Gary Solomon’s Reel Therapy: How Movies can Help You Overcome Life’s Problems is a great follow up to his The Motion Picture Prescription. The new book is longer, and has a helpful introduction based on answering the common questions Solomon was asked as he promoted the first book. Reading Reel Therapy reminds us that understanding […]
Movies and Mental Illness: Using Films to Understand Psychopathology
The popular and critically acclaimed teaching tool – movies as an aid to learning about mental illness – has just got even better! Now with even more practical features and expanded contents: full film index, ‘Authors’ Picks’, sample syllabus, and more international films. Films are a powerful medium for teaching students of psychology, social work, […]
Psychology at the Movies
Psychology at the Movies explores the insights to be gained by applying various psychological lenses to popular films including cinematic depictions of human behavior, the psychology of filmmakers, and the impact of viewing movies. Young does for both psychology and film theory what Zizek does for current political and cultural theory: he looks at complex […]
Movies and the Modern Psyche
By looking at the interactions between cinema and psychology, Packer offers readers clear and basic insights into some of the most fundamental reasons why film is such an important influence upon our lives today. Movies and the Modern Psyche first describes the basic concepts of psychoanalysis, experimental psychology, behavioral conditioning, and hypnosis, which have all […]
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