Movies and Mental Illnes
Using Films to Understand Psychopathology
9780889374614
400 pages
Hogrefe Publishing Corporation
Overview
This popular and critically acclaimed text using movies to help learn about mental illness is being fully updated with DSM-5 and ICD-10 diagnoses dozens of evocative and informative frame grabs a full film index Authors' Picks sample syllabus more international films and shorts¦ .\n\nFilms can be a powerful aid to learning about mental illness and psychopathology”for students of psychology psychiatry social work medicine nursing counseling literature or media studies and for anyone interested in mental health. Movies and Mental Illness written by experienced clinicians and teachers who are themselves movie aficionados has established a great reputation as a uniquely enjoyable and highly memorable text for learning about psychopathology. The new edition has been fully updated to include DSM-5 and ICD-10 diagnoses.\n\nThe core clinical chapters each use a fabricated case history and Mini-Mental State Examination along with synopses and discussions about specific movies to explain teach and encourage discussion about all the most important mental health disorders.\n\nEach chapter also includes: Critical Thinking Questions; Authors' Picks (Top 10 Films); What To Read if You Only Have Time to Read One Book or Article; and Topics for Group Discussions.\n\nOther features of the new expanded edition include:\n¢ Full index of films\n¢ Sample course syllabus\n¢ Ratings of around 1 500 films\n¢ Fascinating appendices such as Top 50 Heroes and Villains psychotherapists in movies misconceptions about mental illness in movies and recommended websites.\n\nDo you want to propose a film for the 4th edition of Movies and Mental Illness?\nHave a look at the authors' blogspot! They welcome all comments on the films they already plan to discuss or suggestions for films to include in the new edition!
