Movies and Mental Illness by Danny Wedding
Films 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. The 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. Each 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.Other features of the new, expanded edition include: Full index of films Sample course syllabus Ratings of around 1,500 films Fascinating appendices, such as "Top 50 Heroes and Villains," psychotherapists in movies, misconceptions about mental illness in movies, and recommended websites. Do you want to propose a film for the 4th edition of Movies and Mental Illness? Have 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!
" 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. [It] presents a cornucopia of ideas on how to integrate film as a best practice in the education of students, patients, and the public about mental illness.; Finding the right film is a daunting and delicate task for teachers. Wedding and Niemiec's text enables every abnormal or psychopathology instructor to ensure the selected films have been vetted to have maximum positive benefits.; Best used as an assigned text in Abnormal Psychology or Psychopathology courses, but also very valuable as a reference book for instructors, since it provides sample syllabi and instructions on how to integrate the use of films within the standard college semester course. Movies and Mental Illness will help educators create the ideal learning experience where students gain an eduction relevant to their lived experience and clinicians facilitate a client breaking through resistances and reaching their goal.";Afiya Mangum Mbilishaka and Linda Berg-Cross, in PsycCRITIQUES (June 1, 2015), 60 (22)
Danny Wedding, PhD, MPH, is associate dean for management and international programs at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University. He is the editor of PsycCRITIQUES: Contemporary Psychology - APA Review of Books, the senior editor for Hogrefe's book series on Advances in Psychotherapy: Evidence-Based Practice, and the coauthor of Positive Psychology at the Movies: Using Films to Build Virtues and Character Strengths. Wedding lectures widely on international psychology and the portrayal of mental illness in contemporary cinema. Ryan M. Niemiec, PsyD, is education director of the VIA Institute on Character, a global nonprofit organization that advances the science and practice of character strengths. He is a licensed psychologist, adjunct professor at Xavier University, and an international speaker. He is author of Mindfulness and Character Strengths: A Practical Guide to Flourishing and coauthor of Positive Psychology at the Movies: Using Films to Build Character Strengths and Well-Being, and a number of articles and book chapters on films. He is film editor of PsycCRITIQUES and received a specialization in film studies from Michigan State University. His website is www.ryanniemiec.com
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| ISBN 13 | 9780889374614 |
| ISBN 10 | 0889374619 |
| Title | Movies and Mental Illness |
| Author | Danny Wedding |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hogrefe Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-08-06 |
| Number of pages | 456 |
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