Word: schizophrenia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cure for schizophrenia...
What is the cause of schizophrenia? That question has long stirred passionate debate among doctors. The most common of major mental disorders, schizophrenia is in fact not the Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde split personality of myth but a whole family of illnesses characterized by such distressing symptoms as delusions, disordered reasoning, hallucinations, withdrawal and other bizarre behavior. In his classic studies, the Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing has argued, almost poetically, that schizophrenia is only a reaction to the insanity around us-of parents, family and even society at large. Humbug, reply more orthodox physicians, who say that schizophrenia is most...
...schizophrenia does take its toll in some ways, she says. Alexandra doesn't always feel either of her two worlds; "I'm very conscious that I don't fit into any group: I have a lot of friends, but not in any one area," she says. And occasionally she finds Harvard life very frustrating. "I have to hold myself back here," she says, "I want to get going with my career." But Alexandra considers herself an actress, above all, and prides herself on being able to play various roles with genuine feeling. She describes herself as "moody": sometimes, she says...
...subtlety and intelligence needed to render the difficult subject of insanity on film. Apparently because he feared the visual shock of insanity's bizarreness combined with an overdose of empathy could disturb the audience too deeply, Page takes a superficial, rather sentimental approach to the innter anguish of schizophrenia. The appeal of Green's story is lost in the process, along with any deeper meaning the book might hold...
...mental hospital in which Debby learns to deal with her schizophrenia is more believable. Like Green, Page manages to balance the harsh methods used to control the inmates--a sadistic orderly, and prolonged wrapping in cold sheets to quiet hysteria--with the compassion shown by Debby's psychiatrist (Bibi Andersson) and the kindness shown by nurses and Debby's intimate friends. Yet this rather sympathetic portrayal could lead one to think that the insane are cured by kind words and firm control. Once again, Page's superficial treatment destroys the story: Debby's psychoanalysis seems suspiciously easy as the psychiatrist...