Psych Screen
Through the DSM with a Licensed Professional Counselor, we will explore mental illness portrayals in film! Each episode will analyze one film and one mental illness, with some fun guests and funny moments along the way.
Psych Screen
“Awakenings” and Catatonia
“You didn’t wake a thing, you woke a person.”
Welcome to the second episode of Psych Screen. This episode, we analyze the 1990 film, “Awakenings,” and its portrayal of Catatonia. Links to research articles included here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awakenings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalitis_lethargica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catatonia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Abraham_Center
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23806583/
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