The psychiatrist falls in love with the patient. This is NEVER okay. Not even if the patient thinks he is Santa Claus. Sure, it's trying to be cute but in real life if a psychiatrist acts that way towards a patient, she will be fired and banned from practicing. She was taking advantage of him and using his situation to get him to fall in love with her.
If a psychiatrist finds herself attracted to a patient, it is HER responsibility to make sure that she is removed from his treatment plan. I have been in mental hospitals and I have been in the treatment of a psychiatrist for over five years. If any of my providers had done what she does to him in this movie, I don't know what I would have done. When you are in a mental hospital you are in a fragile state. Portraying the relationship between care provider and patient as being okay is irresponsible.
If a psychiatrist finds herself attracted to a patient, it is HER responsibility to make sure that she is removed from his treatment plan. I have been in mental hospitals and I have been in the treatment of a psychiatrist for over five years. If any of my providers had done what she does to him in this movie, I don't know what I would have done. When you are in a mental hospital you are in a fragile state. Portraying the relationship between care provider and patient as being okay is irresponsible.