Sharon Packer, M.D., is a practicing physician and psychiatrist, and Adjunct Professor of Media Studies at New School University in New York City. She has published dozens of academic articles and book reviews, as well as chapters on psychology and media, and psychiatry and religion. Praeger published her award-winning book Dreams in Myth, Medicine and Movies in 2002.

Packer explores the relationship between psychology and film, phenomena that originated at approximately the same point in history and affected each other's development. The book requires no specialized knowledge because the author provides background information and defines all technical terms. She discusses how trends in psychological treatment, such as talk therapy and medicines like Thorazine and antidepressants, are represented in film and how these representations influenced psychological practice, as was the case with reduced use of shock therapy after its depiction in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). She also discusses how Freud's teachings affected films long after his importance had waned in psychological circles….This book is a worthy follow-up to Packer's outstanding Dreams in Myths, Medicine, and Movies (CH, Apr'03, 40-4923) and a solid companion to Jesse Fox Mayshark's Post-Pop Cinema (CH, Dec'07, 45-1930). Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.

Sharon Packer, M.D., is a practicing physician and psychiatrist, and Adjunct Professor of Media Studies at New School University in New York City. She has published dozens of academic articles and book reviews, as well as chapters on psychology and media, and psychiatry and religion. Praeger published her award-winning book Dreams in Myth, Medicine and Movies in 2002.

Packer explores the relationship between psychology and film, phenomena that originated at approximately the same point in history and affected each other's development. The book requires no specialized knowledge because the author provides background information and defines all technical terms. She discusses how trends in psychological treatment, such as talk therapy and medicines like Thorazine and antidepressants, are represented in film and how these representations influenced psychological practice, as was the case with reduced use of shock therapy after its depiction in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). She also discusses how Freud's teachings affected films long after his importance had waned in psychological circles….This book is a worthy follow-up to Packer's outstanding Dreams in Myths, Medicine, and Movies (CH, Apr'03, 40-4923) and a solid companion to Jesse Fox Mayshark's Post-Pop Cinema (CH, Dec'07, 45-1930). Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.

Sharon Packer, M.D., is a practicing physician and psychiatrist, and Adjunct Professor of Media Studies at New School University in New York City. She has published dozens of academic articles and book reviews, as well as chapters on psychology and media, and psychiatry and religion. Praeger published her award-winning book Dreams in Myth, Medicine and Movies in 2002.

Packer explores the relationship between psychology and film, phenomena that originated at approximately the same point in history and affected each other's development. The book requires no specialized knowledge because the author provides background information and defines all technical terms. She discusses how trends in psychological treatment, such as talk therapy and medicines like Thorazine and antidepressants, are represented in film and how these representations influenced psychological practice, as was the case with reduced use of shock therapy after its depiction in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). She also discusses how Freud's teachings affected films long after his importance had waned in psychological circles….This book is a worthy follow-up to Packer's outstanding Dreams in Myths, Medicine, and Movies (CH, Apr'03, 40-4923) and a solid companion to Jesse Fox Mayshark's Post-Pop Cinema (CH, Dec'07, 45-1930). Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.