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  2. List of films about mental disorders - Wikipedia

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    The Talented Mr. Ripley – 1999 – character of Tom Ripley played by Matt Damon [4] Training Day – 2001 – character of Alonzo Harris played by Denzel Washington [4] Monster – 2003 – character of Aileen "Lee" Wuornos played by Charlize Theron [5] Nightcrawler – 2014 – character of Louis Bloom played by Jake Gyllenhaal [6]

  3. Mental disorders in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Lisa, Bright and Dark, 1968 novel by John Neufeld. A story about a teenager's descent into madness. Thirteen Reasons Why, 2007 novel by Jay Asher. About a teenage girl who is suffering from depression which results in suicide. Many other characters are also suffering from mental illnesses including bipolar, anxiety, PTSD, and also depression.

  4. Mental illness in media - Wikipedia

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    Mental illnesses, also known as psychiatric disorders, are often inaccurately portrayed in the media.Films, television programs, books, magazines, and news programs often stereotype the mentally ill as being violent, unpredictable, or dangerous, unlike the great majority of those who experience mental illness. [1]

  5. Girl, Interrupted (film) - Wikipedia

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    Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 American biographical psychological drama film written and directed by James Mangold, from a screenplay by Mangold, Lisa Loomer, and Anna Hamilton Phelan, and based on the 1993 memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen. Starring Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Elisabeth Moss, Jared Leto ...

  6. Pseudobulbar affect - Wikipedia

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    Pseudobulbar affect (PBA), or emotional incontinence, is a type of neurological disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of crying or laughing. PBA occurs secondary to a neurologic disorder or brain injury. Patients may find themselves crying uncontrollably at something that is only slightly sad, being unable to stop themselves for ...

  7. High Anxiety - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $31.1 million [4] High Anxiety is a 1977 American satirical comedy film produced and directed by Mel Brooks, who also plays the lead. This is Brooks' first film as a producer and first speaking lead role (his first lead role was in Silent Movie). Veteran Brooks ensemble members Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, and Madeline Kahn are ...

  8. Nurse Betty - Wikipedia

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    Nurse Betty is a 2000 American black comedy film directed by Neil LaBute and starring Renée Zellweger as the title character, a small town, Kansas housewife-waitress who suffers a nervous breakdown after witnessing her husband's torture murder, and starts obsessively pursuing her favorite television soap opera character (Greg Kinnear), while in a fugue state.

  9. List of fictional characters with disabilities - Wikipedia

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    Mute and communicates with a personal digital assistant. [8] 2009. Homestuck trolls. Homestuck. Andrew Hussie. Many protagonists have disabilities, mostly from battle. Notably, Tavros Nitram has lower-body paralysis, Meulin Leijon is deaf, Terezi Pyrope is blind and synesthesic, and Mituna Captor has brain damage.