- 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