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Movies and Mental Illness
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Using Films to Understand Psychopathology
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Wedding, D. / Boyd, M.A. / Niemiec, R.M.
3rd, revised and expanded ed. 2010, xii/ 340 pp.
US $49.00 / £ 27.90 / Euro 34.95 / (CAN $53.00)
ISBN: 978-0-88937-371-6
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- The popular and critically acclaimed teaching tool - movies as an aid to learning about mental illness - has just got even better!
- Now with even more practical features and expanded
contents: full film index, "Authors' Picks", sample syllabus, more
international films
Films are a powerful medium for teaching students of psychology, social
work, medicine, nursing, counseling, and even literature or media studies about
mental illness and psychopathology. Movies and Mental Illness, now available in
an updated edition, has established a great reputation as an enjoyable and
highly memorable supplementary teaching tool for abnormal psychology classes.
Written by experienced clinicians and teachers, who are themselves movie
aficionados, this book is superb not just for psychology or media studies
classes, but also for anyone interested in the portrayal of mental health issues
in movies. The core clinical chapters of Movies and Mental Illness each use a
fabricated case history and Mini-Mental State Examination along with synopses
and scenes from one or two specific, often well-known films to explain, teach,
and encourage discussion about the most important disorders encountered in
clinical practice.
Each chapter also includes:
- Critical Thinking Questions (to
consider when viewing the core movie/s)
- "Authors' Picks" (Top 10 Films)
- "What To Read if You Only Have Time to Read One Book/Paper"
- Suggested topics for class discussions
Other features of the new, expanded edition:
- Full index of films
- Sample course syllabus
- Ratings of more than 1,250 films (expanded by 25%!)
- Other fascinating appendices, such as "Top 50 Heroes and Villains",
psychotherapists in movies, misconceptions about mental illness in movies,
recommended websites
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From the reviews
From the Forewords:
"A particularly useful teaching tool for the diagnosis and understanding of the various psychopathologies for students of the helping professions. I commend it to the reader, be the reader student or professor."
Allan Barclay, PhD, St. Louis, Missouri
"A classic resource and an authoritative guide….Like the very movies it recommends, Movies and Mental Illness is a powerful medium for teaching students, engaging patients, and educating the public. Wedding, Boyd, and Niemiec have produced an invaluable guide for all those committed to understanding the human experience."
John C. Norcross, PhD, University of Scranton (Editor, Journal of Clinical Psychology; 2009 President of the Society of Clinical Psychology)
From the reviews of the third edition:
"One of the most significant challenges to teaching [abnormal psychology] this subject matter is facilitating students' understanding of what the experience of mental illness is like. […]
In the third edition of Movies and Mental Illness: Using Films to Understand Psychopathology, [the authors] use films as an instrument for increasing students' understanding of how individuals with diagnosable psychological disorders might experience their lives. […]
One of the strengths of this book is that it is written such that nonstudents will find the information contained within easily comprehendible. […]
Another notable strength of Movies and Mental Illness has to be its inclusion of sample client evaluations presented at the beginning of each chapter […] [which] offer the reader a glimpse into the psyche of the person of interest and provide a level of understanding of psychopathology that core texts of abnormal psychology do not always make available. […]
Another strength of Movies and Mental Illness is the authors' willingness to address not only the disorders but also related issues (e.g., stigma). […]
a significant contribution of Movies and Mental Illness is its inclusion of appendices that include (in addition to a sample syllabus) an extensive (over 1,000 entries) list of movies that […] illustrate the manifestation of a psychological disorder."
Chammie Austin in PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 55, 2010
From the reviews of the previous edition:
"This amazing reference of psychopathologically
classified movies is primarily written as a learning supplement for students of
psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, and counselling… The book is
suggested to all mental health professionals who are interested in
movies."
Arash Javanbakht in The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and
Dynamic Psychiatry, Vol. 36
"…clearly a well-constructed and
well thought out didactic text… The book certainly lives up to is claim to
introduce 'the portrayal of mental issues in movies'."
Lt Col NK Cooper in the Journal of
the Royal Army Medical Corps, Vol. 152
"If you enjoy watching films, this
book is a thorough, educational resource on the portrayal of psychopathology in
film… this book was a pleasure to review and I highly recommend it as a resource
for psychotherapy study group."
Celeste Superina in GP Psychotherapist, Winter 2006
"This is a
good elementary psychopathology text written by movie aficionados for use in
teaching about DSM-IV's diagnostic categories."
Roy G. Fitzgerald in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Vol. 67
"This book can be helpful to laypersons wanting to learn
more about psychopathology, to college-level instructors organizing a course on
abnormal psychology, and for elective offerings to medical students and/or
psychiatric residents who might enjoy a less formal, somewhat relaxing and 'fun'
way to engage topics in psychopathology. All that's missing is the
popcorn."
Yvonne Hall in the Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, Vol. 70
"... a
thought-provoking, educative, and engaging work; it makes one want to see many
unwatched films and also return to view films seen previously, using the lens
Wedding, Boyd, and Niemiec have thoughtfully provided us... This volume offers a
treasure trove of psychological and popular culture, blended in a way that
surely earns 'two thumbs up' for its creativity and educative value..."
Sherry Lynn Hatcher in PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 50
"...useful as a teaching tool for
both instructors and students of any level... would definitely get students more
involved and make it easier for them to understand and remember various
psychopathologies... The book is fun to read as well, and I enjoyed reviewing
it."
Brett C. Plyler in Doody's Book Review
"Reading [the book] made me want to
watch unseen and previously seen movies... this work is a helpful and creative
resource to initiate discussion of mental illness concerns."
Grégoire Zimmermann, in the Swiss
Journal Psychology, Vol. 65
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