Talk:List of films featuring mental illness

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[edit] Problems with List

1. the madness of king george- king george the iii did not have schizophrenia, but porphyria. this physical condition had significant psych effects (akin to the list labeled AIDS-related psychosis), but not schiz.

2. the hours is listed under both aids related psychosis and other/unspecified.

3. There is dispute as to the diagnosis of david helfgott, the character palyed by geoffrey rush in shine. it is inconclusive whether or not it is/was a "stress disorder" (or schizoaffective, schizophrenia, etc...)Platypusjones 18:45, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

4. "Radio" should be on this list somewhere....probably under mental retardation? Someone better informed would have a better idea of where to put it.... - Have put under Misc for another to place.

I'd also point out that:

1. The editor has listed movies with a supernatural element, like the Butterfly Effect, The Shining, and Donnie Darko, where i don't recall the character as actually being schizophrenic, so much as being under understandably heavy stress do to new found psychic powers, ghosts, and so on. If you want to fill out the list there are Caveman's Valentine, and Summer of Sam, I think.

2. The DID category is a major spoiler for some of those movies. Also since we're including less than serious portrayals of the disorders why no Psycho, since, accurate or not, it is one of the most famous movie portrayals of a dissociative person? I'm not sure if in Friday the 13th Mrs. Voorhees had schizophrenia or DID.

3.Off The Map might be a legitimate addition to clinical depression. --Vonsindri 21:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

There is no "the editor" because many different people have contributed to this. Doczilla 21:23, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shows

I know that the show Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex depicts a mental hospital of the future in the first season. I would have to look into it more for how to insert it into this list... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.99.18.96 (talk • contribs) 05:55, 3 December 2006 (UTC).