Film Reviews
As published in the Canadian Psychiatry Aujourd’hui “On Film” Series
My scholarly and educational work explores diverse areas of psychiatry, including Alzheimer’s disease, digital health technologies, mental health review board hearings, and the use of film, theatre, and the arts in medical education. This work has resulted in peer-reviewed publications, edited books, book chapters, conference presentations, invited lectures, editorials, film reviews, and a variety of educational initiatives. Selected examples are presented below.
Karlinsky H, Baird D, Espeut-Post D, Maxwell V, Tuka A. Walker K. “The Play’s The Thing”: A Theatrical Simulation of a Mental Health Review Board Hearing. UBC Dept of Psychiatry Grand Rds June 2, 2026.
Karlinsky H. My Psychiatrist is “Unprofessional and Ignorant”: How to Manage Online Physician Reviews. – Workshop. 74th Annual Canadian Psychiatric Association Meeting. Montreal, Quebec. Nov 8, 2024
Karlinsky H. Truth-telling and Deception in the Care of Persons with Dementia, Long Term and Continuing Care Association of Manitoba Annual Meeting. Winnipeg, Manitoba. May 9, 2023
Karlinsky H. Duty to Report? Germanwings Flight 9525, Fitness to Fly and Other Considerations Pertaining to Mental Health and Aviation Safety. OEMAC –CBOM 39th Annual Scientific Conference. Victoria Sep 12, 2022.
Karlinsky H. Rethinking ‘One of the strangest group experiments of all time.’ Point of View Magazine. Published July 9, 2019. http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/sex-raft-documentary-experiment-explained
Karlinsky H, Tuka A. PTSD and Posttraumatic Cinema. Depictions of the Psychological Wounds of War. American Psychiatric Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California. May 17, 2019.
Karlinsky H. So You Want to Start a Mental Health Film Series? American Psychiatric Association Annual Conference, New York, NY. May 6, 2018
Karlinsky H. Keynote Address. Mental Illness and the Educational Power of Film. 14th Annual Geriatric Services Conference. Vancouver. April 7, 2017
Karlinsky H. An Historical Analysis of Sigmund Freud’s Failure to Win a Nobel Prize in Medicine (and Literature). Health Sciences Centre Dept of Psychiatry Grand Rds. Winnipeg, Man. Oct 28, 2014
Karlinsky H. Out of Mind, Out of Sight. The Other Film Festival. Melbourne, Australia. Dec, 2014.
Karlinsky H. The Horse Boy – Attending to the Stories Our Patients Tell Us, Academic Psychiatry 37: 271–275, 2013
Karlinsky H. Invited Lecture: Psychiatry and the Movies: A Case Study – Lars and the Real Girl. BC Nurses’ Union Annual Conference. Richmond. May 16, 2012
Karlinsky H. Invited Lecture: A New Look at Empathy: The Zelig Syndrome and Beyond. 14th Annual International CPD Conference March 2011
Karlinsky H. The Impact of a Mental Health Film Series on Stigma and Knowledge. 4th International Conference ‘People with Disabilities’ Athens, Greece. June 22, 2009.
Invited Lecture: Groundhog Day: An Analysis. World Suicide Day. UBC Campus. Sept 10, 2006
Karlinsky H. Psychiatry, Technology and the Corn Fields of Iowa. Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal. 49: 1-3, 2004.
Karlinsky H. Doc Hollywood North: Part II. The Clinical Applications of Movies in Psychiatry. Canadian Psychiatric Association Bulletin. 35: No 2. 14-16. 2003
Karlinsky H. Doc Hollywood North: Part I. The Educational Applications of Movies in Psychiatry. Canadian Psychiatric Association Bulletin. 35: No 1, 9-12. 2003
Karlinsky H. Telepsychiatry: A Canadian Perspective on Program Design and Implementation. 2002 Annual Mtg American Psychiatric Association. Philadelphia, USA. May 22, 2002.
Invited Lecture: Saint John – St. Stephen Telepsychiatry Program. Saint John Regional Department of Psychiatry. Saint John, NB. August 26, 1999
Expert Participant: The Canadian Consensus Conference on the Assessment and Management of Dementia. Montreal, Quebec. February 27, 1998
Berg JM, Karlinsky H, Holland AD (editors): Alzheimer’s Disease, Down’s Syndrome, And Their Relationship. Oxford University Press. Oxford, 1993.
Berg JM, Karlinsky H, Lowy F (editors): Alzheimer’s Disease Research: Ethical and Legal Issues. Carswell, Toronto, 1991.
Film Reviews
0.9 Ampere
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
The Sterilization of Leilani Muir
Primo Amore (First Love)
Love is the Devil – Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Keane
I am a Sex Addict
The Alma Drawings
Zelig
Grey Gardens
Thin
Titicut Follies
Lars and the Real Girl
Hoffman’s Potion: The Early Years of LSD
Team Spirit: The Jordin and Terence Tootoo Story