Films
Bellisario, T & Bertelsen, T & Kohn, R & Leopardi, N (Producers), & Bertelsen, T (Director). (2017). Feed [Motion Picture]. United States: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Curtis, B & Miller, K & Lynn, J (Producers), & Noxon, M (Director). (2017). To the Bone [Motion Picture]. United States: Netflix.
Gers, G (Producer and Director). (2008). Disfigured [Motion Picture]. United States: Dialogue Heavy Pictures.
Kimmel, S & Kidd, B & Roach, J & Permut, D (Producers), & Poll, J (Director). (2008). Charlie Bartlett [Motion Picture]. United States: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Langhoff, S & Lee, J & Goldman, J & Pechenik, J (Producers), & Johnson, C (Director). (2014). The Skeleton Twin [Motion Picture]. United States: Roadside Attractions.
Misher, K & Browning, B (Producers), & Boden, A & Fleck, R (Directors). (2010). It’s Kind of a Funny Story [Motion Picture]. United States: Misher Films and Wayfare Entertainment.
Wick, D & Konrad, C (Producers) & Manglod, J (Director). (1999). Girl Interrupted [Motion Picture]. United States: Columbia Pictures.
Popular Source Articles
Beresin, E & Derenne, J. (2017). Two Psychiatrists Weigh in on Netflix’s ‘To the Bone’ A missed opportunity to understand anorexia nervosa. Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/inside-out-outside-in/201707/two-psychiatrists-weigh-in-netflix-s-the-bone
Cills, H. (2017). Why Is It So Hard to Make a Movie About Eating Disorders?. Jezebel. Retrived from https://themuse.jezebel.com/why-is-it-so-hard-to-make-a-movie-about-eating-disorder-1796770183.
Cohen, N. (2017). Some Thoughts on the New Eating Disorder Film, “Feed”. Walden Behavioral Care. Retrived from https://www.waldeneatingdisorders.com/blog/some-thoughts-on-the-new-eating-disorder-film-feed.
Devitt, P. (2017). 13 Reasons Why and Suicide Contagion. Scientific American. Retrived from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/13-reasons-why-and-suicide-contagion1.
Fagg, R. (2014). Mom’s TV Review: Starving in Suburbia. MetroKids. Retrived from http://www.metrokids.com/MomSpeak/May-2014/Moms-TV-Review-Starving-in-Suburbia.
Freeman, H. (2017) To the Bone Confirms There Are (Almost) No Good Movies about Anorexia. The Guardian. Retrieved from www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/12/to-the-bone-confirms-there-are-almost-no-good-movies-about-anorexia.
Gilbert, S. (2017). To the Bone: The Trouble With Anorexia on Film. The Atlantic. Retrived from https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/07/to-the-bone-review-netflix/533517.
Howard, C. (2016). Eating Disorders on Film. Eating Disorder Hope. Retrived from https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/blog/eating-disorders-on-film.
Kopotsha, J. (2017). Is There Ever A ‘Right’ Way to Portray An Eating Disorder on Screen?. Grazia. Retrived from https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/lily-collins-interview-bone-netflix-film.
King, E. (2017). Are Movies About Eating Disorders Fundamentally Uncinematic?. Pacific Standard. Retrived from https://psmag.com/social-justice/how-to-make-a-movie-about-a-lonely-terrible-experience.
Lauf, J. (2017). Is ‘To the Bone’ A True Story? The Netflix Movie Draws On The Life Of Its Director. Bustle. Retrieved from www.bustle.com/p/is-to-the-bone-a-true-story-the-netflix-movie-draws-on-the-life-of-its-director-68618.
Lawrence, C. (2017). Netflix’s ‘To the Bone’ Depicts, Doesn’t Glamorize, Eating Disorders. Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved from www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/christopher-lawrence/netflixs-to-the-bone-depicts-doesnt-glamorize-eating-disorder/?returnUrl=https://www.review.
Leszkiewicz, A. (2017). Don’t watch Netflix’s To The Bone. NewStatesmanAmerica. Retrieved from www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2017/07/to-the-bone-netflix-review-glamourises-anorexia-eating-disorders.
Marzurek, M & Ruckstuhl, L. (2018). Mental health professional fear ‘contagion’ effect. Metro. Retrived from https://www.mcleanhospital.org/media/mental-health-professionals-fear-contagion-effect.
Nisar, L. (2019). Tropic Anatomy of Eating Disorders in Film. Film Inquiry. Retrieved from https://www.filminquiry.com/eating-disorders-film.
O’Hara, H. (2017). Why ‘To the Bone’ Does Not Glamourise Anorexia. Grazia. Retrieved from graziadaily.co.uk/celebrity/news/bone-glamourise-anorexia/.
Patel, Sima. (2018). Suicide contagion: What we know and what we don’t. abc News. Retrived from https://abcnews.go.com/Health/suicide-contagion/story?id=55751220.
Schwartz, P. (2016). Marlee Roberts Talks about Eating Disorder Film ‘Little Miss Perfect’. reel life with jane. Retrived from https://www.reellifewithjane.com/2016/11/little-miss-perfect-eating-disorder-film.
The Contagion Effect. (2017). With Good Reason Virginia Humanities. Retrived from https://www.withgoodreasonradio.org/2017/07/the-contagion-effect.
Academic Articles
Butler, J & Hyler, S. (2005). Hollywood Portrayals of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Treatment: Implications for Clinical Practice. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 14, 509-522.
Das, S & Doval, N & Mohammed, S & Dua, N & Chatterjee, S. (2017). Psychiatry and Cinema: What Can We Learn from the Magical Screen?. Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry, 29 (5), 310-313. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.217014.
Gauld, C & Wathelet, M & Medjkane, F & Pauwels, N & Bougerol, T & Notredame, C. (2019). Construction and Validation of a Analytical Grid about Video Representations of Suicide (“MoVIES”). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16152780.
Gould, M. (2006). Suicide and the Media. The New York Academy of Sciences. 200-224. Retrived from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.530.4169&rep=rep1&type=pdf.
Kimmerle, J & Cress, U. (2013). The Effects of TV and Film Exposure on Knowledge About and Attitudes Towards Mental Disorders. Journal of Community Psychology. 14, 931-943.
Perciful, M & Meyer, C. (2016). The Impact of Films on Viewer Attitudes towards People with Schizophrenia. Curr Psychol, 36, 483-493. DOI: 10.1007/s12144-016-9436-0.
Pirkis, J & Blood, W & Francis. C & McCallum, K. (2006). On-Screen Portrayals of Mental Illness: Extent, Nature, and Impacts. Journal of Health Communication, 11:5, 523-541. DOI: 10.1080/10810730600755889.
Pirkis, J & Blood, W. (2001). Suicide and the Media. Crisis, 22, 155-162.
Smith, S & Choueiti, M & Choi, A & Pieper, K & Moutier, C. (2019). Mental Health Conditions in Film & TV: Portrayals that Dehumanize and Trivialize Characters [PDF file]. Retrived from http://assets.uscannenberg.org/docs/aii-study-mental-health-media_052019.pdf.
Stack, S. (2005). Suicide in the Media: A Quantitative Review of Studies Based on Nonfictional Stories. The American Association of Suicidology Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 35, 121-133.
Strother, E & Lemberg, R & Stanford, S & Tuberville, D. (2012) Eating Disorders in Men: Underdiagnosed, Undertreated, and Misunderstood. Eating Disorders Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 20, 346-355. DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2012.715512.
VanderWeele, T & Mathur, M & Chen, Y. (2019). Media Portrayals and Public Health Implications for Suicide and Other Behaviors. JAMA Psychiatry, 76, 891-892.
Whal, O & Wood, A & Zaveri, P & Drapalski, A & Mann, B. (2003). Mental Illness Depiction in Children’s Films. Journal of Community Psychology, 31, 553-560. DOI: 10.1002/jcop.10072.
Websites and Lectures
Beat Eating Disorders Media Guidelines for reporting eating disorders. Retrived from https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/uploads/documents/2017/9/beat-media-guidelines.pdf.
Benzine, C. (n.d.). Film History Preview. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://thecrashcourse.com/courses/film?page=2.
Eating Disorder Movies. (2017). imdb.com. Retrived from https://www.imdb.com/list/ls068450853/?sort=release_date,desc&st_dt=&mode=detail&page=1.
Estrada, M. (2019). Psychology 101: Learning. [Lecture]. University of Rochester.
Guidelines for Media or Sharing Your Story. NEDA Feeding hope. Retrived from https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/tips-responsible-media-coverage.
Thin. (2006). Top Documentary Films. Retrieved from https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/thin/.
What does “suicide contagion” mean, and what can be done to prevent it?. (2019). U.S Department of Health and Human Services. Retrived from https://www.hhs.gov/answers/mental-health-and-substance-abuse/what-does-suicide-contagion-mean/index.html.