shine* Shock Corridor Sweetie Strange Voices Clean, Shaven Pi (1998) Angel At My Table* |
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| OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
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Camille Claudel - undefined psychosis
Housekeeping - questionable mental illness Misery Repulsion Scissors Taxi Driver The Tenant Through a Glass Darkly Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS
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PSYCHOPATHIC /ANTISOCIAL
PERSONALITY
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Night of the Hunter
Five Corners (1987) The Sea Wolf Kalifornia (1993) Kiss the Girls (1997) Platoon (1986) The Bad Seed (1956 & 1985)* Leave Her To Heaven - 1945 Rampage-1992 Silence of the Lambs* Strangers on a Train - 1951* White Heat Badlands Cape Fear - 2 versions Compulsion* (1959) - also - Rope - also - Swoon - all Leopold/Loeb The Hand That Rocks the Cradle In Cold Blood* M Clockwork Orange - 1971* Albino Alligator (1996) Young Prisoner's Handbook (1996) Con Air (1997) Face/Off (1997) Reservoir Dogs (1992) The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995) |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS
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SERIAL KILLERS
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Frenzy (1972)
The Boston Strangler* Copycat The Deliberate Stranger The Executioner's Song Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Seven The China Lake Murders Cobra Criminal Law Out of the Darkness Silence of the Lambs Apartment Zero (1988) Clay Pigeons (1998) Copycat (1995) Cruising (1980) Manhunter (1986) Peeping Tom (1960) |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS
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PARANOIA / PARANOID PERSONALITY
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The Caine Mutiny
The Conservation Toto le Heros - 1991 The Treasure of Sierra Madre Twelve Monkeys (1995) |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS
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BORDERLINE PERSONALITY
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Fatal Attraction
Looking for Mr. Goodbar After Hours - 1985 Frances -1982 Play Misty for Me (1971) |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS
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HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY
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Gone With the Wind
Story of Vivien Leigh & Olivier Sunset Boulevard (also Narcissistic) Streetcar Named Desire Long Day's Journey into Night (also alcoholism & drug abuse) |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS
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DEPENDENT PERSONALITY
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The Night Porter - 1973
Blue Velvet - 1986 |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS
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NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY
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Alfie - 1966
Shampoo - 1975 American Gigolo - 1980 Citizen Kane - 1941 Lawrence of Arabia - 1962 Patton - 1969 Boogie Nights (1997) |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS | COMPULSIVE GAMBLER | The Gambler - 1974
Hard Eight (1997) |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS | KLEPTOMANIA | Marnie |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS | O-C PERSONALITY | The Odd Couple |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS | SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY | Taxi Driver |
| SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
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ALCOHOL
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Barfly - 1987- skid row alcoholism
Ironweed - 1987 - skid row alcoholism* Fat City (1972)* The Lady Sings the Blues (1972) Drunks - 1997 - intro to AA My Name is Bill - founding of AA Harvey The Lost Weekend* The Night of the Iguana Tender Mercies -1983- recovering alcoholic Trees Lounge - 1996 Days of Wine & Roses - 1962 My Left Foot Leaving Las Vegas This Boys Life (1993) The Magic Toy Maker (1915) One Too Many (1950) A Star is Born (1937 & 1954& 1976) The Country Girl Arthur Come Fill the Cup (1951)* Come Back Little Sheba Shattered Spirits (1986) The Verdict (1982)* Under the Volcano (1984)* Hoosiers (1986) The Cracker Factory* Paris, Texas (1984) Long Day's Journey Into Night Affliction (1997) The African Queen (1951) The Boxer (1997) Henry Fool (1997) The Ice Storm (1997) Once Were Warriors (1994) Smoke Signals (1998) As You Desire Me (1932) |
| SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
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WOMEN ALCOHOLICS
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I'll Cry Tomorrow (Autobiography by Lillian Roth)*
Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman - 1947 Days of Wine & Roses The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Key Largo - 1948 Sweet Bird of Youth Under Capricorn - 1949 When A Man Loves a Woman Only When I Laugh (1981) Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice (1982) Morning After (1986) Lady Sings the Blues (1972) (Autobiography of Billie Holiday) Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) When A Man Loves A Woman (1994) |
| SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
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OTHER DRUGS
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True Romance (1993)
The Ice Storm (1997) Bird The Man With the Golden Arm - 1955* Reefer Madness & The Cocaine Fiends - 1936 A Hatful of Rain Sweet Nothing -1996-crack Trainspotting Panic in Needle Park (1971) Sid and Nancy (1986) Jacob's Ladder (1990) Naked Lunch Basquiat (1996) Yellow Contraband (1928) Bad Boys (1995) Nico Icon (1995) Goodfellas (1990) Blue Velvet (1986) Ed Wood (1994) Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) L.A. Confidential (1997) Crumb (1994) Reservoir Dogs (1992) Dream With the Fishes (1997) What's Love Got to Do With It (1993) Basketball Diaries (1995) Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) |
| SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
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WOMEN DRUG USERS
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I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can
Christiane F. - 1981 Lady Sings the Blues Veronika Voss Teenage Devil Doll - 1954 - like Reefer Madness in tone Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
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POLYSUBSTANCES
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Vital Signs -1986 - Made for TV
Bad Lieutenant - 1992 Born on the Fourth of July Clean and Sober -1988 Postcards from the Edge The Rose - 1979 (Janis Joplin story) Georgia (1995) Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Citizen Ruth (1996) The Betty Ford Story (1987) (The Times of My Life-Autobiography) |
| SEXUAL AND IDENTITY DISORDERS
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PEDOPHILIA
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Lolita ( 2 versions)
The Mark Pretty Baby Short Eyes Happiness (1998) Butcher Boy (1997) |
| SEXUAL AND IDENTITY DISORDERS
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INCEST
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Murmur of the Heart
My Favorite Season Something About Amelia This World, Then the Fireworks-1997 Luna Chinatown Close My Eyes Damage (1992) Spanking the Monkey (1994) Angels & Insects (1995) Eve's Bayou (1997) House of Yes (1997) Thousand Acres (1997) Tommy (1975) |
| HOMOSEXUALITY IN MEN
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not a disorder but often treated as such
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La Cage aux Folles / The Birdcage
Kiss of the Spider Woman Lianna Boogie Nights (1997) Hollow Reed (1996) Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) My Own Private Idaho Reflections in a Golden Eye* The Sergeant -1968 The Strange One - 1957 The Maltese Falcon* Torch Song Trilogy Prick Up Your Ears Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Longtime Companion To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar Compulsion (1959) - The Rope - Swoon (1992) - Leopold/Loeb Jeffrey (1995) Three of Hearts Crying Game (1992) The Boys in the Band (1970) The L-Shaped Rom (1963) Priest (1994) Wilde (1997) Midnight Cowboy (1969)* Tea & Sympathy (1956) Rebel Without A Cause (1955) The Detective (1968) Cruising (1980)* Outrageous (1977) Children of Loneliness(made 1939 - released in '50's)-like Reefer Madness in Tone Philadelphia (1993) The Lost Language of Cranes (1992) |
| HOMOSEXUALITY IN WOMEN
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not a disorder but often treated as such
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Personal Best
Fried Green Tomatoes The Children's Hour Go Fish Desert Hearts The Incredible True Adventure: Two Girls in Love Bound (1996) Boys on the Side (1995) Chasing Amy (1997) Claire of the Moon (1994) |
| COGNITIVE DISORDERS
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ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
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Do You Remember Love?
My Girl On Golden Pond |
| COGNITIVE DISORDERS | TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY | Regarding Henry |
| SLEEP DISORDERS | NARCOLEPSY | My Own Private Idaho |
| DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD
AND ADOLESCENCE
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AUTISM
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The Boy Who Could Fly
Rain Man Backstreet Dreams Cries from the Heart House of Cards (1993) |
| DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE | EATING DISORDERS
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The Best Little Girl in the World
Katie's Secret |
| DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
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ISOLATION
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Every Man for Himself and God Against All
The Wild Child Nell |
| DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
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DELINQUENCY
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Kids
The Four Hundred Blows Los Olvidados/The Young and the Damned Pixote Rebel Without A Cause |
| MENTAL RETARDATION
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Best Boy Bill Bill, On His Own Dominick and Eugene Of Mice and Men Sling Blade What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Charly - from Flowers for Algernon |
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| UNDEFINED MENTAL
DISORDER
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Network (1976)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1952) Red Desert (1964) Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) Heavenly Creatures - 2 girls who kill one of their mothers Play Misty For Me Tattoo Darlings of the Gods Dead Ringers Don't Bother to Knock / The Sitter Jane Eyre (prequel= Wide Saragasso Sea) Apocalypse Now (1979) Heart of Darkness (1994) TV Movie Legends of the Fall (1994) Diary of a Mad Housewife The Bell Jar* Tom & Viv (1994) Don Juan de Marco (1995) Catch-22 (1970*) The Shining (1980)* Dracula* The Marat-Sade Suddenly Last Summer |
| ATTITUDES & REHABILITATION | Nobody's Child
Out on the Edge She's Been Away (?) |
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| INSTITUTIONS
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Bedlam-1945
Snake Pit - 1948* Pressure Point - 1962 - episode from Lindner's "50 Minute Hour" Chattahoochee - 1990 Cuckoo's Nest - 1975* Shock Corridor Awakenings* Beautiful Dreamers - 19th Century The Caretakers Inside/Out Committed Lost Angels Without Consent Frances* The Keepers (1976) Shock Treatment (1964) The Butcher Boy (1997) |
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| TREATMENTS
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(other than psychotherapy)
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Angel at My Table*
Fear Strikes Out A Fine Madness Frances* |
| MENTALLY ILL AS NOT
REALLY SICK
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Larry
Dream Team King of Hearts The Couch Trip Crazy People Disturbed A Fine Madness The Ruling Class -1966 The Magic Christian -1966 You Can't Take It With You (1938) |
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| LEGAL ISSUES
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Anatomy of a Murder*
Natural Born Killers Rampage A Time to Kill Dead Man Out A Fine Madness Nuts Criminal Law |
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| PSYCHIATRISTS
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Dressed to Kill Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession - psychiatrist becomes obsessed with a woman The Best Little Girl in the World Ordinary People Equus Little Man Tate Front Page - also His Girl Friday Nuts Beyond Therapy The Butcher's Wife The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Captain Newman, M.D*. Color of Night The Couch Trip Dark Past - remake of Blind Alley Blind Alley (1939) Dead Man Out Final Analysis The Flame Within Good Will Hunting High Anxiety Home of the Brave Lilith Lost Angels The Man Who Loved Women Mine Own Executioner No Time for Sergeants The President's Analyst See You in the Morning Still of the Night Teresa Whispers in the Dark Backstreet Dreams Killer Instinct Trapped in Silence What About Bob? Now, Voyager* Carefree Lovesick Klute Family Life Shock Corridor Suddenly Last Summer When the Clouds Roll By - 1919 film Private Worlds - 1935 film Nightmare Alley - 1947 film Dark Waters - 1944 Dark Delusion - 1974 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice-used a real psychiatrist Blume in Love - 1973- used a real Psychiatrist Taking Off - used a real psychiatrist Bringing up Baby Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Miracle on 34th Street Lady in the Dark - 1944 Harvey - 1950 Love at First Bite Oh Men! Oh Women! Willie & Phil - 1980 -used a real psychiatrist The Mark (1961) Free Love (1930) Children of Loneliness(made 1939 - released in '50's) |
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| WOMEN PSYCHIATRISTS
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Agnes of God*
House of Games Spellbound Prince of Tides* Sybil* I Never Promised You a Rose Garden* Zelig Face to Face Copycat Night Vision Face to Face - Bergman film The Flame Within - 1935 Still of the Night An Unmarrried Woman - 1978 -used a real psychologist Mr. Jones Persona (1966) Private Worlds (1935) Nightmare Alley (1947) High Wall (1947) Spellbound Klute |