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    Schizotypal Personality Disorder: A Case Study of the Movie Classic TAXI DRIVER
    Schizotypal Personality Disorder: A Case Study of the Movie Classic TAXI DRIVER
    Schizotypal Personality Disorder: A Case Study of the Movie Classic TAXI DRIVER
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    Schizotypal Personality Disorder: A Case Study of the Movie Classic TAXI DRIVER

    By Francine R Goldberg and Ph.D.

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    This e-book is designed to be used as a companion to the Columbia Pictures film, TAXI DRIVER, which can be rented or purchased in DVD or VHS format from a vendor of the user's choice. It will explain, demonstrate and guide participants in the application of knowledge about diagnostic symptoms, social, vocational and educational impairment, treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation and disability management for a person who has schizotypal personality disorder. This movie classic portrays a textbook example of the disorder and is valuable for learning about it.
    The e-book will explain:
    â ¢Symptoms, behaviors and characteristics of schizotypal personality disorder
    â ¢Functional impact of schizotypal personality disorder
    â ¢Psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatment
    â ¢Psychiatric rehabilitation: Social skills training
    â ¢Dynamics of stalking
    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereBookIt.com
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9781934107171
    Schizotypal Personality Disorder: A Case Study of the Movie Classic TAXI DRIVER

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      Schizotypal Personality Disorder - Francine R Goldberg

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      Scene 1: Start

      This first scene is short. It displays the names and roles of the actors. However, this is accomplished with visuals that present an idea of what is to follow. It opens with a yellow taxi cab driving through a dense mist, steam erupting from a city street that momentarily blocks vision. Displayed next is a clearly focused image of the eyes of a driver, appearing through the vehicle’s rear view mirror. The driver’s eyes show a reflection of the city lights. The camera shows the city through the eyes of the taxi driver, i.e., blurry, distorted city images of the city lights that are reflected in those eyes. The images of the people in the city are dark. Everything is moving at the wrong speed, slower than the usual New York City cabbie. The colors are off. The music is foreboding. What is seen through the eyes of the taxi driver is off kilter.

      Scene 2: Travis Bickle

      The main character, Travis Bickle, is introduced as he walks into the office of a New York City taxi cab company and inquires about a job as a driver.

      It is not surprising that Travis is applying for this type of job because people with STPD gravitate toward jobs that demand little interaction with others (Sperry, 2003, p. 242).

      He tells the interviewer that he wants to drive a cab because he cannot sleep nights and that going to all night porno movies has not been a helpful alternative. When the interviewer asks Travis what he does now, while most people would offer a response about their employment or vocational activities, Travis follows the conversation thread he had begun and responds:

      Now? Ride around nights mostly. Subways, buses. [I] figure, you know, [if] I’m gonna do that, I might as well get paid for it.

      Interviewing people with STPD usually elicits surprising statements and peculiar ideas (Sperry, 2003, p. 249).

      Travis is a 26 year old US Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. He seems to identify with that role as he wears a Marine jacket with a patch from his King Kong Company and displays a Vietnamese flag in his impoverished, messy apartment. Travis’ success at becoming a Marine leads to speculation that Travis was able to meet high standards. However, other than the fact that he was a Marine no real information about Travis’ military career is revealed to support such speculation.

      Clinicians dealing with clients who have served in the more recent military must speculate differently as the current US Army has relaxed its standards and entry requirements for recruitment and training. Recruits now pass basic training at a time when the Army has been under terrific pressure to bring in new soldiers. In 2005 the Army raised the limit on the so-called Category 4 recruits it would allow, the designation for soldiers with the lowest scores on its aptitude test. The Army has also been handing out more waivers—including case-by-case exceptions for criminal offenses—which increased by 3 percent last year. Basic training has slipped as well. In years past, basic was geared to wash out those unfit for the stresses of military life. Now it has been reformulated to keep as many recruits as possible. The most recent washout numbers show a dramatic decline in standards: currently only 7.6 percent of new recruits fail to get through their first six months of service, down from 18.1 percent in May 2005, according to the latest Army figures. (Childress and Hirsh,

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