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Turn Box Office Movies Into Mental Health Opportunities: A Literature Review and Resource Guide for Clinicians and Educators

1 CE Hour
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About the Course

This article introduces the reader to an extensive body of literature from mental health professions, consumers, their families and the general public that addresses and supports both the theory and practice of the use of Hollywood films in the field of mental health for educational and therapeutic purposes, including guides for film selection, film use and film title recommendations.

This course is based on the reading online article, Turn Box Office Movies Into Mental Health Opportunities: A Literature Review and Resource Guide for Clinicians and Educators created by Francine R. Goldberg, Ph.D.

Publication Details

Publication Date: 2007

Course Material Author

Francine R. Goldberg, Ph.D.
Francine R. Goldberg received her Ph.D. from the Rehabilitation Counseling Program at New York University (NYU), following her doctoral research, Academic Achievement Bias among Community Mental Health Workers. She has more than 30 years of experience in the field of mental health and psychiatric rehabilitation, including counseling, supervision, administration, staff development, clinical risk management, graduate and undergraduate teaching on the adjunct faculties at NYU and the City University of New York, Lehman College, and multiple national and international publications, as well as presentations that address topics in mental health, psychiatric rehabilitation and the use of multimedia in the delivery of mental health services. She holds a CRC, NCC, LMHC, LPC and LRC.

Francine R. Goldberg, Ph.D. authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Maximillian Schwanekamp

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about the use of an innovative intervention as an educational and/or therapeutic tool for all age groups and most client populations. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Define cinemaeducation and its use.
  2. 2 Provide resources for film selection for cinemaeducation.
  3. 3 Define cinematherapy and its use.
  4. 4 Provide a theoretical foundation for cinematherapy.
  5. 5 Provide guidelines for the use of cinematherapy.

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Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

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Course Creator

Maximillian Schwanekamp – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$9

Course Details

1 CE Hour
Reading Online
Course 101188

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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