BOOKS, MAGAZINES & MULTIMEDIAFilms, TV, radio & podcasts
Inception (2010) Littered with Jungian references, Christopher Nolan’s film
features a dream device that allows its users to enter and manipulate another
person’s subconscious.
The Machinist (2004) A paranoid insomniac, played by a skeletal Christian Bale,
battles his inner demons in this psychological thriller directed by Brad Anderson.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) Miloš Forman’s anti-psychiatry movie
starring Jack Nicholson as the incorrigible Randle McMurphy is set almost entirely
within a repressive mental institution.
In Treatment This multi-award-winning HBO drama stars Gabriel Byrne as the
psychoanalyst Dr Paul Weston. Each episode eavesdrops on a single therapy
session with one of Weston’s clients.
Lie to Me Fox drama series focused on the escapades of psychologist Dr Cal
Lightman, the head of The Lightman Group, which provides lie-detection advice
and other investigative services to the FBI. The real-life psychologist and emotion
expert Paul Ekman is a consultant to the show.
All in the Mind; Mind Changers; Case Study Three psychology-themed radio series
broadcast by BBC Radio 4 and presented by Claudia Hammond. Most episodes can be
listened to again or downloaded via the Radio 4 website http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4.
All in the Mind A psychology-themed radio series broadcast by ABC radio in
Australia and presented by Natasha Mitchell. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/
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Neuropod Hosted by the journal Nature, this is a monthly podcast featuring
psychology and neuroscience, presented by Kerri Smith. http://www.nature.com/neurosci/
neuropod.
This Week in the History of Psychology For several years until 2009, Christopher
D. Green, professor of psychology at York University in Toronto, provided a weekly
history of psychology podcast. The archive is online at http://www.yorku.ca/christo/podcasts.
Vocational guidance
To find out about careers or qualifications in psychology, contact your
national psychological society. The American Psychological Association
(www.apa.org) is the world’s largest with 150,000 members, followed by the
British Psychological Society (www.bps.org.uk), which has close to 50,000
members. There are also equivalent organizations in Canada (www.cpa.
ca), Australia (www.psychology.org.au), New Zealand (www.psychology.org.nz)
and South Africa (www.psyssa.com).