During these times with Frank, he discovers the laws of the universe that govern his life. Donnie’s mental illness causes him to confuse real life with imaginary and he struggles to contain his perception of time while fighting schizophrenia threating to take control. Donnie Darko and the Psychological Aspects in the Film There is a nice slice of the world’s population are diagnosed with mental disorders. These people will swear the most outrageous scenarios are true, because in their mind they are. In one of the more serious cases of mental disorders, people claim to hear voices coming from inside their own heads and this can eventually cause them to believe they are two or more different people.
Clinically insane people are hard to predict. Stereotypes have shown that some have multiple personalities, while others have hallucinations. The clinically insane, when they commit a serious crime, should not be tried in a court of law for the act of their mental instability. When it comes to a crime, such as murder, the evidence is usually of the incriminating type making the accused look guilty, unless all of it has been scientifically proven otherwise. In Primal Fear, Aaron Stampler has been given a label as insane, in order to convince his defense lawyer, Martin Vale, that he is as innocent as he appears.
For example, we now classify schizophrenia under the following subtypes: Disorganized, paranoid, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual (Ritsner & Lysaker, 2011). Disorganized schizophrenia, also known as hebephrenic schizophrenia, is defined by disorganized behavior, flat or inappropriate affect, strange thoughts, and abnormal behaviors. Paranoid schizophrenia, on the other hand, includes chronic psychosis and strange delusions. This subtype of schizophrenia often goes hand in hand with suicidal behavior. Catatonic schizophrenia is marked by both extremely bizarre movements and behavior, but is also seen in patients who remain frozen in a daze for hours on end.
Mind Over Matter Checkpoint McNaughten rule states that it must be clearly proven that at the time of committing the crime the accused, did not know that what they were doing was wrong because of some from defect of reason , from disease of the mind. The difference between between mental illness and insanity is the degree of mental instability the person suffers from. I mentally ill person would have severe depression, anxiety. Signs would be present and sometimes easy to spot, but these people know what is going on and know have a grip on reality. An insane person would not know the difference between reality and fantasy.
He makes clear that it is illogical for the old man to hear the scream with “the el train roaring past his nose”, proving that the old man could have lied. This is major proof that the boy may not have killed his father, displaying how effective Juror #8 was. Another incident was when Juror #8 exploits the staircase situation. He explains for the jurors the sequence of events using the details described by testimony; He proves that it is physically impossible for the old man to make out a person in that time. He states, “He [Old Man] assumed it was the boy” (Rose 47).
But the officials are obligated to perform a full psychiatric evaluation, which could ultimately waive the verdict of the jury. According to The People’s Law Dictionary, the insanity or “irresistible impulse” defense is a mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality in the time of the offense. They cannot conduct her/his affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior. In the case of John Wayne Gacy, he denied allegations on the terms that he was insane; and since this was poorly backed up by legitimate evidence, it lead to his conviction and death sentence. Gacy’s lawyers and doctors failed to defend the insanity plea because the prosecutors successfully presented that he as completely lucid during his killings.
However, sometimes Chief’s narrating gets interrupted by him talking about some strange event which reminds the reader of his psychological disorder. These events are caused mainly due to his illnesses like paranoia and frequent hallucinations. His paranoia is often justified, as the patients are indeed treated barbarically. His hallucinations might seem crazy at first, but they actually reveal his deep, intuitive and understanding of his surroundings. For example, the fog machine he hallucinates is a representation of his state of mind, he is overmedicated or simply too fearful to face the unambiguous and harsh reality of what his life truly is.
Peoplelike us give the sociopath little sympathy because they hurt people so badbut their illness is recognized as somewhat of an explanation of why theydo it. The idea of the disorder is no excuse for their behavior that resultsfrom it. The sociopath is very intelligent and knows how to manipulatepeople into thinking they are normal and that is when they work theirmagic. Beneath the mask of sanity a sociopath is full of tension, hostility,irritability, rage, emptiness and sadness at the core of the sociopathicpersonality. When they hurt a person a sociopath might think he had itcoming or I’m watching out for number 1.
Overall schizophrenia is more severe in men than women. People with schizophrenia have many delusions which are delusions of persecution, delusions of reference, delusions of grandeur, and delusions of control. Delusions of persecution is when the person thinks that people are out to get them. This is also known as persecutory delusions. Delusions of reference is when the person believes that things in their environment contain a special meaning that is just for them or like a special message is being delivered to them personally.
This states that this person has a mental illness/defect; therefore they were not sustainable and lacked the mental capability to know whether or not their actions were right or wrong. The insanity defense should not be abolished. There are many cases in which people that are actually mentally ill and commit a crime, but they are charged as any old criminal. If the person who committed the crime was completely sane and uses this defense, the court