One Flew over the Coo Coos Nest

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“One Flew over the Coo coo’s Nest” 1) In the movie, Jack Nicholson portrayed a few different disorders that I was able to recognize. He would do things like breaking the window to the nurse’s station to get some cigarettes so the man would stop yelling. That could be an Impulse Control Disorder he was showing. He also showed signs of Anti-social Personality Disorder and sociopathic behaviors. Anti-social personality disorder included irrational behaviors such as this. 2) Jack Nicholson portrayed many different disorders in this movie. Every one of the disorders were portrayed very well. He got almost all the patients in the asylum to do what he wanted. Also he got nurse Rachett to act out of her character at times. These traits are traits of deceptiveness which is a big part of the disorder. The big Indian man started to talk and even played basketball because of jack Nicholson disorder. When he wants to act out; he becomes a sociopath. For example when he wanted to watch the baseball game he got all the patients to act like they were watching the game too, just because the nurse didn’t want to put it on television. 3) The mental disorder affects the people around jack because they began to act out against authority. He disrupted the group meetings. That caused nurse Rachett to not be able to conduct those meetings. Also, there were three patients that committed suicide because of what jack Nicholson put in motion. 4) I have a better understanding on how mental illness affects people in life after watching the movie. A mental disorder is a very difficult situation for the person with the disorder, as well as their family. Some disorders are worse than others. For this reason society needs to express importance when it comes to noticing them. People with these disorders are constantly incarcerated and treated negatively in the justice system instead of getting

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