Week #14 Our class this Tuesday has some readings on PTSD and the terrible impact this disorder had on returning veterans. I have covered this topic for several of my history courses and this film was part of my research. John Huston was an amazing film director, writer, producer and actor. Some of his most …
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Pete Earley, Journalist and Mental Health Advocate
Week #13 One of the reasons I wanted to take this course was to gain some insight and understanding of mental health care and the history behind all the unfortunate stereotypes that accompany people who are suffering from mental health issues. As the parent of four adults and a grandparent of two teenagers, the problems …
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Famous Creative People with Mental Health Issues
Week #12 This week’s topic is quite interesting. One of my favorite pieces of art is the Pieta sculpture in Vatican City. I have never had the privilege of seeing it in person but I find it to be incredibly moving. Several years ago I read that Michelangelo most likely suffered from Asperger’s Syndrome. My …
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Best Films Involving Psychologists/Psychiatrists/Therapists
Week – 12 – Mental health in film
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – 1975
Week #12
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Here’s a link to my digital essay about this film:
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Post-Civil War Trauma and Depravation as the Cause of Suicide in 19th Century America
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/photogallery-death/ Below is the link to my digital essay page: http://bonnieakkerman.com/?page_id=177
Pharmacology and treatment – Week #11
https://deadiversion.usdoj.gov/ This week’s topic is particularly interesting. My late husband worked for the Drug Enforcement Administration for 44 years. It was originally called the BNDD – Bureau of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs. The office of Diversion Control is the section that deals with prescription drugs and the physicians who prescribe them. Jim had some really …
Dr. Jonathan M. Metzel – Week #10
This week we are reading a text by Dr. Jonathan M. Metzel. I looked him up and found he has authored several books. Dr. Metzel is also a professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University. His latest book “Dying of Whiteness” looks quite interesting. Below is a link to his webpage.
The Willowbrook State School
An argument for deinstitutionalization. Willowbrook was an asylum located in Staten Island New York that became notorious in 1972 after a young reporter named Geraldo Rivera snuck in and published a shocking expose about patient abuse. I can remember seeing this scandal on the news when I was just a kid. In spite of the …
Post Civil War Trauma and Depravation as the Cause of Suicide in 19th Century America – Digital Essay
Week 8 – Due 10/14 https://castelfilm.ro/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Cold-Mountain-160.jpg The types of enhancements I plan to use for my digital essay are: Links to Wiki and Civil War sites to define terms, provide additional in-depth information, and furnish statistical data . Still images that were taken during and after the American Civil War, the work of Mathew Brady …
