... fighting and shouting. Group therapy is based mainly on the Psychodynamic model of development, and is usually used in conjunction with drugs to help cure a patient's illness and treat their symptoms. The goal of the treatment is to help the patients recognize the difference between what is anti-social behaviour and what isn't; this is done through the authority of Nurse Ratched who tells the patients when they are not behaving as is socially desired. All the patients in the hospital are given some form of medication, and soothing classical music is played during this time to help make the patients feel relaxed and at ease. Through the film we find no reason to suggest that the drugs aren't working properly. The patients know they have to take them and don't kick up a fuss, and every time we see them take it they retain their calmness and function adequately ...

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