Movies and Mental Illness: Using Films to Understand Psychopathology
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iew This book has a large audience - ... ranging from lay persans wishing to gain an insight into mental health in an easily digestible format through to those formally teaching mental health courses. It can easily be used by non-healthcare professionals or those who would like a light introduction to mental health without having to digest numerous textbooks, or like myself prefer a different way of learning. --Ibadete Fetahu in NursingTimes.net, September 2015 In their masterful and entertaining yet thoroughly well-referenced and academic book, Wedding and Niemiec painstakingly provide detailed descriptions of numerous films, with critical thinking questions, references, and fictional patient evaluations … and in doing so succeed in highlighting cinema as an effective modality for teaching psychopathology and for intellectually challenging students on psychiatric differential diagnosis and treatment. The authors use DSM-5 to arrange their table of contents of 16 chapters. Indeed, the reader can effectively use this book to learn the DSM-5. It is an amazing accomplishment that, for even relatively obscure diagnoses, the authors have ready a diversified portfolio of relevant movies. The 8 appendices are thought-provoking [and] include a sample course syllabus that could serve as an outline to create a successful course to educate students on mental illness, differential diagnosis, and treatment options. I highly recommend this book to educators, mental health care clinicians, and students. --Matthew A. Becker, MD, University of California School of Medicine, in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2015; 76(5):e671 A winning text for students with pedagogical tips for teachers... Movies and Mental Illness allows educators to weave psychological concepts and issues into a format that naturally engages students and facilitates classroom participation from a shared popular cultural perspective. Empirical data supporting the inclusion of popular film in the curriculum indicates watching contemporary movies can facilitate a wide range of learning outcomes... Abstract concepts, including the wide world of psychopathology, can be brought to life and embodied within movies. Movies grab our attention, stay in our memories, and are often our primary tool for developing Dedication......Page 3 About the Authors......Page 4 Title Page......Page 5 Copyright Page......Page 6 Foreword to the Fourth Edition......Page 8 Foreword to the Third Edition......Page 13 Foreword to the Second Edition......Page 15 Table of Contents......Page 17 Preface......Page 19 Acknowledgments......Page 24 1. Films and Psychopathology......Page 27 2. Neurodevelopmental Disorders......Page 51 3. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders......Page 93 4. Bipolar and Depressive Disorders......Page 136 5. Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders......Page 184 6. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders......Page 213 7. Dissociative Disorders......Page 233 8. Sleep-Wake, Eating, and Somatic Symptom Disorders......Page 264 9. Gender Dysphoria and Sexual Dysfunctions......Page 296 10. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders......Page 314 11. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders......Page 341 12. Neurocognitive Disorders......Page 394 13. Personality Disorders......Page 428 14. Paraphilic Disorders......Page 487 15. Violence and Physical and Sexual Abuse......Page 525 16. Treatment......Page 556 Appendix A: The American Film Institute’s Top 50 Heroes and Villains......Page 593 Appendix B: Syllabus for Sample Course that Integrates Films......Page 599 Appendix C: Recommended Websites......Page 603 Appendix D: 12 Misconceptions About Mental Illness and Mental Health Professionals Perpetuated by Movies......Page 605 Appendix E: Portrayals of Psychotherapists in Movies......Page 607 Appendix F: PRISM Awards for Feature Films......Page 610 Appendix G: SAMHSA Voice Awards......Page 612 Appendix H: Films Illustrating Psychopathology......Page 630 References......Page 796 Film Index......Page 804
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