Psychiatry and cinema arrive at the same historical juncture to put a new spin on human dreams--indeed, the critic Parker Tyler once called the movie-house the psychoanalytic clinic of the average worker. This invaluable and insightful book, now in a welcome second edition, illuminates the ways in which that glamorous clinic chose to represent the activities of its soulmate and rival. J. Hoberman, Film Critic, The Village Voice, New York, New York The love hate relationship between the cinema and psychiatry and psychoanalysis continues unabated. For this second edition of Psychiatry and the Cinema, published eleven years after the first, Glen and Krin Gabbard have added close to 150 films to their filmography. Lively and informative the book sets out a feast in word and pictures for film buffs, mental health professionals and those of us who are both. If there was an Academy Award for a book on film, Psychiatry and the Cinema would be the winner, hands down. Arnold Richards, M.D., Editor, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, New York, New York The second edition of Psychiatry and the Cinema is a welcome addition to the literature. This important study of both psychiatrists in movies and applying psychoanalytic critical methods to movies has been updated to include recent films and recent theory. The results are impressive, necessary reading for anyone interested in these fascinating topics. Peter Lehman, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Media Arts, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona This extraordinary book is simultaneously erudite, comprehensive, amusing, and fascinating. The authors provide a deep description of the interaction of movies and psychiatry, and they demonstrate the sophisticated use of psychiatric and psychoanalytic scholarship in approaching another discipline. It is not the least of this book's virtues that the writing is clear, and ideas are presented without obfuscation. The readers will learn a tremendous amount about the place of psychiatry in American movies and culture, and they will have as much fun as they would if they went to the movies. Arnold M. Cooper, M.D., Deputy Editor, American Journal of Psychiatry, Editor for North Amer, Intl Journal of Psychoanalysis, Prof Emeritus in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Cornell Univ Med Coll

This text examines psychiatry and the cinema. It looks at the typology, mythology, and ideology of the psychiatry in movies. It also examines psychoanalytic film criticism and such issues as narcissm in the cinema, and phallic women in contemporary cinema.