Movies & mental illness : using films to understand psychopathology

Author(s)

• Wedding, Danny
• Boyd, M. (Mary Ann)

Bibliographic Information

Movies & mental illness : using films to understand psychopathology

Danny Wedding, Mary Ann Boyd

McGraw-Hill College, c1999

Other Title

Movies and mental illness

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-253) and index

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

Utilizes popular film to illustrate textbook descriptions of psychopathology. Each chapter provides a patient evaluation of a "case study" movie character. The text encourages small group viewing of films to stimulate classroom discussion.

Table of Contents

• Anxiety disorders
• dissociate and somatoform disorders
• psychological stress and physical disorders
• mood disorders
• personality disorders
• substance use disorders
• sexual and gender identity disorders
• schizophrenia and delusional disorders
• cognitive disorders of adulthood
• disorders of childhood and adolescence
• mental retardation and autism
• violence, abuse and antisocial behaviour
• treatment issues.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA71844039
• ISBN:
  • 0070689903
• LCCN: 98038002
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 260 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC459
  • DC21 : 616.89
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Psychology, Pathological -- Study and teaching -- Audio-visual aids
  • LCSH : Mental illness in motion pictures