People like ourselves : portrayals of mental illness in the movies / Jacqueline Noll Zimmerman.

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, [2003], ©2003.

xvii, 166 pages ; 23 cm.

1. The price of conformity: the false self -- 2. The denial of reality -- 3. Hitchcock, chaos, and the devils of unreason -- 4. Women who can't forget -- 5. Divine madness: poets, prophets, and demons -- 6. War: a battle for the mind and spirit -- 7. Violence and mental illness: a good movie is hard to find.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-155) and index.