Forensic psychology & psychiatry

Forensic Psychology & Psychiatry

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The last musician of Auschwitz

(2025). The film detailing how 'music can make us feel human, but there is no guarantee of humanity.' CLICK HERE

After the party

(2024) Astonishing TV series about the bravery and persistence of one person in tackling sexual transgression in her family. An inspiration. Stream free to air. CLICK HERE

Ordinary men

(2023) Netflix documentary detailing the social psychology of the Einsatzgruppen. The so-called holocaust by bullets. [The murderers carried out the killing through] 'a combination of coercion and free will.' 'They all had justifications, that allowed them to find meaning in the murders.' 'It's not blind obedience. Instead they interpret the commands in a way that is acceptable for them and allows them to see themselves as morally righteous.' 'Mass murder is carried out by thinking people....who think and comprehend what they are doing [and] are consumed with self pity.' CLICK HERE

Sambre : anatomy of a crime

(2024) Six part drama series based on the real events of an almost 30-year failure of police to identify a serial rapist whose crimes spanned decades. CLICK HERE

Murder trial

(2024) Three real cases of murder. Tried in court. Grounding insight into contemporary culture. CLICK HERE

Saltburn

(2023) film by Emerald Fennell. A visceral, sexual and violent study of psychopathy. Enacted as a narcissistic fantasy of destruction. Focused on a family who became spoiled to death. Free trailer. 'When I Am Playing with My Cat, How Do I Know She Is Not Playing with Me? - Montaigne CLICK HERE

The sixth commandment

(2023) dramatisation of a complex forensic case. Featuring what appears to be psychopathic behaviour. Compelling, educational and ultimately inspiring. CLICK HERE

Misha and the wolves

(2022) Extraordinary tale of one woman's experience of WW2 and the aftermath. Sometimes we can be both the victim and the villain in our own story. CLICK HERE

The shawshank redemption

(1994) film featuring two imprisoned men find solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. CLICK HERE

Broadmoor

(2019) humane two part documentary examining the work of this high secure psychiatric institution in West London. CLICK HERE

Domination & submission

(2021) lovely ten minute video by Jessica Benjamin. Explains the function of domination and submission in a psychodynamic context and a gendered world. CLICK HERE

Rise of the Nazis

(2023) The Manhunt: 1. Most Wanted: including insights from Gwen Adshead CLICK HERE

WRITTEN

Confessions of a sociopath

(2013) Book by M. E. Thomas. The phenomenology of sociopathy. 'I managed to tap into a hidden community, populated by complex characters and rich with histories.' Illumination. Free review CLICK HERE

Prima facie

(2022) moving play illuminating the phenomenology of sexual assault in the criminal justice system. When someone stands up against professional sexual malpractice we are given the opportunity to make a difference. Free review CLICK HERE

How to spot a liar

(2024) by Zoe Williams. 'In The Traitors – and in life – what will undo you is letting yourself become certain on the basis of too little information or ambiguous evidence.' CLICK HERE

Permission to come alongside: the story of Jorge and Yousef

(2017) Andrew Perry & Frank Reilly. We believe both that people are capable of helping each other, in forensic services, at a deeper level than the existing social order currently envisions and that this is in our self interest. We think co-productive relationships are one means to achieve this outcome. CLICK HERE

The therapeutic milieu under fire: security and insecurity in forensic mental health

(2012) Gwen Adshead et al. A groundbreaking book exploring the psychodynamics and politics of the forensic therapeutic milieu It sets out a psycho-social framework for understanding the predicament and the needs of those who live in, and those who work in, forensic mental health settings. Free review. CLICK HERE

Becoming ethical

(2009) by Alan Jenkins. A parallel, political journey with men who have abused. His concept refers to understanding the political nature of the intervention and the belief that our journeys as workers must mirror the journeys of our clients. Free review. CLICK HERE

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Institute for addressing strangulation

(2024) resource exploring the implications of this behaviour. CLICK HERE

Audio

Is Violence Normal? : The Reith Lectures Gwen Adshead - Four Questions about Violence

(2024) In the first of four lectures, forensic psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead asks if violence is normal. Do we think that because, deep down, we all have a capacity for cruelty? CLICK HERE