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    6/11/2013 Page 1 Movie Diagnostic The movie Forrest Gump helps identify me as a writer because I have a positive attitude and find inspiration in various places. Like Forrest‚ I try to make the best out of every situation that I am in. Forrest Gump‚ played by Tom Hanks‚ grew up

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    As Good As It Gets Life tends to become quite frantic and intense for most people now in days. Depending on how the events of their everyday lives are carried out‚ they could have a great affect on a persons’ mood. In the movie "As Good As It Gets" starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt‚ several of the Mood Disorders that affect people are portrayed in Nicholson’s character. Jack Nicholson plays the role of Melvin Udall‚ a writer that lives in the city of Manhattan‚ who is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive

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    results. In the case of using worrying as a distraction from other emotional problems‚ therapy aimed at processing past emotional traumas and dealing with those issues can be engaged and can therefore take care of the anxiety as a secondary concern. By highlighting the positive effects of worry and anxiety‚

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    repetitive behaviors or mental acts that an individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be applied rigidly (DSM-5‚ 2013‚ p. 235). After watching the film “As Good as It Gets‚” I learned that Mr. Melvin Udall‚ suffered from a severe case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In the very beginning of the film‚ I witnessed him lock the door five times‚ turn on the light five times‚ followed by washing his hands with multiple bars of soap. In addition

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    The movie As Good As It Gets is about a grouchy novelist‚ named Melvin Udall‚ who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Melvin doesn’t like anybody. He is very cold-hearted and disrespectful to everyone he comes in contact with. He carries his own silverware into restaurants‚ locks his apartment door five times a night‚ and never steps on a sidewalk crack. Melvin is completely obsessed about making everything a routine. Every morning he goes to the same restaurant where he sits

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    OCD displayed in the movie As Good As It Gets As good as it gets was a very interesting movie‚but no one who sees a good movie can’t start off by saying this movie is about a great deal more than obsessive-compulsive disorder–about people and intimacy‚ and humor‚ and the importance of people for each other that go far beyond disease and have much more to do with just life. But certainly‚ Jack Nicholson gave a very good example of some of the typical obsessions and compulsions that someone may

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    I am going to be assessing and diagnosing Melvin Udall form the film As Good As It Gets. He displays multiple patterns of behavior‚ and symptoms‚ which indicate the presence of a psychopathology. His recurrent behaviors and actions along with being pessimistic and sarcastic to everyone around him make his life in general‚ ability to form relationships‚ and ability to function in society nearly impossible or difficult. He complains of being tired and not feeling like himself‚ as well as disclosing

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    In the move "As Good as it Gets" are many interpersonal relationships that are going on with the lead character played by Jack Nicholson. In this essay I am going to discuss and analyze the relationships between Melvin‚ his neighbor who is a homosexual‚ Simon Bishop. Also there is a relationship between Melvin and his neighbor’s friend Frank Sachs. The last relationship is the most interesting and powerful‚ Melvin and the dog. In the move Melvin is against homosexuality and he is always abusing

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    Brittney Guyton Comm100 As Good As It Gets 5/16/13 As Good As It Gets is a movie about a clever novelist who has obsessive compulsive disorder. He loves to offend people. He is very blunt‚ rude‚ and careless. He goes to a nearby coffee shop nearly everyday order the same thing. He brings his on silverware because he’s afraid of the germs. He wants to be waiting on by the same exact waiter every day; his daily customs drive his life forward. One such routine is eating a calorie-rich diet of

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    Diagnostic Impressions My clinical judgment would suggest that Silla is struggling of generalized anxiety disorder with a mild alcohol use disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder has 6 criterion including; excessive worry that has been occurring more days than not for about 6 months‚ the individual is having difficulty controlling the worry‚ the anxiety is associated with three or more of the following six symptoms (restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge‚ easily fatigued‚ difficulty concentrating

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