HSE E 134 List of Videos, Movies, and TV programs 2007 Videos (Available from Dr. Wolf or on reserve at the HCC library) “I love you like crazy” – Being a Parent with Mental Illness CT Journal: Mood and Mental Health The Journey from Patient to Student (NAMI California) Day for Night – Recognizing Teenage Depression Families Coping with Mental Illness My Sister is Mentally Ill (The Bonnie Tapes) The Helping Professions – CNN Today Bill Moyers on Addictions Personal Assistance in Community Existence (PACE) – A Recovery Curriculum National Empowerment Center Unlabeled – Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumers Association West 47th Street (Fountain House, New York City), originally shown on PBS Women and Mental Illness (The Journal of the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
Movies http://www.cinematherapy.com/filmindex.html#mental has a list of many movies related to mental health, mental illness, personal growth, and other topics. It is an excellent resource. http://www.psychflix.com/welcome.html A beautiful mind, based on the book by Sylvia Nasar about John Nash, 2001 Analyze This, with Robert DeNiro, portrays panic disorder As Good as it gets, with Jack Nicholson, OCD
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Awakenings. 1990, with Robert De Niro and Robin Williams Chatahoochie, 1989. A mental patient’s experiences in Florida State Hospital; possibly available on video. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975 (adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey), with Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and Will Sampson – a classic about mental hospitals. Ordinary People, 1980, with Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch The Fisher King, 1991, with Robin Williams. The Last Picture Show, 1971, with Cloris Leachman, portrays a character suffering from clinical depression. What about Bob? 1997, with Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss, and Julie Hagerty TV Dramas Nobody’s Child, with Marlo Thomas, about Marie Balter, a woman who survived long term mental hospital institutionalization, 1986. Promise, with James Wood and James Garner, about two brothers, one of whom is mentally ill and the other who has promised to take over the primary supportive role when their mother dies, 1986.
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