Looking at schizophrenia.

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GCSE Drama 2009 Paper 1 – Portfolio

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In lesson six we studied the disorder schizophrenia in detail. We used many different explorative strategies to do this in the lesson. We discussed our views on the disorder and each of us had varied opinions.

One of the first activities we took part in was a half-way house situation. This included role play, we were told that an old mental ward would be used as a halfway house in coulsdon, where we lived, for this we had to use role play and our imaginations. We were told the people that would be living there had many different disorders but were believed to be safe, and soon they would be let out whilst supervised into old coulsdon and coulsdon. Some residents were angry, worried and some were curious. This could have been because most were asking questions about their children, as they were parents they were most worried about their safety. Most wanted an explanation why they were being socialised like this. This activity showed how ignorant most people can be with or without noticing.

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We performed a still image of what a mentally ill person could look like experiencing the outside world for the first time, or seeing it when they haven’t in months or even years. Also their were other people around, like a witness walking past, or guards from the halfway house. We had to add them seeing something they’d never seen before like a car, a mobile phone and being amazed by it. Most of them were so amazed they fell down or just stopped still and stared. This shows how little things we take for granted can be the ...

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