Movies and Mental Illness - Softcover

Danny Wedding; Mary Ann Boyd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070689903 ISBN 13: 9780070689909

Publisher: McGraw-Hill College, 1998

Synopsis

Movies and Mental Illness by Danny Wedding and Mary Ann Boyd, provides students and instructors with an innovative and intriguing approach to studying abnormal psychology. This text utilizes the viewing and discussion of popular films to illuminate and enhance student understanding of abnormal behavior. As educators themselves, the authors have used films to supplement their lectures and have found that films are an ideal medium for teaching students in psychology, social work, medicine, nursing and counseling about the fascinating world of psychopathology.

The text mirrors the table of contents of a typical abnormal psychology text, except it uses a main film to illustrate the disorder. Questions are integrated throughout to provide teaching flexibility as well as stimulate critical thinking and classroom discussion. Films may be viewed independently, in small groups, or in class. A comprehensive appendix provides a listing of films and offers the student and instructor a resource for many years to come. The book is designed to supplement a main abnormal psychology textbook, and will be available as a prepack with Abnormal Psycholgy, Eighth Edition, by Alloy, Jacobson, and Acocella.

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Review:

[T]his book provides plenty of thought-provoking material both for teachers and for students. It is highly recommended. ... [It is] interesting and extremely helpful in developing and delivering curricula using films to teach about specific psychiatric conditions [and] to teach psychopathology to medical students, psychiatry trainees and other mental health professionals. --Dinesh Bhugra, King's College London, UK, in International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 59, 2013

To the best of this reviewer s knowledge Movies and Mental Illness is the only book of its kind [...] learning psychopathologies through viewing their portrayal as a moving image [...] the full spectrum of psychopathology is covered via the citations of over 1000 films. [...] In short Movies and Mental Illness is definitely worth a place on the bookshelf of the clinician with any interest at all in this area which is probably most of us. --Lt Col NK Cooper, FRCSEd FFOM RAMC, Consultant Occupational Physician Bielefeld, ROHT, in the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Vol. 157, 2011

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

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0070689903
• ISBN 13: 9780070689909
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272