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If it can be written or thought, it can be filmed.
This amazing reference of psychopathologically classified movies is primarily written as a learning supplement for students of psychology, social work, medicine, nursing, and counseling. The authors suggest that Movies and Mental Illness can be a supplement for the core textbooks of abnormal psychology. In chapters, the authors have categorized movies based on DSM classification of mental disorders. They claim that observation of the characters of movies as examples of people with specific mental illnesses circumvents the ethical issues related to real case reports (p. x). Furthermore, based on the difference between the imagined and the real, there are usually incompatibilities between the cases presented in the movies and real patients; and their analysis in classes might intrigue challenging and thoughtful discussions about these differences. On the other hand, by the help of cinematic effects, phenomena like hallucinations can be more tangible to students through watching skillfully prepared movies.
In an interesting introductory chapter on Films and Psychopathology, the reader learns about some cinematic terms, techniques, and classifications. In this chapter there is also a brief description of psychological effect of cinematic methods and metaphors used in the movies.
In the following chapters movies are classified under the DSM categories including Anxiety Disorders, Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders, Psychological Stress and Physical Disorders, Mood Disorders, Personality Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, Sexual and Identity Disorders, Schizophrenia and Delusional Disorders, Neuropsychological Disorders, Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence, Mental Retardation and Autism, Sleep, Eating, Impulse Control, and Adjustment Disorders, Violence and Physical and Sexual Abuse.
Each chapter begins with questions to be considered during watching the representative movie of the mentioned disorder. T