Cinema's Sinister Psychiatrists : From Caligari to Hannibal

Film history is merged with psychiatric history seamlessly, to show how and why bad depictions of mind doctors (especially hypnotists) occur in early film, long before Hannibal Lecter burst upon the scene. The German Expressionist Dr. Caligari is not cinema's first psychotic charlatan, but he launches the stereotype of screen psychiatrists who are sicker than their patients. Many film psychiatrists function as political metaphors, while many more reflect real life clinical controversies. 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. Traditional asylum thrillers changed after hospital stays shortened and laws protected people against involuntary commitment. Except for six short "golden years" from 1957 to 1963, portrayals of bad psychiatrists far outnumber good ones and this book tells how and why that was. Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Our Changing Relationship with the Killer Whale The Development of Our Study Natural History of the Killer Whale Distinct Populations: Residents, Transients, and Offshores Different Lifestyles Dialects and Population Identity Population Parameters Resident Killer Whale Societies Definitions of Social Structure Watching Killer Whales Land-Based Whale Watching Vessel-Based Whale Watching Interpreting Whale Activities and Behaviours Does Watching Whales Bother Them? Catalogue of Resident Killer Whales The Naming System How Whales Are Identified Catalogue Organization Sex and Years of Birth and Death Northern Resident Community Southern Resident Community Catalogue Conservation Concerns and Future Prospects for Killer Whales Food Supply Environmental Contaminants Vessel Disturbance Population Status and Future Outlook Glossary Bibliography Other Resources Photographic Credits Sidebars Killer Whales as Nuisances Distinguishing Resident, Transient, and Offshore Killer Whales Distinguishing Males and Females Whale-Watching Tours How to Behave around Killer Whales Changing Features of Fins and Saddles Killer Whales, Ships, and Care-Giving Behaviour Orcinus orca: The Killer Dolphin Wanted: ID Photos and Observations Eavesdropping on Killer Whales Communication and Echolocation Genetic Testing: Shedding New Light on Killer Whale Biology 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. "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