Beards & Bow Ties

A short animated film on the image of psychiatrists - written, directed and narrated by Dr Kamran Ahmed. This film was first shown at Medfest 2011, the first national medical film festival - www.medfest.co.uk

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• psychiatrists
• psychiatry
• image of psychiatrists
• image of psychiatry
• beards and bow ties
• beards & bow ties

[DeepShadow89]

I'm all for tearing down stereotypes of psychiatry, but you promote similar stereotypes of psychologists--i.e. mustached and smoking a pipe is hardly different than beards and bow ties. Then your character bowls the psychologist over to show everyone that you have a REAL doctorate. Seems pretty hypocritical to me.

[jgh33jgh]

I really like this and would like to show it in my classes. I particularly like the comments on stigma of those with mental illness. However, I am a psychologist and I am, in fact, a doctor. Just as real as the psychiatrist. The only thing I can't do is prescribe meds. That is my only complaint with this presentation.

[suarez976]

Also, reluctance to seek help might not be because of lack of information, but precisely because of having information about how bad the "help" that psychiatrists offer is. Many people had one or more bad experiences with psychiatric treatment, so that is why they would rather not seek it again. To solve this problem, psychiatrists would have to change, and not the image the public have of them.

[suarez976]

The image that people have that psychiatrists enjoy being coercive is quite right. Quite a number of them are like that.

Also in the video, at one point it says that it's alright to lock people up who might be a risk to others, but it also says that people should not have a stigma because of their mental illness. So, it's alright to focus on the violence of the mentally ill when it comes to have a psychiatrist lock them up, but not ok when it comes to distance ourselves from them.

[DeepShadow89]

@fireandice027 I am also a patient. My _psychiatrist_ visits are scheduled for 15 minutes each. My _counseling psychologist_ visits are scheduled for an hour. Fortunately they coordinate, instead of one punching the other in the face.

[TheGiftofvision]

5 people refuse to get help

[phoebs50]

Everything you said i agree with. The underlying message to those not understanding mental illness is have more patience and understanding.. Great animation

[rizmc]

I don't think the focus is to denigrate Psychologists at all - that moment is clearly light hearted and lasts about 2 seconds - I think the focus is clearly on improving the image of Psychiatry - which has a really negative view in the media (not least due to Scientologist propaganda!).

In any case, encouraging help seeking is something that is central in this video, and I hope it's something we can all support.

[Green786Ranger]

heavy little short!... shared

[eggywebb2007]

The thing with Psychiatry, is that it deals with an invisable Emotional condition. Because it is an invisible condition/illness, it cannot effectively be treated.

There are a lot of Emotional illnesses that can be treated without the need for manmade chemicals, but Psychiatrists seem all too eager to just hand out pills rather than that person being considered for alternative treatment.

Most of what Psychiatrists do, is just guesswork and as such the person is actually worse off afterwards.

[RebellionReason]

@adinahwithkaden Symptoms are the window into the dysfunctional mind, and the brain behind it. Each layer feeds upon and is fed upon by the other two, as well as other elements of itself. Psychiatric medications that target symptoms are directly targeting the affected organ. And so, enter into the mind, symptom, brain trinity and, inevitably, impact upon the illness itself. An analogy that ignores this inter-connectivity cannot be an apt one.