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04401aam a2200505 i 4500 001 A665CB46F31211EEA2A0228A4CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240405010125 008 230310t20242024ilua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023938970 020 $a 9781641607919 020 $a 1641607912 035 $a (OCoLC)1371402545 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BKL $d NYP $d GO6 $d CLE $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d VP@ $d FHP $d SILO 050 4 $a PN1995.9.H6 $b S537 2024 082 04 $a 791.4361 $2 23 100 1 $a Sharpless, Brian A., $e author. 245 10 $a Monsters on the couch : $b the real psychological disorders behind your favorite horror movies / $c Brian A. Sharpless. 264 1 $a Chicago, Illinois : $b Chicago Review Press, $c [2024] 300 $a xii, 274 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "Horror movies can reveal much more than we realize about psychological disorders--and clinical psychology has a lot to teach us about horror. Our fears--mortality, failure, loneliness--can be just as motivating as our wishes or desires. Horror movie characters uniquely reveal all of these to a wide audience. If explored in an honest and serious manner, our fears have the potential to teach us a great deal about ourselves, our culture, and certainly other people. From psychologist, researcher, and horror film enthusiast Brian A. Sharpless comes Monsters on the Couch, an exploration into the real-life psychological disorders behind famous horror movies. Accounts of clinical syndromes every bit as dramatic as those on the silver screen are juxtaposed with fascinating forays into the science and folklore behind our favorite movie monsters. Horror fans may be obsessed with vampires, werewolves, zombies, and the human replacements from Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but even many medical professionals may not know about the corresponding conditions of Renfield's syndrome, clinical lycanthropy, Cotard's syndrome, and the misidentification delusions. Some of these disorders are surprisingly common in the general population. For instance, a number of people experience isolated sleep paralysis, a disorder implicated in ghost and alien abduction beliefs. As these tales unfold, readers not only learn state-of-the-art psychological science but also gain a better understanding of history, folklore, and how Hollywood often--but not always--gets it wrong when tackling these complex topics"-- $c Publisher's description. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Part 1. Movie monsters from the early days of cinema. Clinical lycanthropy: the werewolves and were-gerbils among us -- You suck, or, a (diagnostic) interview with the vampire: vampire movies and Renfield's syndrome -- I am the walking dead, or, the whiter shade of pale: cotards syndrome and zombie movies -- Part 2. Modern day movie marvels. One two the dab tsob's coming for you . . . : the real-life mystery behind a nightmare on elm street -- This is not my beautiful house, this is not my beautiful wife: horror movies related to the misidentification syndromes -- Demons, aliens, and shadow people: the new horror subgenre of sleep paralysis -- Part 3. Monstrous behaviors. Are you gonna eat that? Cannibal movies and vorarephilia -- Shuddersome sex in the movies: attracted to the big sleep/stillness of death: necrophilia and somnophilia -- Conclusion: better living through horror. 650 0 $a Horror films $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a Thrillers (Motion pictures) $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a Fear. 650 6 $a Films d'horreur $x Aspect psychologique. 650 6 $a Thrillers (Films) $x Aspect psychologique. 650 6 $a Peur. 650 7 $a fear. $2 aat 650 7 $a PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Horror. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a PSYCHOLOGY / History. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Fear $2 fast 650 7 $a Horror films $x Psychological aspects $2 fast 650 7 $a Sleep disorders $2 fast 655 7 $a Film criticism $2 fast 655 7 $a Film criticism. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Critiques cineÌmatographiques. $2 rvmgf 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240405024532.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A665CB46F31211EEA2A0228A4CECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search