Addiction is the continued use of a mood altering substance or behavior despite adverse consequences, or a neurological impairment leading to such behaviors. Addictions can include, but are not limited to, drug abuse, exercise addiction, sexual addiction and gambling. Classic hallmarks of addiction include impaired control over substances or behavior, preoccupation with substance or behavior, […]
Archives for June 2005
Green Acres: The Series
Eddie Albert spent six seasons appealing to the whacked out citizens of Hooterville to behave in a rational and orderly manner. Naturally, he got just what he deserved–the gradual erosion of his own mental stability. Aficionados of this show like to call it surreal. All one can add to that, to paraphrase the classic title […]
Eating Disorders and Cinema Therapy
Eating disorders are conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual’s physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa and binge eating disorder are the most common forms of eating disorders. Other types of eating disorders fall under the category of an […]
Million Dollar Baby
Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), a waitress from a small Missouri town in the Ozarks, shows up at the Hit Pit, a Los Angeles gym owned and operated by Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood), a boxing trainer. Maggie asks Dunn to train her, but he retorts that he doesn’t train girls. Maggie attempts to persuade Frankie by […]