Cinema's sinister psychiatrists : from Caligari to Hannibal / Sharon Packer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Packer, Sharon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health personnel in motion pictures.

Psychiatry in motion pictures.

Psychoanalysis in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

ix, 245 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2012]

Summary:

"This book discusses films with diabolical drugging, unethical experimentation, involuntary incarceration, sexual exploitation, lobotomies, "shock schlock," conspiracy theories and military medicine, to show how fact informs fantasy, and when fantasy trumps reality. Except for six "golden years" from 1957 to 1963, portrayals of bad psychiatrists far outnumber good ones and this book tells how and why that was"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: from Caligari to Hannibal the cannibal

Mad military mind docs

Hypnosis: helping hand or evil eye

Sweet (and sour) dreams

Spirit possession and supernatural psychiatrists

Sex, seduction and the "couch cure"

The not-so-gentle gender

Shock schlock

Lobotomies and the like

Diabolical drugging (and other deceptions)

Unethical experimentation

In control or in cahoots

Madhouse movies, involuntary incarceration (and managed care)

Conclusion: evil sorcerers, mad scientists, and sinister psychiatrists.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.

ISBN:

9780786463909

0786463902

OCLC:

779877027