Journal of Psychiatry

Abstract

Deconstructing the Film Sinister through the Lens of Psychiatry

Anthony Tobia, Jason Mintz, Derek Rudge, Viwek Bisen, Adam Trenton, Thomas Draschil and Roseanne Dobkin

Films have long entertained people and affected their attitudes regarding a multitude of issues including mental illness. Over the decades, movies have depicted various aspects of psychiatry ranging from acculturation to the patient-therapist relationship. This paper summarizes a case formulation of the film, Sinister, and demonstrates how introducing a trivial modification to the plot could transform the film into a teaching didactic on the Dissociative Disorders