A Theoretial Analysis of Schezophrenia from the Movie Black SwanWord下载.docx

1、IntroductionThe movie Black Swan can be an eminent case study of Schezophrenia from the view point of Abnomal psychology as the the movies mian charater Nina has presented many symptoms of Schezophrenia of psychiatric disoder. The main purpose of this short study essay is through the psychological a

2、nalysis of Ninas presented abnomral behaviors and thoughts and emotions to reveal how the symptoms of Schizophrenia cuase the bellet dancers emotions, thoughts and behaviors disoders and to analyzed the factors that may causes the disabling symptoms, and also to identify the diagnoses, prognosis and

3、 related treatments that can be used to relieve the symptoms of Ninas psychosis disorder. Ninas case of psychosis symptoms From the movie, people can know that the main protagnoist Nina Sayers （played by Natalie Portman） is a beautiful 30 years old woman with cowardly and principle personality and s

4、he has been practiced delicate Ballet under her moms careful care and long-term overcontrols with highly anticipated pressure. She practices ballet all the time and she wants to have outstanding ballet skills that she practices ballet in a strictful and hard way as her dreams is becoming an outsandi

5、ng famous ballect dancer which also can fultil her mothers dream. She presents many strange behaviors and thoughts under severe compertitions and internal and external pressures, and which makes her thought and behaviors out of control . The abnormal behaviors include: she has nightmares and would w

6、ake up in the middle of night sometimes; she thinks she can hear some voice from somewhere unknown; also, she always suspicious other people is following her and other dancers will stole her leading role of dancer and harm her; also, she percepts that there is another Nina who is watching her. She b

7、ecomes so agitated and agaist her mom and other dancers. Through Ninas behaviors of self-forces and imparimental thoughts and strugglings in her daily life, people can itentify a lot of details that Ninas presented symptoms are beyond the normal scope of behaviors and thoughts. Her abnomral behavior

8、 can be diagnosed as psychosis in the way of shizophrenia by using psychological analysis. As Ninas symptoms of schizophrenia has apparently presented in many ways in her daily life, which breaks down her mental world. Through the movie, people can know that Nina endures mind disorders but she does

9、not know about the mental disorder and she has not been diagnosed and get treatments properly that severe the symptoms that kills her at the end. Diagnosis based on DSM-5Ninas psychosis disorders can be diagnosed as schizophrenia by using the assessment tool, the DSM-5. Based on the criteria of DSM-

10、5 and the information about Nina, it can diagnose that Nina meetsThe DSM-5criteria forschizophrenia and Ninas symptoms related to schizophrenia are delusion, hallucinations, self-mutilation, paranoia and other psychiatric symptoms and abnormal psychomotor behaviors that continue to impair her daily

11、life. According to the DSM-5, people with schizophrenia demonstrate hallucinations, delusions, thought and behavior disorders that progressively worse infected peoples social, personal and working life （Tobin & House, 2015）. For diagnosis, the patient must meet the criteria of the symptoms of schizo

12、phrenia and at least 2 symptoms must presented last more than 1 month and the deterioration continue to disturb patients life for at least half year （Tobin & House, 2015）. As the symptoms of schizophrenia includes positive symptoms （delusion, hallucinations） and negative symptoms （the symptoms conti

13、nues to disturb patients daily functions） （Kay,1991, p, 195-196） （Immunology, 2013, p 360）, therefore, through analysis, Nina can be diagnosed that she presents positive symptoms of schizophrenia, and she also presents some level of psychomotor symptoms. Nina experiences delusion and hallucination w

14、hich are considered as paranoid schizophrenia, and also her fantasy thoughts, abnormal emotions have risky her motor actions every day. Positive symptomsFirst, Nina meets the delusion and hallucination symptoms as she has self-delusion, fantacy thoughts and hears and sees things which are unreal. Bo

15、th delusions and hallucinations are classified as positive symptomes （Kay,1991, p, 195-196）. People with delusion perceive things that does not exist in the real world while hallucination is related with auditory and visual things that are actually not real （Videbeck, et al.,2015）. Nina has the comm

16、on positive symptoms of schizophrenia, that can be diagnosed from her daily they would takes her leading roles which demonstrates grandiose dorenia （Kreinin et al.,2015, p,117）, and in which delusion happens in 2/3 of 2010, P 252）. Accding to the psychology research article, the authors indicate del

17、usions and hallucination are the most common symptoms of mental disorder in people who are imparied with schizophrGao schizophrenia people （elusion. She also experiences auditory and visual hallucination as she visualizes lily and another Nina argue with her which actually arent there in reality. Sc

18、hizoprenia patient experienes hallucination that they think someone is speacking with her and the vioce is unknown, research indicates that schizophrenia peoples experience of stange voice is actually come from their “own thought”（ Sarin & Wallin, 2014）. Therefore, Ninas experiments meets the critar

19、ias of thoughts and behaviors, such as delusion of persecution that she believes that she is being followed, watched and attacked by lily and another Nina and she beo fearful that positive symptoms of schizophrenia that she loses touch with the caused a lot of disturbances in Ninas personal, soial a

20、nd work life, even the duration real world. Through the Movie Black Swan, people can see that the symptoms of schizophrenia has not been mentioned, but people can identified that Ninas symptoms has last for more than lieves lily and another Nina are attakers who hurts her shows she has persecutory d

21、elusion; she is s1 month and the disturbances seems to continoius for more than 6 month. The course of schizophrenia has presented in different time in the person, that Nina has experienced the predromal phase of shizophrenia that her has deteriotated thought in her dreams at the beigining of the mo

22、vie, which symptoms are the “initial unusual experiences prior to developing frank psychosis” （Lauriello &Pallanti, 2012）. Ninas symptoms has devloped into manifested symptoms, that her delusion and hallucination become more severe and often, that she can tell she has abornal thoughts and behaviors

23、that raises the fear, and paranoia emotions of her. which is the active phase that people experienced symptoms is magnifested and eminent （Lauriello & Pallanti, 2012）. She starts to repeat to think that her back has wings that she need to scratch it out and peel her nails and her hallucinations are

24、severe that harm herslef. psychomotor symptoms Nina meets some psychomotor symptoms of schizophrenia that the psychosis disorders cause the repeatetion of strange behaviors. Catatonia symptoms is related with schizophrenia and considered as “a subtype of schizopreniathe” （Waris et al., 2014）, in whi

25、ch the features of this mental disorder can be presented in the way with strange posture and movements and behaviors （Waris et al., 2014）. In a research study about “17.7% of children and adlescents” who have psychosis illness presentd some catatonia symptoms （Waris et al., 2014）. People with catato

26、nic symptoms of schizophrenia presents “abnormal movements and emotions”（ Fink, 2013）, and repetition of manner can be considered as abnormal behaviors. Nina has catatonic behaviors such as checking the mirrors all the time; disorganized behaviors such as always find scars on her shoulders and perci

27、eves she has balck swings concealed in her skin that makes her scratchs her skin frequently and trying to peel away her skin. ComorbityNina experiences many comorbity symptoms, such as anxiety disoder, she is so fear that she can not get the Swan Princess role and the undetermined decision from her

28、dancing group that stiggers the anxiety disorders of her. Also, Obessive-compusion disoder also can be seemed from Ninas abnormal behaviors. She looks at the mirror all the time to check her body image and she is obessive to the perfect world. Also, she washes her hand all the time, which indicates

29、that Ninas obessive-compusion disoder is presented. Etiology: the causes of schizophrenia From the Gendered and aged perceptions of schizophrenia that Nina is 30 years-old female Adults who is very vunerable to be afflicted with psychosis disorder. Schizophrenia has represented an commom case in psy

30、hologial disorder. Some psycological research indicate that schizophrenia is a very common disoders in psychological disorders in US （Foster, 2003） and which afflicting “1% of aduult population” （Keltner et al.,2001）. Foster indicated that schizophrenia is hard to be healed and is more likely to aff

31、ect people between the ages of 18-35 （Foster, 2003）. From a study, researchers found out that the earlier and onset symptoms of schizophrenia displaied high rate on female than on male （Castle, 2000）.Genetic factors and environmental experiences and soial-environmental factors can be considered as s

32、ome of the main reasons that cause Ninas psychosis symptoms. According to the research studies has identified that both nature and nurture are the major risk factors that cause schizophrenia （Keltner et al.,2001）. They recognized that the etiology of schizophrenia that the inherited genetic factors and enviormental encouters are the influential contributors that afflict the functions of the brain （Keltner et al.,2001）. Applying the theory that Psychosis can be caused by nature and nurture i