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3. ‘Boy Interrupted’ (2009) After her son, Evan Perry, committed suicide at 15, his mother, Dana, decided to make a film that documented his struggle with bipolar disorder, as well as the ...
Boy Interrupted is a 2009 documentary film on the life and death of Evan Perry, who experienced bipolar depression from a young age. When his parents, Dana and Hart Perry, consulted psychiatrists about Evan's suicidal comments or other signs of depression, medical professionals did not believe that he was mentally ill, and the footage was originally intended to show his symptoms and help ...
In fact, sometimes the best films—or aspects of films—come from looking inward for sources of turmoil that can feel more real and be more relatable for viewers than any gunfight or car chase.
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [ 1 ] It is about mentally ill and emotionally troubled children and young adults living in various private and public residences, state institutions, such as the Eastern State School in Pennsylvania, the Elan School in Poland, Maine , Sagamore Children's Center, a Long Island ...
Danny Wedding, Mary Ann Boyd and Ryan M. Niemiec, Movies and Mental Illness: Using Films to Understand Psychopathology, 2nd ed., Cambridge, MA, Hogrefe & Hufer Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0-88937-292-6. Movies and Mental Illness – Hogrefe Publishing
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Documentary films about mental disorders (6 C, ... Pages in category "Documentary films about mental health" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 ...
Aftersun (2022) Perhaps the best depiction of living through manic depression in recent years is Aftersun, the debut film from director Charlotte Wells.Following a young father (Paul Mescal) and ...