{"product_id":"frames-of-minds-eelco-f-m-wijdicks-9780197615898","title":"Frames of Minds: A History of Neuropsychiatry on Screen","description":"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. \u003cem\u003eFrames of Minds\u003c\/em\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining the history of film alongside developments in neuropsychiatry, \u003cem\u003eFrames of Minds\u003c\/em\u003e uncovers a cinematic language of psychiatry. By taking chances to portray mental illness, filmmakers aim to achieve a sense of reality, and provide catharsis for viewers through the act of dramatization. Ultimately, the history of psychiatry in film is a history of the public perception of medicine, and the ways psychiatry is understood by directors, writers, actors, and audiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eelco F. M. Wijdicks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197615899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197615898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.42w x 0.87d","brand":"Eelco F. M. Wijdicks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46334594121983,"sku":"9780197615898","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85c0bf85-d11a-4490-947b-2db0121e6778.jpg?v=1731467259","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/frames-of-minds-eelco-f-m-wijdicks-9780197615898","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}