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  • late teens or early adulthood.
  • men-avrg. age of onset is 25.
  • women, typical onset is around the age of 30.

DID YOU KNOW: SCHIZOPHRENIA TENDS TO BE MORE

SEVERE IN MEN THAN IN WOMEN

  • Natalie Portman (Nina)-a principal ballerina for the NYC Ballet Company.
  • Newly acquired the lead in Swan Lake(a classic story depicting the virgin/whore dichotomy that men face when choosing a lover.)
  • Overshadowed by her controlling and emotionally abusive mother (Barbara Hershey) -gave up" career for raising her daughter.

-THE END-

what is Schizophrenia?

chronic, disabling & complex mental disorder

  • Disintegration of thought processes & of emotional responsiveness.
  • Manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid/bizarre delusions/disorganized speech &thinking.
  • Accompanied by -significant social/occupational dysfunction.
  • Schizophrenia makes it difficult to tell the difference between real & unreal experiences, think logically, have normal emotional responses & behave normally in social situations.

SCHIZOPHRENIA IN BLACK SWAN:

CONTINUED...

The film brilliantly captures the brutal physical and emotional demands that ballerinas face in their short-lived career span.

BEHAVIOR PATTERN:

A clinical psychologist, Aronofsky clearly enriches the film with a storyline that points to Nina’s first psychotic break, likely triggered by a combination of her genetic heritability, childhood experience of abuse, age, and the heightened environmental stress placed upon her as principal ballerina. "As a mental health professional, I am often fascinated by clinically accurate depictions of mental illness." Says the psychologist.While Black Swan appears to be a loose cinematic portrayal of the onset of schizophrenia.

AT WHAT AGE DOES SCHIZOPHRENIA OCCUR?

  • Altered perception of reality
  • May see or hear things that don’t exist
  • Speak in strange or confusing ways
  • Believe that others are trying to harm them
  • They’re being constantly watched.
  • It is difficult- even frightening- to negotiate the activities of daily life. In response, people with this disease may withdraw from the outside world or act out in confusion & fear.

SCHIZOHRENIA

(in relation to Black Swan)

BY-

Vrinda Jain

Grade 11

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