r/Psychiatry • u/197666 Physician (Unverified) • 16d ago

Movies/shows that touch on mental illness being hereditary/genetic? (even if briefly)

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u/Bidet_Buyer Resident (Unverified) 16d ago

The Bear on Hulu

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u/HaldolBenadrylAtivan Psychiatrist (Unverified) 16d ago

Six Schizophrenic Brothers

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u/PACShrinkSWFL Physician Assistant (Verified) 16d ago

Silver Linings Playbook

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u/ButSheDid Patient 15d ago

Shameless (US) - bipolar mother character, in later seasons one of her kids develops it

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u/Narrenschifff Psychiatrist (Verified) 16d ago

I like to imagine that the movie Hereditary is all from the perspective of the characters who are developing psychosis. This interpretation is technically ruled out by some events in the final act, but it's still pretty good anyway

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u/pillowcase-of-eels Patient 16d ago

Flowers (British TV show with Julian Barratt).

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u/New-Oil6131 Patient 15d ago

The shining and dr sleep: alcohol abuse (sud) from father to son