Eleanor Rigby
Instructor Bayle
Expository Writing, p.4
18 November 2008
Annotated Bibliography Example
Halgin, R., Whitbourne, S. “Abnormal Psychology.” Clinical Perspectives on
Psychological Disorders 4 (2005, May): 22-27.
Halgin and Whitbourne are both Professors of Psychology at the University of
Massachusetts. Both authors have their PhD is Psychology specializing in Clinical
Psychology. In their book they explore Abnormal Psychology and the different types of
mental disorders giving a very extensive background on many disorders, including DID
and Schizophrenia. DID and Schizophrenia are focused on in chapter nine and ten. In
both of these chapters criteria, symptoms, and treatment are given for both these
disorders.
A Beautiful Mind. Dir Ron Howard. Perf. Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, and Jennifer
Connelly. Universal Pictures, 2001.
A Beautiful Mind is a biopic of the Nobel Prize winner John Nash. The movie is a
journey of his life through the mid to late years. The movie focuses around his mental
disorder of Paranoid Schizophrenia and characteristics and long term effects of this
serious mental disorder. The movie is based around his struggles and how he overcame
this terrible disorder and became a world renowned mathematician. A Beautiful Mind is
directed by Ron Howard and distributed by Universal Pictures.
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders. Vol. 4. Arlington: American Psychiatric Association, 2000.
The DSM is a highly credible book that was prepared by more than 1000 people as well
as numerous organizations. The DSM is specifically used to diagnose mental health
disorders. This book gives background information on the disorders as well as diagnostic
criteria and treatment. This book was Published by the American Psychiatric Association
which makes it a highly credible resource.
Gabbard, Krin, and Glen O. Gabbard. Psychiatry and The Cinema. Chicago: The
University of Chicago Press, 1987.
The book Psychiatry and the Cinema explores how psychology and cinema go hand in
hand. The book explains this by expressing how if Psychology had not been invented
that the movies would have had to invent it. This book also explains how film-makers
take Psychology’s patients and theories and incorporates them into a film which is often
disappointing. The authors of this book are very credible. Krin Gabbard is an assistant
professor of comparative literature and Glen O. Gabbard is a Psychoanalyst at C.F
Menninger Memorial Hospital. Both authors are avid enthusiasts of films.
Hide and Seek. Dir. John Polson. Perf. Robert De Niro, Amy Irving, Famke Janssen,
Elisabeth Shue, and Dakota Fanning. 20th Century Fox, 2005.
Hide and Seek is a Psychological thriller about a widower and his young daughter. Emily
creates an imaginary friends names Charlie not long after her mother commits suicide
and they movie upstate. Hide and Seek explores the mental disorder of Dissociative
Identity Disorder and the gruesome effects of it. Hide and Seek is a film direct by John
Polson and distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Janit, Adrian. Personal Interview. 30 Mar. 2005.
Adrian Janit has been a Psychology professor for over six years and is currently working
on obtaining his doctorate degree. Janit is currently working on his dissertation about
how fiction is very influential. In the interview with Janit we discussed various movies
and explored the specific movies of Hide and Seek and A Beautiful Mind. We discussed
how the mental disorder in the film are realistic to a certain extent as well as where the
directors went wrong.
Javitt, Daniel C, and Joseph T Coyle. "Decoding Schizophrenia." Neural Pharmacology.
29 Mar. 2006 <http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000EE239-68051FD5-A23683414B7F0000>.
Decoding Schizophrenia is an article that explores the genetic makeup of Schizophrenia
by explaining how the disorder works. This article incorporates the experiences of John
Nash and his fight with Schizophrenia. Symptoms of the disorder are gives as well as
treatment and diagnostic criteria. Both authors of this article have written for the
American Journal of Psychiatry. Javitt is the director of Cognitive Neuroscience and
Schizophrenia at Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. Coyle is a professor of
Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School.
McGinn, Colin. The Power Of Movies: How Screen and Mind Interact. New York:
Pantheon Books, 2005.
In McGinn’s book The Power of Movies he explores the different reasons to why films
have been captivating huge audiences for over one hundred years and what makes them
so powerful. He explains film to be the most powerful art forms out there because the
intensity of watching a movie is like no other experience. He explains that when
watching a movie it absorbs into our consciousness because it is uniquely realistic.
McGinn is qualified on this subject because he is a professor of Psychology at Rutgers
University, is a graduate from Oxford University, and has written for my well known
publications such as the New York Times Review of Books.