Frames of Minds:
A History of Neuropsychiatry on Screen Wijdicks, Eelco F.M. |
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ISBN 13: 9780197615898 ISBN 10: 0197615899 Category: History of Medicine Edition: 1 Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication Date: 09/2024 Format: Cloth Status: Not Yet Published Imprint: Oxford University Press Affiliation: Mayo Clinic Audience: General/trade Dimensions: 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1 in Pages: 368 Weight: 2 Retail Price: 89.95 (Tentative Price May Change) Quantity On Hand: 0 Quantity On Order: 0 |
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Synopsis: As a medium that aims to connect people through the communication and interpretation of experiences, cinema is uniquely positioned to showcase cultural misunderstandings around issues of mental health. Frames of Minds traces a history of psychiatry in film, concentrating on the major paradigm shifts in neuropsychiatry over the last century. Oftentimes, representations of psychiatry, mental illness, and psychotic breakdown are reduced to tropes and used by filmmakers as a tool for plot progression. Conversely, films can be used as an avenue to voice common concerns about the missteps of psychiatry, including overdiagnosis and mistreatment. Dr. Eelco Wijdicks provides fresh insights into the minds of filmmakers and how they creatively tackle this complex topic. How do filmmakers use psychiatry, and what do they want us to see? What is their frame of mind--psychoanalytically, biologically, sociologically, anthropologically? Were they influenced by their own prejudices about the origins of mental illness? How does this influence the direction of their films? |
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