Hollywood Knights

Hollywood Knights is a course taught in the Division of Consultation Psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. In addition to being the flagship site for our 3rd-year medical students at RWJMS, our Division also includes learners from various residency training programs, the Earnest Mario School of Pharmacy, the Summer Clinical Internship Program, and the social psychology internship at Rutgers University.

C/L faculty balance a diverse clinical experience with our educational mission that reviews psychopathology and psychopharmacology through popular culture. This webpage is dedicated to Hollywood Knights; our pop culture curriculum condensed into the 6-week core Psychiatry clerkship. Learners are encouraged to browse this webpage as a reference. For specific assignments and dates of discussions, follow @ATobiaMD and Dr_Gram675.

Block 1: Beyond the Vail (Necromancy)

Beyond the Vail is our first module where learners analyze films depicting the corporeal undead. Examples from film include subgenres such as ghost stories and accounts of spirit (demonic) possession.

A. Campfire Tales: Ghost Stories

Topic: Cognitive Disorders

FilmulationTM session live broadcast on Periscope

Coraline

CABfare Rounds

Two Evil Eyes

Topic: Mood Disorders

FilmulationTM session live broadcast on Periscope

Field of Dreams; I Am Legend

CABfare Rounds

The Babadook; Mama; The Sixth Sense; Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

B. Accounts of Spirit (Demonic) Possession

Topic: Psychotic Disorders

FilmulationTM session live broadcast on Periscope

The Shining; Room 237

CABfare Rounds

John Carpenter’s The Thing

Topic: Dissociative Disorders

FilmulationTM session live broadcast on Periscope

Donnie Darko; Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn; Paranormal Activity; Insidious; Sinister

CABfare Rounds

The Witch; The Forest; Raising Kane, Unbreakable, Split

Block 2: The Classic Monsters

Our second module links five psychiatry topics to five iconic monsters in filmography. Examples include Frankenstein and Dracula teaching personality theory and the Personality Disorders, respectively.

Topic: Personality Disorders

FilmulationTM session live broadcast on Periscope

Se7en; The Ring; Saw; Hostel

CABfare Rounds

Frankenstein; Dracula; Fatal Attraction; Gone Girl; A Clockwork Orange & The Bad Seed

Block 3: The Cabin in the Woods

Our final module links five psychiatry topics to five top slasher films. One example includes Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho teaching the Anxiety Disorders.

Topic: Anxiety Disorders

FilmulationTM session live broadcast on Periscope

Jaws; Cloverfield

CABfare Rounds

Psycho; 10 Cloverfield Lane; Cloverfield Paradox; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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