I have recreated my list of the 10 scariest movies of all time. While the term “scary movie” is somewhat subjective, I focused on four types of criteria: Is the movie so scary that it could change someone’s behavior? Does the movie have a high likelihood of producing nightmares? Do scenes in the movie make […]
Zombie Movies in Cinema Therapy
Zombie movies have suddenly become highly respectable in the field of counseling psychology now that Harvard Professor Steven Schlozman has become a fan. Actually, Schlozman, a psychiatrist by trade, has actually long been a fan of zombie flicks and their respective place in psychology. An avid sci-fi and horror fan, especially if there’s zombies involved, […]
Psychopathy and Cinema Therapy
Many forensic psychologists, psychiatrists and criminologists use the terms sociopathy and psychopathy interchangeably. However, leading experts typically site a meaningful difference between the two conditions and draw clear and significant distinctions between them. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), released by the American Psychiatric Association in 2013, lists […]
2012 Top 10 Cinema Therapy Films
1. Beasts of the Southern Wild – Beasts of the Southern Wild is a fantasy drama film directed by Benh Zeitlin and written by Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar from Alibar’s one-act play Juicy and Delicious. Faced with her hot-tempered father’s fading health and flooding in her ramshackled bayou community, a six-year-old girl struggles to be […]
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