Diagnosis Bipolar: Five Families Search for Answers – Movie Discussion

This week you will watch the film Diagnosis Bipolar: Five Families Search for AnswerLinks to an external site..

Shot over nine months, Diagnosis Bipolar follows five families, three of whom have multiple children diagnosed with the illness, as dramas unfold on a daily basis — from failing at school to complete psychotic breakdown. In addition to intimate interviews, the documentary includes stark home video footage and interviews with experts, including: Dr. Ken Duckworth, medical director, the National Alliance on Mental Illness; Dr. Peter Gherardi, child psychiatrist; Dr. Janet Wozniak, director of Pediatric Bipolar Research at Massachusetts General Hospital; and Dr. Ellen Liebenluft, chief of the Pediatric Mood Disorders Unit and the National Institute of Mental Health.

For Your Initial Post

Reflect on the film and apply what you have learned from your reading in this course?by responding to the following prompts.?Post your responses to the discussion board.

What did you observe (be specific) about the?impact of social factors (family, friends, media, etc.) on the development and maintenance of bipolar disorder?

What did you observe about the course of bipolar disorder??

What obstacles to recovery did you observe??

What was the most surprising thing you learned from the film?

Comment about how the film impacted you as a viewer.