The video for Green Day's "Basket Case" tells a narrative of insanity through imagery and scenes set in a psychiatric hospital. Scenes show the band members hallucinating, taking medication from nurses, and wearing convict-like uniforms, portraying them as patients questioning their treatment and sanity. Brightly colored sets contrast with the band's dark punk style, creating an unsettled feeling and representing the mental conflicts and vulnerability of the narrator wondering if he is "just paranoid, or just stoned." Through these visual techniques, the video relates the song's exploration of insanity to a critique of institutional psychiatric treatment.