Welcome to our English version of Turkish Forum where behavioral health professionals, film school faculty members, literature experts, stage & show reviewers & critics, and all other related field workers discuss, publish, post, announce, reflect and comment relevant to using films & clips in education, training, therapy, business & leadership, neuro-sciences [NeuroCinematics] and anti-stigma along with comments on most contemporary research about the topics documented in scientific journals.

We always welcome new members as long as they are willing to participate in so many projects the Forum members generate & maintain all the time. Our site is not just a place for chat and/or an idle medium where the people check it out "here-and-there" and "now-and-then!" The members that do not post any inquiry, question, commentary, recommendation, response, review and other materials without legitimate excuses such as illness, educational & vocational priorities, technical difficulties, family matters and etc. for 30 days are automatically left out of the Forum.

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Here are some of the topics our members have been processing recently:

Drs. Bilici, Sukan and Ulus have published their commentaries for four movies from Japan, Finland, Norway and England along with their therapeutic implications in www.academyfilmpsych.com , "Filmoanalysis" page; the website of Academy of Film and Psychiatry, moderated by Dr. Frederick Miller, Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Uckol has shared her dissertation focused on the films and their use in cognitive therapy regarding depressive disorders.

Dr. Yazici has been showing weekly movies to inpatient population of general hospital psychiatric services, collecting data leading therapeutic selections pertinent to each client.

Dr. Kalkan has been a producer of documentary film relevant to behavioral health that was shown many film festivals.

Drs. Aslanyurek and Soykal have been reviewing behavioral health training program implimented in respective film school.

Drs. Aki and Ulus have been in touch with Dr. Kurt Segers, a neurologist and accomplished film screenwriter from Belgium.

Dr. Lawrence K. Richards, a graduate of University of Illinois, College of Medicine, D.F.A.P.A., has been a frequent speaker & educator during American Psychiatric Association and Institute annual gatherings, strongly believes the educational value of the cinema and has constantly been working with the APA officials in showing movies during seminars, symposiums and conferences where selected faculty members would discuss & debate relevant to those educational aspects.

Sincerely,

Forum Board of Directors:

Dr. Mustafa Bilici, Forum President

President of Turkish Stage Reviewers & Novelist Esquire Ustun Akmen, Theater & Literature Studies Consultant

Dr. Mustafa Yildiz, President, Research & Education

Dr. Ilkay Soykal, Film Schools & Industry Liaison Officer & Coordinator

Dr. Ozlem Erden Aki, President, Ankara Region

Dr. Esra Yazici, President, Kocaeli Region

Dr. Meltem Sukan, Therapeutic Film Reviews Coordinator

Dr. Semir Aslanyurek, President, Film School Behavioral Health Curriculum Studies

Dr. Hira Selma Kalkan, Film Festivals Behavioral Health Coordinator

Dr. Fuat Ulus, Global Movie Data Base & Liaison Coordinator

Dr. Lawrence K. Richards, American Psychiatric Association Educator