Identify the character and the psychological disorder they display. Did the movie accurately portray the symptoms of the disorder?

The character in query is Bradley Cooper’s character from the movie Silver Linings Playbook. The psychological dysfunction he shows is Bipolar Dysfunction, which is often characterised by shifts in temper and vitality ranges that may vary from mania to melancholy. Within the film, his signs embody excessive irritability, impulsivity, inflated vanity, racing ideas and speech, grandiose delusions and reckless habits.

The film precisely portrays lots of the widespread signs of Bipolar dysfunction equivalent to intense highs and lows in temper/vitality ranges accompanied by elevated irritability or restlessness. Moreover, it additionally reveals how each treatment and therapeutic interventions assist handle these signs in addition to present coping methods for coping with them on a day after day foundation.

Nonetheless there are some inaccuracies concerned; for instance, sufferers with bipolar dysfunction not often expertise grandiose delusions (which had been portrayed fairly prominently on this explicit movie). Moreover there was no point out of any danger elements that would worsen one’s situation equivalent to substance abuse or stress triggers –– elements which ought to be taken under consideration when treating any affected person affected by psychological sickness. Lastly there was little or no exploration into different therapies equivalent to psychoeducation or psychotherapy which have been confirmed to be fairly efficient at managing bipolar dysfunction over lengthy intervals of time.