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1) Side effects
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After committing a horrific act, a young woman blames her actions on the experimental medication prescribed by her psychiatrist.
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On October 31, 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers brutally stabs his sister Judith to death with a kitchen knife at their home in Haddonfield, Illinois. He is sent to Smith's Grove-Warren County Sanitarium and placed under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasance). Loomis suspects that there is more to Myers than meets the eye and plans to have him committed indefinitely, despite the fact that Michael seems docile and does not speak...
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Bob Wiley, a troubled but lovable therapy patient, seeks help from noted psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin. When the doctor leaves town to go on a quiet family vacation, Bob, afraid of being alone, follows--showing up unexpectedly at the therapist's lakeside retreat. Bob becomes the houseguest that just won't leave.
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Studio classic volume 23
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"The fascinating story of a deeply troubled young Southern housewife. Suffering from headaches, emotional upset and forgetfulness, Eve White sees a psychiatrist, Dr. Luther. At first Luther gives Eve banal, commonsense advice and sends her home to her husband. But as Eve's condition worsens, Luther hypnotizes her, unveiling two additional personalities within the woman -- a vamp and an independent sophisticate. But curing Eve will require a deep probe...
7) 55 steps
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"Based on the inspiring true story of the unlikely relationship between ann outrageous and wickedly smart Eleanor Riese, a patient in a psychiatric hospital where she's been mistreated, and her attorney, a workaholic patients' rights lawyer, Colette Hughes. In this heartfelt tale told with humor and emotion, Colette takes on the uphill battle of representing Eleanor against the psychiatric establishment while the spirited Eleanor makes it her mission...
9) Freud
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A six-part BBC mini-series, filmed in Austria, New York and London. This series examines Freud's complex life, his groundbreaking work and his relationship with his patients.
10) Carefree
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She's afraid of marriage--can he help? With the forever magic of Irving Berlin's romantic Change Partners, the dance craze of The Yam and more, the answer is delightfully Yes!
11) Equus
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A middle-aged psychiatrist tries to find out why a young man has blinded six horses entrusted to his care.
12) Autopilot
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With the help of his sister Sara, his childhood friend Mike, and his new therapist Dr. Brian, Tanner Beatly tries to adjust to life on the outside after spending sixteen years in a mental institution for accidentally killing his mother.
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A man who calls himself P.J. has witnessed a horrific accident and subsequently retreats within himself. He barely talks, and doesn't even know who he is. He is brought to a hospital where the resident doctor tries to get through to him with the help of his assistant and P.J.'s bitter ex-girlfriend. All the while, the doctor is fighting his own life's demons, and an out-of-touch supervisor who wants P.J. permanently committed.
14) The dead center
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When a very dead suicide victim disappears from the morgue, it sets in motion a chain of events that has the power to immolate everything, and everyone, it touches.
15) 55 steps
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Based on the inspiring true story of an outrageous and smart Eleanor Riese, a patient in a psychiatric hospital where she's been mistreated, and her attorney, a patients' rights lawyer, Colette Hughes.
19) Shock corridor
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Criterion collection volume 19
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A journalist fakes mental illness to get himself committed to a mental hospital for a story. Soon, he starts to lose his mind.
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Adrian, an irrepressibly chirpy tech nerd, suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Grace, a beautiful street artist, suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder (aka Multiple Personality Disorder). As new neighbors in an edgy, graffitied suburb of Melbourne, they find themselves in therapy with the same psychiatrist and crash into each other one afternoon.
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