I suppose I'm just skeptical of what television writers will do with this concept (I can just hear them pitching the idea to the TV execs: "It's "House" for the psych set!"), but I will lay odds that the show will depend on repressed memories for some of its stories and then we'll be back to re-educating the public about the truths regarding repressed memory.
Michael www.thepsychfiles.com > Did anyone else see the first episode of the new Fox series "Mental" last > night? From the website it is: "a medical mystery drama featuring Dr. Jack > Gallagher, a radically unorthodox psychiatrist who becomes Director of > Mental Health Services at a Los Angeles hospital where he takes on > patients battling unknown, misunderstood and often misdiagnosed > psychiatric conditions. Gallagher delves inside their minds to gain a true > understanding of who his patients are, allowing him to uncover what might > be the key to their long-term recovery." > > It looks like it might be an interesting hook for some teaching about > clinical work and it might provide some training about the use of the DSM > and maybe even some pharmaceuticals but I don't know yet exactly what > message is being sent. It seems to be pretty much on the side of "if we > just treat the patients with humanity they will snap out of it" but it > does also kind of walk the line by saying that some will require long-term > drug therapy but it seems that primarily it is just good ole fashioned > human contact (something like a psychiatric Patch Adams). For example, to > help a person who strips naked because they are seeing everyone as an > alien and they want to show that they are human, the new director takes > off his clothes in the lobby with everyone else around to show that he is > also human and gain the patient's trust. Ignoring whether or not that > would really work, it does say a lot about the approach the program seems > to take. The first episode also seemed to hint at a developing story line > about the hospital making money from conducting drug trials. > > You can see the first episode online at: > > http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=mental > > Rick > > > Dr. Rick Froman, Chair > Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Box 3055 > x7295 > rfro...@jbu.edu > http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman > > Proverbs 14:15 "A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives > thought to his steps." > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) -- Michael Britt, Ph.D. Host of The Psych Files podcast www.thepsychfiles.com mich...@thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
