![]() ![]() ![]() Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 61(4), 458-468. Using commercially available films to teach about borderline personality disorder. Reversing the Lens: Ethnicity, Race, Gender and Sexuality Through Film. Journal for the History of Behavioral Sciences, 37(2), 111-122. New heads for Freud's hydra: psychoanalysis in Los Angeles. The psychiatrist's image in commercially available American movies. Psychotherapists on film, 1899-1999: A worldwide guide to over 5000 films. Manchester New York.įlowers, J., & Frizler, P. I., Turton, D., & Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. Los Angeles: Ethnographic Press.Ĭrawford, P. Jero Tapakan : Balinese healer: An ethnographic film monograph (Rev. London: British Film Institute.Ĭonnor, L. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 186(4), 244-246.īukatman, S. A prototypic nonprototype of a personality disorder. America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies. United States: New York University Film Library.īenshoff, H. London New York: Zed Books.īateson, G., Mead, M., Belo, J., & Foerstel (Lenora) Collection (Library of Congress). Berkeley: University of California Press.īarlet, O. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.īanks, M. ![]() ![]() This adds a fascinating dimension to the approach to the film, in that one can learn about the background, the filmmakers’ motivations and intent, and understand the artistic process which offers insights into the personal, emotional and social dynamics of the themes explored by the film as well as dimensions of the creative process relevant to healing and psychotherapy.Īndrew, G. In the case of locally produced films, documentaries and independent films it is sometimes possible to invite the film-maker to be present at the screening or on another occasion. Another way to avoid stereotyping is to view several films around a particular topic, presenting diverse perspectives. This also provides for some error correction, insofar as the films often present idiosyncratic views or striking examples that may lead to stereotyping. Although, this films can be watched alone with profit, the most powerful way to use them is as part of seminars or discussion groups, ideally with the inclusion of individuals who can provide a personal link and elaboration of the material or social context in the film. We are convinced that films - particularly when coupled with in-depth discussion and analysis -provide a way to achieve some of this contextual knowledge in an agreeable and efficient manner. This requires a broad range of social and cultural knowledge that may be difficult to acquire. We have also included many films with little or no explicit mental health content because they are especially good portraits of cultural worlds.Ĭlinicians need to understand not just their patients’ disorders but also their social predicaments. Most of the films included represent the intersection of cultural and psychiatric issues. The present compilation differs in emphasizing the cultural dimensions. There are several useful lists and compendia of films for psychiatry. Further, as an art form, film itself represents an effort to grapple with, synthesize and, at times, transcend the psychological dilemmas and cultural conflicts that affect our patients and our selves. Even when the portrayal of psychiatric or cultural material is inaccurate in the popular media, it can provide a stimulating basis for discussion. Films in the first two categories are quite scarce, hence the value of drawing material from the mainstream. We present here an annotated filmography and analysis of three types of films useful in teaching cultural psychiatry: (1) films made specifically to teach cultural psychiatry (2) ethnographic films that present cultural material relevant to understanding psychiatric disorders (3) mainstream films that portray people with mental disorders or reveal importance dimensions of cultural experience. Film has a unique ability to reach people with the color and texture of an emotional world, giving clinicians a chance to enter into the lived experience of people with mental disorders and people from radically different cultural backgrounds. ![]()
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