well, we all know how vague diagnoses were on old movies and television. i truly wonder with what diagnoses contemporary mental health care professionals would give norman bates ? my old college roomie said schizophrenia was a catch all for mental illnesses, so i'm hoping that wouldn't be it.
2007-02-07 10:40:00 · 2 answers · asked by ? 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Its fiction hun. He was a serial killer in a fictional story. GBY
2007-02-09 04:18:00 · answer #1 · answered by Dust in the Wind 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has already been cleared up, he has been classified as having the symptoms of split personality (NOT schizophrenia) showing his two personalities one as norman bates one as his mother.
Many people mistake schizophrenia for split personality (hear that saying from "what about bob" "I'm a schizophrenic and so am I") thats a very misconception truth many people are very uneducated about the illness.
Anyway back to Norman Bates, it is very clear he has a split personality disorder (also called dissociative identity disorder)
Rare condition indicated by the absence of a clear and comprehensive identity. In most cases two or more independent and distinct personality systems develop in the same individual. Each personality may alternately inhabit the person's conscious awareness to the exclusion of the others, but one is usually dominant.
The various personalities typically differ from one another in outlook, temperament, and body language and might assume different first names. The condition is generally viewed as resulting from dissociative mental processes — that is, the splitting off from conscious awareness and control of thoughts, feelings, memories, and other mental components in response to situations that are painful, disturbing, or somehow unacceptable to the person experiencing them.
Hope this clears things up for you
2007-02-09 14:26:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋