Mental Illness in the Movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
In the film, One Who Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, emphasis is put on mental illness, more precisely on antisocial personality disorder, from a unique vantage view. The film has had a significant effect on how people think of psychiatry and mental disease. We will further discuss Randal McMurphy's antisocial personality disorder and how it applies to class themes like defensive coping, impaired social contact, and the possibility of other forms of directed aggression.
Randle McMurphy, the film's lead character, represents antisocial personality disorder, categorized in the Cluster B personality disorder, and described as a consistent habit of disrespect and abuse of others' rights (Varcarolis, 2018).  Patients with this condition often engage in behaviors that most citizens consider inappropriate, reckless, impulsive, and deceptive. When observing Randal McMurphy, it is clear that he exhibits signs of a particular personality disorder marked by a charming and polite personality, which he demonstrated by shaking the h...