CASE STUDY ON ONE OF THE MAJOR CHARACTERS IN A MOVIE

Case study on one of the major characters in a movie



Case study on one of the major characters in a movie

Introduction

What about Bob? is a 1991 comedy film directed by Frank Oz, and starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Murray plays Bob Wiley, a multi-phobic psychiatric patient who follows his successful and (beyond) egotistical psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin (played by Dreyfuss) on vacation. When the unstable Bob befriends the other members of Marvin's family, it pushes the doctor over the edge.

The paper will attempt to begin by providing a short synopsis of the movie, followed by a Multi-axial initial diagnosis for this character in the movie and a listing of the diagnoses one would need to rule out as one continues to work with this character as a client. The discussion will then provide a tentative treatment plan utilizing Evidence Based Best Practices (EBBP) and highlight the length of treatment, the specific methodology used in the treatment, the benefits of the EVT for the client, the possible negative effects of the EVT for the client and whether or not it is suitable to refer the client to a psychiatrist for psychopharmacological treatment.

In this regard, the discussion will provide detail out what possible type of medication the psychiatrist might choose, the rationale for its utilization, and the benefits and possible negative side effects of it for the client. The paper will come to a concluding note by considering how the change in this character have affected the outcome of the story line in this movie in the event of the successful implementation of the treatment outlined earlier.

Brief synopsis of the movie

In the movie, Doctor Leo Marvin, an egotistical psychiatrist in New York City, is looking forward to his forthcoming appearance on a Good Morning America telecast during which he plans to brag about Baby Steps, his new book about emotional disorder theories in which he details his philosophy of treating mental patients and their phobias. Meanwhile, Bob Wiley is a recluse who is so afraid to leave his own apartment that he has to talk himself out the door (McRoberts, 2007). When Bob is pawned off on Leo by a psychiatrist colleague, Bob becomes attached to Leo. Leo finds Bob extremely annoying. When Leo accompanies his wife Fay, his daughter Anna, and his son Siggy to a peaceful New Hampshire lakeside cottage for a month-long vacation, Leo thinks he's been freed from Bob.

Leo expects to mesmerize his family with his prowess as a brilliant husband and remarkable father who knows all there is to know about instructing his wife and raising his kids. But Bob isn't going to let Leo enjoy a quiet summer by the lake. By cleverly tricking the telephone operator at the doctor's exchange, Bob discovers the whereabouts of Leo and his family. Despite his phobia about traveling alone, Bob somehow manages to talk himself onto a bus, and he arrives in New ...