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| # 8073 | 6/10/09 | If you were down to your last 100 bucks and had what you believed to be an exceptional screenplay would you: A. Enter it in a screenplay contest. B. Use a service that would send out an e-mail(query) to hundreds of industry pros. C. Pay for coverage of the screenplay. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 6945 | 11/18/06 | I have the perfect film script. make sure that you contact me by this mail address ******* Thank you | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 6810 | 9/25/06 | I live in holland I'm 17 almost 18. The question! What if I came to Hollywood, LA, Calafornia by a plane how can i sell my screenplay as fast as possible? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 6650 | 7/22/06 | Kevin, What exactly is Schizophrenia and its symptoms and how is it treated? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 6629 | 6/25/06 | Hi mr. Kevin. I am currently working on a screenplay that talks about hypnothyzing and I would like to know what kind of question would a therapist ask to the subject during a therapy to quit smoking. Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 6614 | 6/18/06 | I would like to know ifit happens that some poeple suffering from mental illness have some memories loss ? (for a screenplay) | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 6360 | 3/11/06 | I have written a sexual screenwriting .If you deal this kind of screenwriting please contact to me or introduce sites & agencies that deal sexual screenwriting or how I can sell my screenwriting. Thanks. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 6337 | 3/7/06 | Odd question here, but is rape as traumatizing to males as it is to females? Is the mental damage the same? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 6319 | 2/28/06 | ...is avalible internationally though Ingram. Over the counter at Barnes and Noble,Borders,Amazon.com. Please, if you have any pointers to help turn this silly book into a script I would be very gratfull. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 6269 | 2/17/06 | I was wondering if someone were under tremendous amounts of self-doubt and/or stress that they start having physical pain i.e. stomach aches, tastes change, etc. I have been researching my screenplay by reading an autobiography and a woman went through such a traumatic experience, and held herself somewhat responsible, that this actually happened to her. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 6043 | 11/30/05 | Can you provide a name(s) and phone number(s) for a lawyer or lawyers who specialize in litigation re: getting the full or complete rights back to one's script and/or book property? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 5964 | 11/6/05 | When it comes to mutism, is it possible for a parent to have a healthy relationship with his/her mute child without either of them knowing sign language? Could they, theoretically, develop some kind of crude means of communication, like, for the child, messages on scraps of paper to the parent(s)and body language and gestures of the child the parents) has become accustomed to reading in determining the child's needs, wants, feelings, etc.? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 5932 | 10/26/05 | I am writing my life story which includes shocking psychological abuse by my parents. In addition to being a legend in the music industry, my father is a closet bisexual and severe narcissist. My mother: a sex addict who acted out frequently in front of me. My brother has intermittent explosive disorder, my sister's a mess, I've cleansed some of my wounds in therapy. Will I have closure when they are exposed? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 5886 | 9/6/05 | Dear Mr. Sielky: First thank you for your efforts in helping and answering questions, I truly appreciate your time. In my current script I have a woman who has some kind of mental illness in which it is a genetic illness and under normal circumstances she is okay but stress in her live can make this disorder reappear. Is there a disorder similar to this? if so, what could that possibly be? Thank you again | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 5839 | 8/5/05 | In my script, there is a very disturbed teenager who is fourteen years old. He used to be a nice, and good mannered kid, but now he is a disrespectful punk. What kind of docter would his mother send him too? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 5771 | 7/12/05 | In my story, there is a mentaly disturbed teenager who exibits acts of aggression. He also disrepects his mother. Where should the mother send him for help? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 5616 | 4/23/05 | I went to the web site you linked to in another post and got info for MSBP. I've decided to have the victim suffer from seizures each time she is brought to the doctor. What would the mother be doing to the child (8 years old) to bring on the seizures? What could the doctor mistake the seizures for before discovering the truth? Thanks again. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 5525 | 3/16/05 | Dear Kevin: On autism: 1. is it possible, no matter how farfetched, for an autistic person to be trained as an assassin?, and 2. is it true that autistic people, some of them at least, willingly become mute temporarily, and that some are mute, unwillingly, permanently? and 3. what are some medications taken by them (I'm referring specifically to the ones who would be able to be trained as assassins)? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 5489 | 3/1/05 | Hi Kevin. This question doesnt relate fully to you directly, but if you can help me on some points, please direct me to the right place. I have a character who is in a driving accident, and becomes paralysed. Can you direct me to somewhere (website preferrably) to tell me all about it. Also, he will become suicidal, because he hates his condition etc. Can you tell me what would happen if he felt this way. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 5219 | 10/29/04 | Dear Mr. Sielky, If a serial-killer has been sent for treatment instead of jail and is let out into the world, say after twenty years. What kind of medication does this person take in order to control his thoughts and behavior? What if he forgot to take the medication, what could happen? Or could a person like that snap anyway due to some extreme events? Thank you for your time. Best regards Lars | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 5187 | 10/14/04 | sir In my latest Screenplay The protogonist got a big shock when his lover commit sucide in front of him and he could not save her because of his acrophobia.Protogonist became insane. I want him to be sane in one year with the help of psychiatrist and a girl who love the protogonist one side. What are the latest treatment and the procedure to cure such a patient? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4917 | 8/13/04 | re:4313. the screenplay is complete. Is the back story necessary? if so then I don't want the usual whinning backstory, that is a big turn off. my character has the trait without any cause behind it, they try to detect it by wanting to kill him but he doesn't give in (for obvious reasons). Gururaj | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4734 | 7/3/04 | Hello Kevin, Found your interesting and similar orientation and thought I'd address this to you. I'm a Clinical Psychologist and published author (see website: www.allanpsych.com). I've worked on a screenplay for some time. A recent check on certain sites suggests that I'm headed in the wrong direction, never having optioned anything before; that execs prefer a track record; that submitters should be screenplay students or pros. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4608 | 4/24/04 | Kevin, A charactor in a screenplay I'm writing is studpid. I want to have a reason for this but I can't think of anything but just being plain stupid. He looks normal and talks normal. Is there any illnesses that could explain this? Thanks, Jackson | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4427 | 1/31/04 | Kevin, a character in my story must take the MMPI, I was wondering if I'm breaking the copyright law by including some of the questions in my story. Thanks for your help! | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4399 | 1/21/04 | Single mom's daily cycle for a year is to snort methamphetamine to cope with night job, then use another drug after work to come down from the speed so she can sleep & be ready for her kids after school. What might the second drug be? Heroin? Describe the behavioral manifestations of combined addictions? What happens if she abruptly binges on meth for a week without her downer drug? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4366 | 1/8/04 | Kevin, when a therapist violates ethics and is brought to the board of review, is it an actual panel of "judges" or just a letter? Also, if shes loses her license, can she go to different state and get another? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4360 | 1/6/04 | Mr. Sielky, what's the difference between a person with Munchausen syndrom and someone who self-multilates? What are the factors that set them apart? Thanks for your time. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4320 | 12/14/03 | re#4313. the backstory is "The protagonist had an unhappy childhood. He fears whether he’ll be a good father or not. And because he was extra introvert his brain has been nurtured in a way that blood reaches the prefrontal lobe with his amygdala always being hijacked. this leads to him having a supernatural trait as paternal instinct". Is this backstory good enough to make the trait believable? thanks, Gururaj | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4313 | 12/10/03 | Sir, I recently saw this documentary on discovery. it was about men having paternal instincts during pregnancy of their wives. Can I add a supernatural trait(the person can be present in two places at the same time)as paternal instinct? will it be believable? thanks | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4312 | 12/9/03 | Mr. Sielky, regarding question 4298, is the Sixth Sense wrong? I watched it the other day, and noticed that Bruce Willis' character takes the young boy out the whole time. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4310 | 12/8/03 | Hey kevin, I'm looking for information on the drug Olanzapine, used in treatment for schizophrenia. I've heard it has a bit of a reputation. Could you clarify. Thanks for the time. Jordan | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4298 | 12/4/03 | Mr. Sielky, in my story, a psychologist needs to bring his client out into the field to teach her interpersonal skills, reach out to her friends, resolve relationships with people from work. Is this possible? How can I get around the confidentially issue? Thanks. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4286 | 11/29/03 | thankyou for responding to 4279, ok question one.. Charactor is being released from psyche unit.Male 22, Is there a trigger age to put him there I.E. he is thought to be pediphile, a misdiagnosis. An issue the step mother thought up. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4279 | 11/27/03 | #1 Is there a trigger age or thing that happens to boys to exaggerate sexual/physical deviations Step-Mother, Father issues. mans in psyche unit, to be released, is he functional in society normal, or untreatable. racial issues, Native american (he is white) would this also be apparent in exaggerated psychosis. #2Female 25 has astrology related issues, thinks only after reading horoscopes, is this a psychosis? would this make her a sociopath? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4156 | 10/29/03 | Kevin. The drug - AnaBuse(sp?) - that is prescribed to Alcoholics. What EXACTLY does it do? Can you overdose on it? If so, what are the complications? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4148 | 10/29/03 | hello, i will be down in the los angeles area in two weeks, and i would like to know since i don't have an agent, what is the best way to get your scripts sold, or even look at? thank you | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4051 | 9/25/03 | I am writing a peice about a coma victim, but would like to know about the long term effects that a coma has on the brain. Assuming the character wakes up what can he expect? I believe memory loss is common, is there anything else? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4034 | 9/20/03 | Could you suggest any indepth resources (books or websites) that deal with a child's obsession with death after losing a string of loved ones? Thanks. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4011 | 9/15/03 | Mr. Sielky, this is actually for my own personal interest: I would like to major in psych but not sure of where to go. I've taken quite a few classes and am thinking about grad school. Do you know of any great clinical psych dealing with the humanistic approach? Thanks. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 4008 | 9/14/03 | Mr. Sielky, is psychiatry more prestigious because a psychiatrist can provide therapy AND medecine vs. a clinical psychologist who can only give therapy? Thanks. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3931 | 8/16/03 | Mr. Sielky, when you want your client to take the MMPI-2, IQ, and the Rorschach Inblot Test, do you administer them yourself during a session? Also, where could I find the MMPI-2 test? Thank you very much. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3895 | 8/5/03 | Mr. Sielky, is EPS the psychiatric version of ER? If so, does it take place in the hospital as well? Thank you for your time. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3848 | 7/27/03 | Mr. Sielky, I just have two quick questions: 1, as a doctor working in a hospital, do you get your own parking space? 2. Do you video tape your sessions? Thank you for your time. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3843 | 7/25/03 | what is the difference between bipolar 1 & bipolar 2? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3748 | 7/4/03 | Mr.Sielky, I dream alot and I always can remember very well about those dreams when I wake up.Also often that the following day something would happen exactly the same with that I was dreamt about.What and how does this reflect my innerself? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3717 | 6/26/03 | Hi! How can an aspring screenwriter get representation if no one is accepting new writers? Secondly, Where can i find a list of good agents or managers that will look at new writers | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3703 | 6/26/03 | Mr. Sielky, I think that it's against practice for a psychiatrist to date his client. HOWEVER, what happens if the client moves to another doctor, can the client and the previous psychiatrist date then?? Thanks. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3589 | 6/2/03 | Kevin, Does a mental illness exist in which a person cannot distinguish fact from fantasy? We hear of people reading books to escape, well one of my main characters has done it... literally. She believes her world is a fairytale.Those she meets are likened to 'characters' from fairytales. Eg. When the main character (male) meets her, she is lying on a stone slab in the bush outside her house. Like Snow White. Any ideas? Maria | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3445 | 5/6/03 | Re:#3437, Sir, the protagonist is an uxorious husband. when he gets too much anxious about his wife, he starts to use the remaining (90%) part of the brain. this results in him being physically in two places at once. after sometime, he starts to bleed through the nose. (will it be ok if I write that during anxiety, blood flow and air don't reach his brain and his amygdala is hijacked?) warm regards, Gururaj | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3437 | 5/6/03 | Sir, I've heard a lot about that a normal man uses only 10% of his brain. if under any circumstances the person starts to use the other 90% of his brain then what would it be called scientifically? and also what would be the changes in the brain if such incident happens to any person? warm regards, Gururaj | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3432 | 5/5/03 | Mr. Sielky, thank you so much for spending time here answering questions. I can't help but wonder how you have the time to work with your clients as well as coming here. How many clients do you work with on a normal day? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3399 | 4/28/03 | Once again talking about obsession: certain behaviour fallouts that I was planning for my character would include getting angry for no apparent reason at small things, collecting small personal items from his ex-wife, and some general odd comments that may lead a viewer to believe that my character isn't playing with a full deck despite his usually normal behaviour. Any more help would be great thanks! | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3371 | 4/25/03 | Your response to my question regarding new abilities within people who have DID was very helpful. So I hope you can help me with character development. My problem is the trauma that creates the personalities in my main character. I have found Satanic ritual abuse and sexual abuse to be the main triggers people subscribe to. I was wondering whether these really are the only possible triggers for DID. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3369 | 4/24/03 | In my last post I asked about obsessive behaviour. My character is a man who has recently divorced, but is obsessed with his ex. I was wondering if these tyes of feelings can be effectivly masked and if doing so would affect behaviour in other ways | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3359 | 4/23/03 | Dear Mr. Sielky, I'm currently writing a storyline for a character who engages in self multilation. They begin it in their teens and it only becomes worse after the character gets married and later learns that her spouse is going to divorce her. My question as what if any particular form of therapy would benefit the character. Thank you for your time! Sincerely Sandy Slaven | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3331 | 4/20/03 | Hi Kevin, My script has a bipolar character who has been having problems from being on the wrong medication. I read that people respond differently to different medications. I'm looking for a medicine and dosage that could be seen as reasonable but is in fact high for this woman, and could accelerate her illness. Would 200mg twice a day of Prozac fit the bill? Thanks so much for your help. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3302 | 4/17/03 | I was wondering about obsessive disorders, whether they can be masked or controlled and what some typical warning signs of such a disorder would be. Thank you. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3280 | 4/12/03 | My protag's leg (just below knee)is broken by a boulder rolling downstream in a flood. She needs an injury severe enough to provide her with a permanent limp, but also needs to heal while traveling (horseback). There is no chance of medical help. What would someone with basic first aid experience do to fix the injury so it can heal? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3267 | 4/10/03 | Mr. Sielky, thank you for your response. I did some research and found that people with the factitious disease do have abnormalities in the brain--but the information is really outdated. If a doctor suspects a patient of having the disease, where would he begin? Thank you for your time. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3264 | 4/10/03 | Mr. Sielky, I have been searching the net as hard as I can but I'm having trouble case histories to do with people diagnosed with D.I.D. Speficically I need to learn of any cases that have "alters" that have gained new abilities, e.g. languages or talents previously unnattained. This would be great as it would no doubt help base my plot on factual evidence. | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3258 | 4/9/03 | Mr. Sielky, how would you go about treating someone with the Munchausen syndrome? Where would you begin? | Kevin Sielky |
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| # 3241 | 4/7/03 | Is it possible for a person to become a pediphile by seeing an older sibling molested? | Kevin Sielky |
