The film Still Alice starring Julianne Moore took home an Oscar last week for best actress. It chronicles the experience of Dr. Alice Howland, an accomplished professor at Columbia University, as she is diagnosed with early Alzheimer's disease. How accurately, however, does this critically acclaimed movie portray the onset and progression of this disease? Dr. Kristine Yaffe, a psychiatrist and professor at the University of California reviewed the film and offers her perspective in this interesting article recently appearing in Time Magazine. "Scientifically, the first phase of Alice's symptoms and encounter with her consultant neurologist are very realistic and deeply moving. The movie accurately demonstrates the early word-finding challenges, occasional memory lapses and sense of becoming overwhelmed in once familiar situations."
To read more about Dr. Yaffe's perspective with regard to what the movie got right (and wrong) with regard to Alzheimer's disease visit: http://time.com/3695430/how-accurate-are-health-films/item/still-alice/
To read more about Dr. Yaffe's perspective with regard to what the movie got right (and wrong) with regard to Alzheimer's disease visit: http://time.com/3695430/how-accurate-are-health-films/item/still-alice/
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