By: Gabby Cullen

 Takes place in 1954 on an island off the coast of Massachusetts

 Teddy Daniels is a U.S. Federal Marshal who served in the military

 Chuck and Daniels travel Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a

patient named Rachel

 As they dive deeper into the investigation, deeper secrets are revealed

 Daniels realizes the hospital is taking part in unethical treatment of patients;

doctors were implementing psychosurgery – attempting to admit him
 Daniels’ real name is Andrew Laeddis and has
been a mental patient in the hospital for 2
years
 Experiences several delusions- himself, his wife,
and his partner

 He deludes himself into believing that his

wife, Dolores, died in a fire set by a man he
referred to as Laeddis
 Imprisoned on the island
 Actual death of his wife

 Chuck is actually Andrew’s psychiatrist

 Persecutory: delusions that an individual is being conspired against, cheated, spied
on, followed, poisoned or drugged, harassed, or obstructed in the pursuit of long-
term goals
 The essential feature of Delusional Disorder is the presence of one or more non-
bizarre delusions that persist for at least 1 month
 Criterion A for schizophrenia has never been met

 Apart from the impact of the delusion(s) or its ramifications, functioning is not markedly
impaired, and behavior is not obviously bizarre or odd

 If manic or major depressive episodes have occurred, these have been brief relative to
the duration of the delusional periods

 The disturbance is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance or another

medical condition and is not better explained by another mental disorder
 Trauma exposure
 Extreme fear, helplessness, or horror
 Avoidance
 Interpersonal problems
 Continued re-experiencing
 Memories, nightmares, flashbacks

 Symptoms last for more than a month

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i--
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 Dr. Sheehan reveals that for they had decided to try an elaborate role-playing
experiment in which they went along with all of Teddy (Andrew)’s delusions in an
attempt to bring his mind back to the real world and thus save him from a brain
lobotomy
 Each time they tried other treatments, he failed
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukkIe8fxrN8

 Teddy accepts reality, but pretends to relapse

 In the end, Teddy realizes that lobotomy would be the best decision
 “Which would be worse– to live as a monster or die a good man?”
 Accurate depictions of the disorders
 PTSD: flashbacks, memories, nightmares

 Role playing experiment was extreme

 Unethical surgery

 Accurate delusions
 PowerPoints
 https://psyc2301.wikispaces.com/Teddy+Daniels