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This session consisted of two mornings of film and discussion that emphasized the theme, “Psychoanalysts at Work and Play.” Doryann Lebe and Janet Hadda presented a paper called “Psychopathology in Films, Then and Now” that explored the similarities and differences in the depiction of psychopathology in films made in the 1960s versus the 1980s. These two analysts discussed four films and had the audience view two of them. The films discussed and compared were Splendor in the Grass and Captain Newman, M.D. from the ‘60s and Fatal Attraction and Birdy from the ‘80s.
The presenters believed that with the women's movement and the sexual revolution of the past 20 years films would have changed regarding the view of psychopathology in men and women over this time frame. Their conclusions, however, were disappointing to them and the audience in that the same stereotypes concerning mental illness have been perpetuated in film despite apparent changes. Men and women become ill for very different reasons. Men decompensate