Brothers

Spoiler alert!

When her daughters let two uniformed soldiers in the front door Sarah knows Michael has been killed in Afghanistan. (0:15)

Sarah tells Jannik that his brother Michael is dead. (0:17)

Jannik and his mother Else share grief over Michael's death. (0:20)

Michael's daughter Natalia asks her mother, "Is Dad really dead?" (0:22)

Memorial service in church. (0:22)

Sarah cries on the steering wheel while stopped at a stoplight. (0:33)

Michael's father Henning tells Jannik, "You can't whine about something that's over." (0:36)

Jannik and Sarah discuss making amends to the bank employee he assaulted: "She'd had counseling and hadn't slept properly in three years." (0:41)

Michael compulsively rearranges dishes in the kitchen cabinet. (1:12)

Michael tells Sarah he believes she slept with Jannik. (1:19)

At the dinner table Henning says, "Today people need therapy when they fall off their bikes." (1:32)

Michael goes "berserk." (1:36)

Michael tells police, "Shoot me." (1:40)

Michael cries when Sarah demands that he tell her what happened in Afghanistan. (1:49)

How would you diagnose Michael? Delusional Disorder? Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? Does he feel so guilty about killing his comrade Niels that he believes he deserves betrayal by his brother and his wife? How would you treat him in psychotherapy?

Bereavement | Delusional Disorder: Jealous Type | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | suicide by cop | survivor guilt

Remade as the American film "Brothers":

Blue Hawaii

In a jealous rage Ellie, whose affection for older Chad is not reciprocated, drives to the shore. Chad rescues her as she swims out into the water trying to drown herself. She protests, "Why did you have to stop me? Nobody cares about me, whether I live or die." (1:28)

suicide

KAOS

Newlywed Batà, in the segment Mal di Luna, appears to go violently mad during exposure to the full moon. Lunacy? (0:48)

A man from Margari in the hills carries a small coffin to town where he encounters the cemetery caretaker: "He's my son." (2:14) He kisses the coffin. (2:15)

The town elder "our father" sits before his burial site awaiting death and his funeral. (2:32)

Luigi returns home where he talks to the embodiment of his now deceased mother. (2:53)

Bereavement | mental disorder

Music Within

Advocate for the disabled Richard Pimentel talks about his difficult childhood referring to "when my mother went crazy." (0:01)

Richard says, "My mother had this ritual. Every year she'd celebrate the birthday of each of the children she miscarried by buying them a birthday card and taking an overdose of sleeping pills... I wouldn't call her successful at suicide..." (0:05)

Richard views the corpse of his father at the funeral. (0:05)

Richard comes home to find his mother unconscious after another ritual overdose. (0:08)

Vets share a joint using a prosthesis as a roach clip. (0:24)

Vets share a joint (0:43)

Speech professor Dr. Padrow confides to Richard that he suffers from "manic depressive" illness and shows him his all of lithium. (0:59)

Richard visits his mentally ill mother in a psychiatric hospital. She tells him, "The doctors tell me I'm doing well, but I don't feel like it, and neither do I." He responds, "Schizophrenia humor. That's good, Mom." (1:11)

Richard talks about the Americans with Disabilities Act on a radio program. (1:13)

Richard, despondent, has turned on the gas in his apartment and fumbles with a lighter. He tells his girlfriend Christine that his mother finally died. (1:20)

Americans with Disabilities Act | Bereavement | disability | hypnotic | joint | lithium | overdose | suicide

The Other Side of the Street

Police informant Regina watches a man in an apartment across the street through her binoculars as he draws up an unidentified drug in a syringe and, holding a tourniquet, approaches a woman in bed. (0:12)

Regina says to herself, "Sweet dreams." as she takes unidentified medication. The man across the street covers the face of the woman with a sheet, then removes it. (0:13)

Bereavement | hypnotic

Vincere

Spoiler alert!

Dictator Benito Mussolini's wife Ida, abducted and beaten by officials, lies in a hospital bed. One of the officials says, "She's crazy. We could write 'paranoia syndrome.'" (1:02)

Awakening Ida asks where she is. A male voice (Dr. Cappelletti?) Answers, "In the hospital at Pergine." She replies, "In the madhouse!" (1:03)

In answer to a female patient's sarcastic remark, a nun orders her, "Shut up, or I'll tie you down." The patient replies, "We are already!" The nun threatens, "I'll put you in straight jackets... I'm not joking. I'll put you in isolation." We see other disturbed patients in beds in the large ward. (1:04)

Ida in the hospital. (1:10)

"Venice -- San Clemente madhouse:" a group of nuns and men wheel Ida, restrained in a camisole and strapped to a gurney, through an arcade. (Psychiatrist?) Dr. Cappelletti orders them to place her in "observation." (1:14)

On an outing with nuns and other patients by the side of a river: Ida seals a note inside a bottle and throws it into the water. Dr. Cappelletti tries to convince her to cooperate and bide her time, arguing that her aggression might be counterproductive. (1:16)

A nun uses a volatile anesthetic (chloroform or ether?) on a gauze pad to subdue Ida before placing her in a camisole and wheeling her into an isolation room where we see her still strapped to a gurney. Later a group of men accompanied by nuns seated across from her at a desk ask Ida simple questions such as, "How many eyes does a man, or a woman have?" She also correctly provides the date. She is placed under "judicial interdict for mental illness." (1:25)

Ida with other patients outdoors at the hospital. (1:37)

Ida in the hospital. A nun comes into her room, pours a liquid into a cup, adds liquid from a dropper, and hands the cup to Ida. But after reading a letter to Ida from her son, the nun drinks from the cup herself and begins removing her habit in order to help Ida escape from the hospital. (1:47)

Ida's son Benito, now a grown man, in a psychiatric hospital. (1:57)

camisole | psychiatrist | psychiatric hospital

Holy Rollers

Drug dealer Jackie tells smuggler Sam the drugs he wants him to transport are "harmless," then he refers to them as "ecstasy." (0:28)

Jackie's moll Rachel appears intoxicated. Ecstasy? (0:39)

Jackie, Rachel, and Sam snort cocaine in the back of a limousine. (0:51)

At a nightclub Rachel places a pill on her tongue then passes it to Sam's mouth with a kiss. (0:58)

MDMA

Reservation Road

Spoiler alert!

Attorney Dwight's car strikes 10 year old Josh, killing him. (0:05)

Josh's father Ethan tells his mom Grace why Josh got out of the car. Grace blames herself for his death. (0:21)

Memorial service for Josh. (0:23)

Dwight points Ethan's revolver at his head and begs Ethan to order him to pull the trigger. (1:32)

Bereavement | suicide

Lars and the Real Girl

Spoiler alert!

Lars knows what he needs. His mother died when he was born, and his father may have been so consumed by grief that he neglected his younger son. Lars developed an allergy (aversion?) to human touch and emotional connection. Lars knows that he needs a woman who will not threaten him with affection.

Lars introduces his life-size doll Bianca to his older brother Gus and his sister-in-law Karen as though she is a real woman. (0:18)

Gus tells Karen, "My little brother is totally totally insane." (0:19)

Karen tells Gus, "The doctor'll tell us what to do." Gus replies, "But she's family practice. We're going to need to see a shrink." Karen assures Gus, "She is. She's a psychologist too." (0:25)

After examining Bianca Dr. Berman asks Lars to "bring her in every week for special treatment." (0:28)

Dr. Berman assures Gus and Karen, "I don't believe he's psychotic or schizophrenic... I don't think this is caused by genes or faulty wiring in the brain... He appears to have a delusion." She continues, "Chances are he's been decompensating for some time." Gus: "Lars is nuts." Dr. Berman explains, "This isn't necessarily a bad thing. What we call mental illness isn't always just an illness... it can be a way to work something out." She recommends to them, "Go along with it." (0:29)

Dr. Berman begins her "treatment" of Bianca by obtaining a more complete history from Lars. (0:43)

Gus's coworker asks Gus, "So what's the difference between a delusion and a hallucination?" Gus explains, "It's false perception versus false belief." (0:45)

Bianca and Lars attend another session with Dr. Berman. Lars begins to open up about his own discomfort with physical affection from others. (0:46)

Lars takes Bianca to the cemetery where they visit the graves of his parents. (0:57)

In another session with Dr. Berman Lars explains that Bianca's mother died in childbirth as did his. (0:57) Lars suffers a panic attack. (0:59)

Another session with Dr. Berman. (1:11)

In a session with Dr. Berman Lars appears to take a small step toward acknowledgment of reality. (1:25)

Lars announces that Bianca is "dying." (1:29) Now he knows he doesn't need her any more.

Bianca's funeral. (1:38)

What every psychotherapist wants to make happen for the patient: Dr. Berman plays only a small role, assisted by an accepting and loving social network and Lars own inner strength and instinctual knowledge of what he needs and when he no longer needs it. Was Lars mentally ill at all? If so, what might you diagnose? Does this happen to real people?

Bereavement | delusion | panic attack | psychotherapist | psychotherapy

Taking Woodstock

Elliott's friend Billy appears to reexperience traumatic events from his service in Vietnam. He lights up a joint. (0:19)

Cross-dressed Vilma convinces Elliot he needs his help. (0:56)

Promoter Michael's woman friend lights a joint and offers it to Elliot, nervous about the impending press conference. He refuses, protesting that he is nauseous. She tells him, "Grass is the perfect cure for nausea." (0:58)

After VW girl gives Elliot a blotter soaked with LSD, she and VW guy take one too, leading to experience of psychedelic sensory distortions. (1:25)

Vilma brings brownies presumably laced with cannabis. (1:34)

Elliotts parents, having eaten Vilma's brownies, now said to be laced with "hash," appear intoxicated. (1:39)

cannabis | Cannabis Intoxication | cross-dressing | flashback | hallucinogen | Hallucinogen Intoxication | joint | LSD | psychedelic | psychotomimetic

Punch Drunk Love

Business owner Barry, goaded by his sisters, smashes a sliding glass door in his sister's house at a birthday party. (0:18)

Barry tells his brother-in-law Walter, "I don't like myself sometimes." He asks Walter for help. Walter tells Barry he can help him find a psychiatrist but asks him to elaborate about his problem. Barry responds, "I sometimes cry a lot for no reason." then starts to cry. (0:19)

Barry's sister Elizabeth asks him, "Did you ask Walter to get you a shrink?" (0:37)

Elizabeth tells Barry, "Call me later and we can talk about about asking Walter for the shrink, and he said you have this crying problem or something." (0:40)

Barry tells Elizabeth's employee Lena, "I didn't ask for a shrink. That must have been somebody else... I don't have a crying problem." (0:41)

Enraged, Barry destroys the fixtures in a restaurant bathroom during a dinner date with Lena. (0:47)

After four men from Utah deliberately ram Barry's car with their truck, injuring Lena, Barry beats them up. (1:15)

Aside from his episodes of explosive rage, does Barry suffer from depression, from a personality disorder?

Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Brothers

Spoiler alert!

Uniformed soldiers inform his wife Grace that US Marine Sam has been killed in Afghanistan. (0:15)

Grace tells her brother-in-law Tommy that Sam was killed. (0:17)

Memorial service for Sam. (0:20)

Tommy tells Grace about making amends to his robbery victim. (0:49)

Tommy smokes a joint, sharing it with Grace. (0:50)

Sam's father Hank tells Sam, "After I got back from 'Nam I couldn't talk to your mother." (1:07)

Sam confronts Tommy about his belief that he has been involved romantically with Grace. (1:09)

Sam compulsively arranges and rearranges cups and glasses in a cupboard. When he hears a dog barking outdoors he pulls his pistol out of his belt and looks for a threat. (1:14)

Sam tells his commanding officer he wants to return to Afghanistan. His commanding officer asks him how his "counseling" is progressing. (1:14)

Sam asks Grace, "What happened with you and Tommy?" Sam tells her he believes she was unfaithful and leaves. (1:17)

At Sam and Grace's daughter Maggie's birthday party Hank says, "These days they need therapy if they stub their toe." (1:24)

Sam reacts with rage to his daughter Isabelle's disruptive behavior. (1:26)

Sam rages at Grace. (1:30)

Sam holds his pistol to his head, threatening suicide. (1:33)

A technician escorts Sam out the door of what appears to be a psychiatric hospital for a 30 minute pass with Grace. She asks him, "Why are you punishing yourself?" He confesses to her that he killed his fellow soldier Joe. (1:38)

How would you diagnose Sam? Delusional Disorder? Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? Does he feel so guilty about killing Joe that he believes he deserves betrayal by his brother and his wife? How would you treat him in psychotherapy?

Bereavement | Delusional Disorder: Jealous Type | joint | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | suicide | survivor guilt

Remake of the Danish film "Brødre":

Dirty Pretty Things

Nigerian immigrant cab driver Okwe purchases a bundle of an unnamed plant from a shopkeeper. (0:16, 0:42)

The shopkeeper tells Okwe, as a clerk hands him a bundle of the plant, "You know this stuff will not only keep you awake, it'll blow your brains out." After falling asleep in his cab Okwe stuffs something into his mouth. (0:29)

Okwe eats more of the plant. Turkish immigrant Senay tells him, "In my village they chew those leaves to forget how hard their lives are." He replies, "I use it to keep awake." (0:43)

Probably khat, the plant grows in both Africa and Turkey.

Prostitute Juliette shares a joint with Senay. (1:16)

cathinone | joint

It's Always Fair Weather

Boxing promoter Ted tells television producer Jackie, "Actually you're just plain inhibited. That's your problem."Jackie replies,"Look, don't give me any two bit snap psychoanalysis. Anyone can do it."After formulating his case she demands her fee: "That'll be $.25 please." Ted responds, handing her the money, "That was no snap analysis lady. That was my life... You were terrific doc. You hit it square on the nose." Jackie tells him, "Speaking of snap analysis, I owe you $.25. You hit it square on the nose about me, doc." As they walk out the door, the night watchman tells them he has to lock up. Ted hands him the $.25 and says, "Here, go get yourself analyzed." (1:01)

When another party guest asks Ted's friend Doug about his wife and her "awful headaches," he explains, "Yeah, and she's tried everything: pills, analysis, astrology, witchcraft. Nothing helps." (1:04)

inhibition | psychoanalysis

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Sorcerer-to-be David asks sorcerer Balthazar, "Did you know that in certain parts of the tri-state area they still refer to having a nervous breakdown as pulling a David Stutler?" (0:26)

nervous breakdown

Silent Light

Mennonite Johan's wife Esther collapses in the rain. (1:33) The doctor tells Johan she has died of a heart attack. (1:40)

Wake for Esther. (1:41)

Esther's body is prepared for viewing. (1:44)

Esther's family members tell her goodbye. (1:48)

Bereavement

The Dinner Game

Dr. Sorbier tells host Brochant,"I'll leave you a sedative. Take two if you're in pain."  (0:13)

In a telephone call Brochant's mistress Marlène tells Pignon, "I'll kill myself."  Pignon tells Brochant, "She's suicidal..." then tells Marlène, "Don't do anything silly."(1:08)

Pignon tells Brochant,"Don't mix sedatives and alcohol." (1:12)

sedative | suicide

Factotum

Writer Hank delivers ice to a bar. His boss fired him after discovering he has stayed there to drink. (0:02)

Hank drinking and/or smoking: in his room (0:05, 0:14, 0:16, 0:35, 1:20); with a friend in a bar (0:23); with girlfriend Jan in her apartment (0:26, 1:18); in a bar (0:40, 0:41); at girlfriend Laura's place (0:44); on Laura's friend Pierre's yacht (0:52)

A taxi company supervisor confronts Hank about lying on his job application: "You have 18 drunk and disorderly arrests and one for drunk driving." (0:18)

Hank buys Jan a drink in a bar. Both drink as they drive her car. (0:15)

Hank befriends an old black man who shares a drink with him in a day work office. The man says, "Ain't no women on skid row." (1:23)

alcoholic | Alcohol Intoxication | alcoholism | skid row

My Foolish Heart

Spoiler alert!

Lewis tells his intoxicated wife Eloise he's leaving and wants custody of their daughter Ramona. "You drink too much. The law says a dipsomaniac is not a fit mother." (0:10)

Eloise threatens her parents with suicide. "If one word, one single word, is said about marriage I shall throw myself out of that window." After a retort from Eloise's mother Martha, her father Henry joins in, "Martha, if you don't go in the bedroom and shut up, I'm going to follow Eloise right out that window." Martha responds, "Oh, where's my phenobarbital." (0:43)

Eloise learns that Walt has died from injuries sustained in a plane crash. (1:21)

Lewis tells Eloise's friend Mary Jane, "She's been drinking ever since we've been married. There is no use waiting for her to sober up." (1:34)

Bereavement | dipsomania | phenobarbital | suicide

Chasing Secrets

Jo Ann's father Hank beats her. (1:05)

Physical Abuse of Child

Gojira

Spoiler alert!

After using  the oxygen destroyer he invented to kill monster Gojira (aka Godzilla) scientist Serizawa cuts his own diving suit air hose so the knowledge to build it will die with him, sparing the world a terrible destructive force. Serizawa's friend Emiko and her lover Ogata grieve their loss. (1:32)

Bereavement | suicide

L'Avventura

On a boat trip to a Mediterranean Island Anna disappears. Do the clues suggest she killed herself, or is there a better explanation?

Anna's father asks Claudia, "So we can rule out the suicide hypothesis, right?" After in 0:54)

Raimondo, refers to the villa: "It'd make a lovely clinic for nervous disorders." (1:17)

Anna's fiancé Sandro confronts the pharmacist, "You even said she bought a tranquilizer." (1:27)

sedative-hypnotic | suicide

The King's Speech

(Times from screening disc may differ from those in published versions.)

Although the problem here is stuttering, untrained, self-styled speech therapist Lionel Logue appears to use psychotherapy to greatest benefit for this patient. He appears to attribute Bertie's stuttering to childhood emotional trauma and abuse (acquired stuttering?). Although Logue enforces some boundaries, such as insisting that the treatment take place in his office, he also insists that he and the patient treat each others as equals, a bit of challenge for the king.

Bertie (the future King George VI) stutters (involuntary stuttering) while attempting to give a speech to a large audience. (0:04) He appears to exhibit communicative pressure/communicative stress and postponement behaviors. Does he exhibit abulia? tonic block? silent block?

As Bertie draws on a cigarette an older man, presumably some kind of speech therapist, exhorts him, "Inhale deep into your lungs Your Royal Highness. It relaxes your larynx. Does it not? Cigarette smoking calms the nerves, and uh gives you confidence." He tries to treat Bertie's stuttering by having him speak with his mouth full of glass marbles. (0:05)

Bertie's first treatment session with speech therapist Lionel Logue. (0:19)

Logue asks Bertie to refrain from smoking: "I believe sucking smoke into your lungs will kill you." Bertie responds, "My physicians say it relaxes the throat." Logue replies, "They're idiots." (0:22)

A series of treatment sessions. (0:36, 1:00, 1:17)

Bertie's father, King George V, dies. (0:43)

Logue introduces the technique of having Bertie sing his words. The rhythm method? (0:49)

Bertie talks about the death of his oldest brother at age 13. (0:54)

Bertie tells Logue how he learned his techniques: "When the great war came all our soldiers were returning to Australia from the front, a lot of them shellshocked, unable to speak." (1:25)

abulia | acquired stuttering | Bereavement | boundaries | communicative pressure/communicative stress | covert features | distraction | involuntary stuttering | nicotine | postponement behaviors | psychotherapy | silent block | speech-language pathologist | Stuttering | tonic block