How realistic are the scenes in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest?
Very realistic. My guess is similar things happen in India, in third world countries Often, the people who run the hospital are not highly educated, and there is a whole lot of coercion, control using food or cigarettes or electric shock treatment. Isn’t shock therapy inhuman? There is stigma because of misuse, because people don’t like the idea of no anaesthesia — which doesn’t happen now — of electricity flowing through the brain. It’s banned in some states in the US, but widely used here. It can be life-saving for someone who is catatonic, not eating, or suicidal. But, rarely, it can cause partial memory loss, even death. Can all mental illness be blamed on a disturbed childhood? Not all, but it is an important factor. [Research has proved] that kids who are bullied are more likely to have psychological issues. But sometimes it’s not that. It’s a break-up of a relationship, or a genetic link. There is no simple cause. What makes perfectly normal people turn into criminals and killer
