Movie Clips for Creative Mental Health Education

Book Description

Movie Clips for Creative Mental Health Education. This innovative volume presents a wealth of information to the educator/clinician who wants to use movie clips as a teaching tool on issues about mental health. Specially chosen clips are recommended based on their portrayal of the issues, dramatic feel, acting styles, and brevity in getting the point across.
Join well-known Dr. Engstrom as he covers common themes in psychological/psychiatric educational settings. Some topics covered:

• Depression, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Anxiety, Substance Abuse and Dependence, Personality Disorder
• Bereavmen t and Pathological Grief, Families and Life Crisis
• Healing in Mental Health Settings
• The Therapeutic Relationship

Examples of some of the 40 movies are:

• The Last Picture Show (Depression)
• Good Morning Vietnam (Bipolar)
• A Beautiful Mind (Schizophrenia)
• Saving Private Ryan (Life Cycle Events - Bereavement)
• E.T. (Healing in Mental Health)
• Good Will Hunting (The Therapeutic Relationship)

Be ready to have engaging sessions full of lively discussion and insights with this creative way of getting the information and messages across.