...But does anyone else find it strange that Malcolm seeked Cole? Doesn't it usually work the other way around? He seemed to be providing all these services to him free of charge without having any of his insurance information, speaking to his mother, etc. or basically anything he would need to legally be Cole's psychiatrist. Better yet, does anyone else find it strange that Cole's mom didn't sign him up for a psychiatrist herself?
shareConsidering he's holding a file on Cole right before their first meeting, it seems we're supposed to assume Cole's mother made an appointment with Malcolm. Ofcourse, it turns out this was never the case. Malcolm just imagined Cole was his patient.
shareThe mother was working two (probably low-paying) jobs just to keep them afloat. I don't think she could afford a psychiatrist.
shareWell I'm sure she had some type of health insurance.
shareWell I'm sure she had some type of health insurance.Did it cover dead psychologists though? 😀
I'm not sure how the system works in America but in Australia where BigPharma is possibly MORE corrupt than in America this whole circus is done under the Public Purse [Legal Aid].
It starts with a Child Rep being court appointed funded by legal aid and the first thing he does is seek a Child Report from his mates the shrinks. We saw the Report Malcolm did for Vincent and to show what a sham it is we see the EXACT same words used for a Report for Cole, BEFORE he has even seen Cole.
An interested person eg the FATHER can complain all he likes about the ADULT doses of Zoloft the kids are given but the court will just say "we are just lawyers and not doctors" so Pfizer just continues to make billions.
Other thing is Night makes it very clear the mother does not see any possible reason to USE a shrink for Cole meaning his treatment was simply done as a matter of course.
http://www.kindleflippages.com/ablog/
I don't dispute the corruption of big pharma, but the reason the report on Cole had the exact same wording as the report for Vincent is not that the reports were mere shams but that Cole was suffering from the exact same, bizarre problem that Vincent had had.
Remember, Cole's therapy sessions weren't exactly arranged through regular channels. Cole's treatment wasn't being done as a matter of course, it was being done because either God or fate saw that Malcolm and Cole needed each other.
Malcolm saw the report because that was what he needed to see to get him started on the therapy sessions. There was no insurance company involvement in any of it. There probably was no physical piece of paper with a report on Cole; Malcolm just saw what he needed to see.
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Doesn't it usually work the other way around? He seemed to be providing all these services to him free of charge without having any of his insurance information, speaking to his mother, etc. or basically anything he would need to legally be Cole's psychiatrist.
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It's the other way around. These over-servicing shrinks are looking for their victims wherever possible in order to peddle their "prescription drugs" and the Family Law Industry works hand in glove with them.
I assume it is same in america as for Australia where this is paid by public purse [Legal Aid] so the Industry milks it as hard as they can.
So Night shows us how this works via the "reports" we see on Vincent and Cole [imaginary] which are the SAME ie one size fits all.
So his mom had no reason to send him to a shrink but he had ALREADY been referred by the Industry [ie by The Child's Lawyer] to a shrink AS WELL AS the mom herself - you saw that in the step forward/back game.
Now read on/back to join the dots and look for instances of "couldn't help me" as it is "code".
http://www.kindleflippages.com/ablog/
You are not overthinking. It is unrealistic.
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hired to treat Cole
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Treat him for WHAT? - like what was wrong with him?
ie maladies NOT imagined by the System
http://www.kindleflippages.com/ablog/
My guess is that she wanted to see Cole treated for possibly dealing with the divorce, then the behavior of being scared and sad all the time.
shareNight goes out of his way to show us his mum sees nothing at all wrong with Cole and also we know she went to a shrink and it was a failure so why would she send her son.
But we also know the SYSTEM simply refers all boys of divorce to shrinks [because of mood swings - like Night even circles it for you.
http://www.kindleflippages.com/ablog/
Lester, this isn't the 2001 board, you are literally way over people's heads in here.
shareNo. I don't find it at all strange. And yes, you're over thinking it.
The movie opens with Malcolm being given an award for all of the public service, pro bono work he has done just to help people. Malcolm was primarily motivated by a need to help people in distress.
He was particularly drawn to Cole because Cole reminded Malcolm so much of his earlier patient, Vincent - a patient that Malcolm had failed to help. Malcolm felt guilty for failing Vincent and was determined not to fail a second time.
Malcolm didn't need all that insurance information for pro bono work, and he certainly didn't need it while he was seeing Cole. After all, it wasn't as though he could have actually filed any claims at that point.
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Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you find the real tinsel underneath.