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Bipolar Disorder: A Silver Lining in a Mainstream Film? Part 2
Continued from Part 1 Unlike many films depicting mental illness, the theme of stigma is not central to Silver Linings Playbook. In fact, the audience is even encouraged to feel positively towards some symptoms of mental illness – overly tidy habits and being the life of the party, for example. When the film shows Pat …
Bipolar Disorder: A Silver Lining in a Mainstream Film? Part 1
The Oscar-nominated film Silver Linings Playbook has offered a new perspective on bipolar disorder through the unique medium of cinema, but, has this film really taught us anything new about how we view mental health issues? Silver Linings Playbook has garnered much critical acclaim thanks to its take on mental health issues, in particular for …
