Psychology & Depression
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One Hour Photo
Robin Williams was a photo technician at One-Hour Photo store. The film shows a man who is a
perfectionist and feels lonely. He is mentally unstable and attacks a family after realizing the
family secrets but later turns out to be tragic. Most of his time is consumed by his job at the One-
Hour Photo store and this could not provide the opportunity to have quality time socially.
Because of loneliness, he admires the longtime customer Yorkin family photos. This was later
rebuffed because Robin was a shy man and could not easily relate to other people. He later
managed to make friends with Nina Yorkin but later fired by his boss because of excessive
printing of photos using his machine. He was obsessed with the family and kept photos of the
Yorkin family in his house. The films show how depression can be very dangerous to any person
is not controlled and managed. He was suffering from adult antisocial behavior disorder because
he could not socialize with others.
The movie shows Robin Williams suffers from the depressive and mental disorders. Using
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders it’s very clear that Robin is suffering from
mental illness because of Personal history (past history) of sexual abuse in childhood considering
how the father used him for pornography. Robin has DSM 5 depression disorder F16.983
hallucinogen persisting perception disorder. He suffers from mental illness which prompted him
to attack Will and Maya using a knife and a camera in their hotel room. The detectives
discovered Robin's obsession with Yorkin's family and realized that he had a mental problem
because his father used him for child pornography. This explains why he had to take the photos
of children and use the photos to send threats to the family
