Star Wars actor placed in mental health facility after psychotic break

[MrDawn]

Your thoughts about Jake Lloyd (Young Anakin) being hospitalized?

Jake Lloyd, who starred as Anakin Skywalker in “Episode I — The Phantom Menace,” was admitted to a mental health facility after suffering a psychotic break in March 2023.

In a new interview, Lloyd’s mother, Lisa, revealed that she and her son were driving home from McDonald’s when the former child actor, now 35, wanted to turn the car off.

“And he turned the car off in the middle of the three lanes, and we were in the middle lane,” Lisa told Scripps News on Monday, adding that her son was already having a bad day before the incident.

“There was a lot of yelling and screaming.”

According to Lisa, several drivers who were stuck behind the pair called 911.

“The police got there, and they asked Jake some questions,” she said. “He was talking to them, but none of it made sense. It was all word salad.”

Lloyd, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2008, was admitted to a hospital that day.

Months later, the “Madison” star was transferred to an inpatient program at a mental health facility where he is expected to stay for an additional 18 months.

According to Lisa, her son has taken well to the program.

‘Star Wars’ child actor Jake Lloyd in mental health facility after psychotic break, mom reveals

Jake Lloyd, who starred as Anakin Skywalker in “Episode I — The Phantom Menace,” was admitted to a mental health facility after suffering a psychotic break in March 2023.

nypost.com

 

[Crys]

I heard he got a lot of hate for his role as the younger Anakin Skywalker which probably did not help matters at all considering his age at the time. I thought he did well. I just didn't like the movie. Hopefully, he's getting all the necessary help he needs.

 

[PGen98]

I heard he got a lot of hate for his role as the younger Anakin Skywalker which probably did not help matters at all considering his age at the time. I thought he did well. I just didn't like the movie. Hopefully, he's getting all the necessary help he needs.

he did get an extreme amount of hate for his role as Anakin, it was so unnecessary.

He did a good job in the role, and he was great as Jamie in Jingle All the Way

As for being hospitalized, it's likely for the best. Mental health is well worth taking seriously, and with something as severe as schizophrenia, if he's having a break, he needs treatment. Glad he's getting it and I hope he does well in the facility!

 

[EllieCat]

What is schizophrinia?

 

[Daltonio]

I heard he got a lot of hate for his role as the younger Anakin Skywalker which probably did not help matters at all considering his age at the time. I thought he did well. I just didn't like the movie. Hopefully, he's getting all the necessary help he needs.

Thankfully his mom said in the article that as a kid he was sheltered from all the hate and that this would have happened regardless.
She also said that his love for Star Wars has never lessened and she even brought him an Ahsoka figure on her last visit to him.

 

[Webster]

I heard he got a lot of hate for his role as the younger Anakin Skywalker which probably did not help matters at all considering his age at the time. I thought he did well. I just didn't like the movie. Hopefully, he's getting all the necessary help he needs.

he did get an extreme amount of hate for his role as Anakin, it was so unnecessary.

He did a good job in the role, and he was great as Jamie in Jingle All the Way

As for being hospitalized, it's likely for the best. Mental health is well worth taking seriously, and with something as severe as schizophrenia, if he's having a break, he needs treatment. Glad he's getting it and I hope he does well in the facility!

Agreed; as someone who's suffered from mental health issues my heart honestly breaks for Lloyd.
I do hope he gets the help needed.

 

[Webster]

What is schizophrinia?

Schizophrenia: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Schizophrenia is a condition and a spectrum of disorders involving a disconnection from reality. It’s a severe condition, but it’s often treatable, especially early.

my.clevelandclinic.org

 

[PGen98]

Agreed; as someone who's suffered from mental health issues my heart honestly breaks for Lloyd.
I do hope he gets the help needed.

Same. It's such a horrible thing to see people break like this, and I hope he does get the help he needs so desperately, and for people not to just write him off as crazy because he's having this issue. He's suffering more than anyone could imagine.

 

[riseabovethis]

What is schizophrinia?

This is what an undiagnosed schizophrenic is capable of when their mind goes in it's own direction.

Killing of Tim McLean - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[MrDawn]

This is what an undiagnosed schizophrenic is capable of when their mind goes in it's own direction.

Not in all cases.

Although most studies found a correlation between schizophrenia and violent behavior (including murder), it should be emphasized that most patients with mental disorders, including psychotic disorders, are not violent. These studies also examined the mediating factors between schizophrenia and violence, specifically substance abuse comorbidity (Elbogen & Johnson, 2009; Fazel et al., 2009; Spidel et al., 2010).

Guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity? a comparative study of murderers referred for psychiatric examination by court order - Health & Justice

Background Some murders are committed under the influence of a psychotic state resulting from a mental disorder, mainly schizophrenia. According to the law in many countries, people with mental disorders do not have criminal responsibility. They are defined as not guilty due to insanity...

healthandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com

 

[riseabovethis]

Not in all cases.

Guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity? a comparative study of murderers referred for psychiatric examination by court order - Health & Justice

Background Some murders are committed under the influence of a psychotic state resulting from a mental disorder, mainly schizophrenia. According to the law in many countries, people with mental disorders do not have criminal responsibility. They are defined as not guilty due to insanity...

healthandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com

it took me days to figure out what was wrong with my post and did I ever fuck that up. Don't even have a clue what I was trying to say. I saved your article to read later because I couldn't absorb. That guy in my article killed a guy, ate parts of him and was given unsupervised passes in less then six year. You could say a few people were upset about that because they only saw the violence and had no understanding of schizophrenia. If they hadn't of found the right meds he would still be locked up.

To me Schizophrenia is the deadliest mental illness a person can get because it can completely destroy a persons life. I think it negatively affects the lives of half the people who get it. A few time in a way, I've lived with the lowest functioning ones and they don't live lives, they just exist. They are literally zombies and don't react to anything. They all behaved in the same way. They sat, stood or walked around. Nothing else. When sitting or standing they didn't move for long periods. There expressions never changed and their eyes always had that far away look. They never looked around and their eyes always stared straight head. You could stand in front of them or sit beside them and they wouldn't react. There was one who had a constant twitch and he was the only person to ever creep me out. He had a permanent smile but his eyes were dead. As I said, they don't live lives, they just exist. I forgot to mention. They don't approach anyone and never talk

 

[MrDawn]

If they hadn't of found the right meds he would still be locked up

Sometimes you can't blame the doctors. Medication has a 50/50 chance of working or not having any effect. Some people with mental illness are unable to be treated effectively because some medications don't work on them. Some people have to return multiple times to see a therapist before getting something that works or giving up entirely on medication. For schizophrenia there is a thing called TRS. Treatment-resistant schizophrenia.

Treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) has been defined as the persistence of symptoms despite ≥2 trials of antipsychotic medications of adequate dose and duration with documented adherence.1,2 TRS occurs in up to 34% of patients with schizophrenia.3,4,5 Although persistent symptoms may be negative or cognitive,1 persistence of positive symptoms is generally one of the defining features of TRS.6 However, the failure of serial antipsychotic medication trials is not sufficient to define TRS, as other potential causes of persistent symptoms need to be excluded as well (Table 1). A typical clinical pathway to identifying patients with TRS is shown in Fig. 1.

The neurobiology of treatment-resistant schizophrenia: paths to antipsychotic resistance and a roadmap for future research - Schizophrenia

Treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), the persistence of positive symptoms despite ≥2 trials of adequate dose and duration of antipsychotic medication with documented adherence, is a serious clinical problem with heterogeneous presentations. TRS can vary in its onset (at the first episode of...

www.nature.com

 

[EllieCat]

All of this sounds like gibberish to me.

 

[MrDawn]

All of this sounds like gibberish to me.

You will learn one day, my young padawan.

 

[riseabovethis]

Sometimes you can't blame the doctors. Medication has a 50/50 chance of working or not having any effect. Some people with mental illness are unable to be treated effectively because some medications don't work on them. Some people have to return multiple times to see a therapist before getting something that works or giving up entirely on medication. For schizophrenia there is a thing called TRS. Treatment-resistant schizophrenia.

Most people would be surprised by what you wrote because they believe that medications for mental illnesses are like medications for other illnesses, one size fits all. The vast majority of people in the world know absolutely nothing about mental illness because they've never had reason to learn. Everyone learns about it from tv, radio, news, internet, movies and word of mouth. The only ones who usually read about it are people who need to study it and people who are afflicted by it in some way. I never had reason to look it up until I became a mental defective.

I'm 26 years and 364 days older than you and when I was a kid we learned about mental illness from TV and movies. Of course their portrayal of it was rather suspect back then. There was never anything in the news or magazines and there were no advertisement's. No one hardly ever talked about it and when we did we really didn't have a clue. I grew up believing Schizophrenia was multiple personalities as did most people where I was from. To us crazy people were crazy people and nothing more. Forgot to mention some medications just stop working

 

[Nebulous]

I hope he gets the help he needs.