Analysing Joker: an attempt to establish diagnosis for a film icon
Analysing Joker: an attempt to establish diagnosis for a film icon
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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Todd Phillips's film Joker, a 2019 psychological thriller, has stirred up strong reactions to the portrayal of the lead character's mental disorder, which is never specified. I used DSM-5 criteria to study whether Joker/Arthur Fleck showed signs of a real mental disorder. The psychopathology Arthur exhibits is unclear, preventing diagnosis of psych...
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Analysing Joker: an attempt to establish diagnosis for a film icon
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_8727382
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_8727382
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2056-4694
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2056-4708,2053-4868
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10.1192/bjb.2020.146
