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Welcome to a new year of Psychocinematic deep dives you didn’t know you needed! Today we start a conversation about Bipolar Disorder, by firstly looking at the Oscar bait 2012 film by David O Russell, Silver Linings Playbook. How does Hollywood handle something that has so much stigma and misunderstanding attached to it? Is it as accurate as people seem to believe? And do we like David O Russell?
Content Warning: ableism, sports gambling, institutionalisation, physical violence, sex shaming, brief description of panic attack, body shaming, brief description of sexual assault, use of the term ‘crazy’.
NOTE: This podcast is not designed to be therapeutic, prescriptive or constitute a formal diagnosis for any listener, nor the characters discussed. The host is not representative of all psychologists and opinions stated are her own personal opinion, based on her own learnings and training (and minimal lived experience). Host and co-hosts do not have the final say and can only comment based on their own perspectives, so please let us know if you dispute any of these opinions – we are keen for feedback!
Host: Stephanie Fornasier
Cohost: Michael Watson
Editor: Nicholas Fornasier
Music: Michael Watson
Artwork: Bronte Poynts
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REFERENCES
ReachOut: What is Bipolar Disorder?
Multicultural Perspectives Journal: Into the Cuckoo's Nest: Silver Linings Playbook and Movies About Odd People
Forbes: Director David O. Russell Talks 'Silver Linings Playbook' And What It Means To Him
Psychology Today: Accuracy, Distortion and Truth in Silver Linings Playbook
Web MD: 'Silver Linings Playbook' OK on Mental Illness?
Sather Health: Review of “Silver Linings Playbook” in the Perspective of Mental Illness
Psychology Today: The Psychopathology of 'Silver Linings Playbook'
NME: Silver Linings Playbook Plays Things So Safe It Becomes Dangerous
Daily Sundial: Crazy, happy and normal, what ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ taught us
Vulture: Ask a Psychiatrist: How does Silver Linings Playbook handle mental illness?
Child Mind Institute: Silver Linings: An irreverent but real look at mental illness
USA Today: 'Silver Linings' hits close to home for director Russell
NZ Herald: Jennifer Lawrence reveals mental health struggles
Good Men Project: The Discomfort of the Mirror: Silver Linings Playbook, Bipolar, and Me
NAMI: Bradley Cooper Speaks Out In National Dialogue On Mental Illness
Episode 48: Drop Dead Fred and ”Imaginary Friend Syndrome” with Ariadne Giousmas
Episode 47: Married At First Sight & the brutal reality of Reality TV with Clare Verrall
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Episode 46: Your Fave & Flop Films of 2022!
Episode 45: Falling for Christmas- Lindsay is back! And so are outrageous representations of amnesia (with Emily & Heather McIntyre)
Episode 44: Bojack Horseman the cartoon horse teaches us everything about mental illness (with Annie Ware)
Episode 43: Hannah Diviney talks Latecomers, disability advocacy and serious plans to take over the world
Episode 42: ADHD is being Everything Everywhere All At Once (with Jordan Bastian)
Episode 41: Darren Aronofsky loves a Mental Illness Movie - Part 2. Black Swan (with Ash Roberts)
Episode 40: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: The Exorcist asks, have you considered your mental illness could simply be a touch of demon possession?
PATREON BONUS: The Babysitters Club- Stacey’s Emergency: Diabetes is not simply a maths game
Episode 39: Looking for Alibrandi and life as an Italian immigrant family in 1960’s Australia (With Frank Fornasier)
Episode 38: Darren Aronofsky loves a Mental Illness Movie - Part 1. Requiem for A Dream (with Nic Fornasier)
Episode 37: Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey and the psychology of abusive cults (with Merowyn Olaver)
Episode 36: The Babadook is actually grief, depression, trauma, and a fabulous queer icon
Episode 35: We Need To Talk About The Butterfly Effect
Episode 34: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: a film nerd and psychologist’s literal dream (with Indi Gage)
Episode 33: Moon Knight- have we progressed in our portrayals of Dissociative Identity Disorder in 2022?
Episode 32: Russian Doll, and trying to stop dying and start living after trauma (with Maz Fornasier)
Episode 31: Human Resources & Perinatal Mental Illness (with Clary Garrett)
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