Monsters, Demons and Psychopaths: Psychiatry and Horror Film

ISBN-13: 9781138461581 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 240 str.

Rush Univers Fernando Espi Forcen (Department of Psychiatry

Opis

This book is written in an easy to read and at times humorous way with the hope of reaching an audience relatively unschooled in the field of psychiatry. It helps the reader to learn about the psychological interpretation of films and concepts of psychopathology and psychiatry.

Spis treści

1. The Horror before Film 2. Silent Horror 3. Vampires 4. Monsters 5. Aliens from Outer Space and the Paranoid Horror 6. Witchcraft and the Worship of the Devil 7. Demonic Possessions 8. The Supernatural 9. Ghost Hunting and the Paranormal 10. Slash Killers and Psychopaths 11. Zombies 12. Body Horror 13. The Horror in the Asylum 14. Psychiatry and Horror

O autorze

Fernando Espi Forcen, PhD , is an assistant professor at the Department of Psychiatry of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He is the author of more than 20 peer-reviewed articles in different areas of psychiatry and the founding editor of The Journal of Humanistic Psychiatry.