Shutter+Island

Shutter Island 2010


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** Psychological disorder? **

In the movie, “ Shutter Island” An asylum, the main character is suffering from a mental disorder which causes delusions and a Dissociative Identity Disorder along with disjointed thoughts and expressions which manifest themselves through the movie. There are various instances in the film which trigger the delusions. When trying to bomb a car, he sees images of his dead wife and child disorienting him. He also imagines himself to be a marshal, as symptomatic of The Dissociative Identity Disorder, causing his mistaken self identity.

** How is Dissociative Identity Disorder Treated? **

Several symptoms of dissociative identity disorder come and fluctuate impulsively, but it does not clear by itself. Dissociative identity disorder can be treated with various types of therapies, but mainly with drug therapy and psychotherapy. Drug therapy help alleviate number of particular coexisting symptoms like anxiety or depression, but it does not influence the disorder itself. Also, psychotherapy is hard and emotionally painful. The person with dissociative identity disorder is likely to experience numerous emotional crises from the behaviors of personalities and from the depression that can arise when traumatic memories are brought to mind during the processes of therapy.
 * How is Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) treated in the film? **

In Shutter Island, Teddy Daniels took pills without knowing. The doctors put pills in his drinks and cigarettes.

** What we learned in this movie? **  We've learned that how people look like when they are suffering from Schizophrenia and Dissociative Identity Disorder. Unlike other mental patients, he was suffering from two mental disorders. We actually knew that he was having Schizophrenia but as we research we also figured that he was having DID too. We actually thought that the disorder is really interesting because of the fact he is making another himself. We chose “Shutter Island” for several reasons. This film is very well-known all around the world, evaluations from people were high, and some famous actors, such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Kingsley, appeared in this movie.
 * Why did I Choose “Shutter Island”? **

Use of class time 5/5 Reason for grade: We diligently worked together as partners and put our best effort during class. Depth of work done 14/15 Reason for grade: We researched a lot and we came up good What I learned 5/5 Reason for grade: Compare to Schizophrenia we didn't have much information but as we research we learned a lot about DID. Wikispace's attractiveness 4/5 Reason for grade: Trend is black & White. It's simple and doesn't hurt eyes. Total 28/30

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