CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS

Clinical Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis

Introduction

The word diagnosis in fact means to classify symptoms with the aim of describing a set of symptoms that the client or patient exhibits. The purposes of diagnosis are to (a) simplify and reduce the complexity of a clinical phenomenon, (b) facilitate communication between clinicians, (c) anticipate outcomes, (d) decide on appropriate treatment for the client, and (e) search for and better understand the etiology of the disorder from which the client suffers. Aside from being a theory of the unconscious, psychoanalysis as a method is used as an investigative tool in a wide variety of fields, the treatment of neuroses being only one among many. The term applied psychoanalysis is often used to refer to fields other than psychoanalysis or psychotherapy, particularly literature, art and culture. The term is therefore likely to have a range of accepted meanings that is either very broad, as in the case of collective phenomena, or narrowly restricted, as in the case of individual works of art (Prosser, 1991). In this paper I discuss clinical diagonosis in the context of the movie-Hamlet by William Shakespeare I saw few days back.

Film Name and the Brief Description of the Character

The name of the film is Hamlet- a well known drama written by William Shakespeare. Now it is available in film form as well. Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, is King Hamlet's son and Claudius's nephew. After King Hamlet's Ghost tells his son that he was killed by Claudius and that he wishes Hamlet to avenge his murder, Hamlet becomes determined to discover whether he saw an honest ghost or a diabolical spirit summoning him to a sinful act. To accomplish this, he decides to feign madness and also to present a play mirroring his father's murder, called The Murder of Gonzago, before Claudius and watch his reaction. In response to his dead father's charge, Hamlet is set on a course of meditation on life, death, responsibility, and fate. Far from being an action hero, Hamlet is a protagonist of reflection and philosophical contemplation (Prosser, 1991).

He is mortally wounded during a rigged fencing match with Laertes that Claudius has arranged, but not before he kills Laertes with the poisoned sword surreptitiously prepared for him. He stabs Claudius, as well, with that sword and also forces him to drink from the poisoned cup Claudius had prepared for him. As Hamlet and Laertes are dying, Hamlet forgives Laertes for plotting against him, and Laertes forgives Hamlet for the accidental murder of his father, Polonius. Hamlet then forbids his friend Horatio to commit suicide as a gesture of loyalty and friendship; rather, Hamlet charges Horatio to live and tell the prince's story so that his name will survive in honor after his death.

Identify the Character and Its Psychology

Critics have often pointed out the parallels between the disorder in the royal family and Hamlet's mental disorder. The royal family is in turmoil both externally and internally. Fortinibras is threatening an invasion to take back land that Hamlet, ...