Psychiatrist uses films to spur discussion with patients

The mind therapy that prescribes movies
Psychiatrist uses films to spur discussion with patients

Friday, August 22, 2003 Posted: 11:54 AM EDT (1554 GMT)
 
Psychiatrist Fuat Ulus shows the movie "The Turning Point" 
during a training session with other mental health 
professionals. 
    
ERIE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- When psychiatrist Fuat Ulus 
meets with patients, there's a chance Clint Eastwood will 
be there, too.

Not as a patient, but as a therapist of sorts. 

Ulus has used Eastwood's Dirty Harry character to help 
patients address chronic anxiety. After all, there probably 
aren't many more anxious situations than when Inspector 
Harry Callahan is confronted with a thug holding a gun to a 
human shield and threatening to shoot. 

Of course, Ulus doesn't advise patients to deal with their 
anxiety by brandishing a .44-caliber Magnum and declaring, 
"Go ahead, make my day." But watching the scene can spark 
discussion on coping with anxiety. 

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/08/22/movie.therapy.ap/index
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