Multimedia Reviews: La-La Land Meets DSM-IV: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Celluloid Diagnostics

Introduction by the column editor: In this month's column, Dr. Harvey Greenberg discusses how psychiatric illnesses have been depicted in a variety of contemporary film and television dramas. Dr. Greenberg, who is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and is also in private practice in New York City, is frequently consulted by filmmakers and video producers about psychiatric issues. He writes extensively about the psychoanalytic study of media and popular culture. His Web site, www.doctorgreenberg.net, contains many of his essays and reviews on cinema.