Abstract
The portrayal of mental illness in film has been a favorite topic of discussion on the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists listserv for many years. This movie review compares and contrasts two such films, one a classic (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) and the other (Shutter Island) a relatively new addition to the filmographic registry of the psychiatric genre. Further, this review is provided from two different perspectivesthat of a veteran psychiatric pharmacist and a fourth year Pharm.D. student. Spoiler Alertif you have not seen these pictures, some significant aspects of the plot lines of both movies are revealed below.
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