Double bind theory of schizophrenia
The Bad Seed
Mervyn Le Roy, 1956
First tricyclic antidepressant, imipramine, discovered
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Thigpen and Cleckley publish book Three Faces of Eve (1957) a case of multiple personality disorder (now Dissociative Identity Disorder)
The Three Faces of Eve
Nunnally Johnson, 1957
Publication of Royal Commission Report on mental illness and the Law
Publication of Royal Commission Report on mental illness and the Law
Lizzie
Hugo Haas, 1957
John Trevelyan
John Trevelyan takes over as Secretary of the British Board of Film Classification
Rhesus monkey experiments
Harlow’s’ controversial rhesus monkey experiments on isolation and maternal deprivation
Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock, 1958
Mental Health Act
Mental Health Act (UK) creates legal framework for hospital treatment of mental disorder as with physical illness
Compulsion
Richard Fleisher, 1959
Peeping Tom
Michael Powell, 1960
Action for Mental Health Report
Report to Congress calls for improvement of care and reduction of patient numbers in American mental institutions
The Divided Self
Publication of R. D. Laing’s book The Divided Self sparks controversy
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock, 1960
Experiments on hallucinogens and consciousness
Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert Harvard Psilocybin Project, experiments on hallucinogens and consciousness
The anti-psychiatry movement
Thomas Szasz The Myth of Mental Illness contributes to the anti-psychiatry movement
Splendor in the Grass
Elia Kazan, 1961
Bobo Doll
Bandura’s “Bobo Doll” experiment on modelling social behaviours (imitative aggression) in children
Living With Mental Illness: A Study in East London
Enid Mills’s book Living With Mental Illness: A Study in East London
David and Lisa
Frank Perry, 1962
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Ken Kesey novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Robert Aldrich, 1962
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange
Experiment on obedience
Stanley Milgram’s landmark experiment on obedience
Shock Corridor
Samuel Fuller, 1963
Sanity Madness and Family Life
R.D. Laing Sanity Madness and Family Life published
Lilith
Robert Rossen, 1964
Kitty Genovese murder
Kitty Genovese murder in New York City triggers studies into the bystander apathy
Nightmare
Freddie Francis, 1964
Marnie
Alfred Hitchcock, 1964
Kingsley Hall experiment
Kingsley Hall experiment in anti-psychiatry starts in London
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Otto Preminger, 1965
Repulsion
Roman Polanski, 1965
The Collector
William Wyler, 1965
Eye and the Brain
Richard Gregory’s Eye and the Brain changes how people (including Polanski) think about visual perception
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Karel Reisz, 1966
Blow Up
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966
The Psychopath
Freddie Francis, 1966
Cognitive Psychology
Publication of Ulric Neisser’s book Cognitive Psychology
Hitchcock lifetime achievement Oscar
Politics of Experience and Birds of Paradise
R. D. Laing’s Politics of Experience and Birds of Paradise
Bonnie and Clyde
Arthur Penn, 1967
The Trip
Roger Corman, 1967
Separation
Jack Bond, 1967
Privilege
Peter Watkins, 1967
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) II published by American Psychological Association
New ratings system
US Motion Picture Production Code replaced by new ratings system
Spit brain experiment
Results of Michael Gazziniga and Roger Sperry’s ‘spit brain’ experiments published in Scientific American
The Boston Strangler
Richard Fleischer, 1968
Rosemary’s Baby
Roman Polanski, 1968
Twisted Nerve
Roy Boulting, 1968
In Cold Blood
Richard Brooks, 1968
Attachment and Loss
Bowlby’s book Attachment and Loss outlines his research expands his previous research on maternal depravation and attachment theory
The Association for Women in Psychology (AMP) founded
A Cold Day in the Park
Robert Altman, 1969
Five stages of grief
Kubel Ross model of ‘five stages of grief’ (On Death and Dying)
Kingsley Hall closes
Performance
Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, 1970
The Mind of Mr. Soames
Alan Cooke, 1970
Controlled Substances Act
U.S. Controlled Substances Act bans LSD, DMT, Psilocybin, Mescaline, and Marijuana for medical use
Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment
Stephen Murphy takes over as Secretary of the British Board of Film Classification
A Clockwork Orange
Stanley Kubrick, 1971
Family Life
Ken Loach, 1971
Images
Robert Altman, 1972
The Other Side of Underneath
Jane Arden, 1972
Demons of the Mind
Peter Sykes, 1972
Homosexuality removed from DSM
American Psychological Association (APA) removed “homosexuality” from DSM, and replaced it with “sexual orientation disturbance”
The Exorcist
William Friedkin, 1973
On Being Sane in Insane Places
David Rosenhan experiment and article on validity of psychiatric diagnosis, published in Science article “On Being Sane in Insane Places”
Don’t Look Now
Nicolas Roeg, 1973
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nicolas Roeg, 1976
