Shine the Rorschach signal! Call the cortex crusaders! The league of extraordinary psychologists dispense Jung justice to educate, elucidate, and even entertain at 2013’s San Diego Comic-Con International celebration of comic arts and the wide world of nerdiness. Are they Pavlovian paladins or fantastic Freuds? Find out who shrinks the shrink men and the shrink woman, too.
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Comics Arts Conference Brings Psychology to Comic-Con 2013
The Comics Arts Conference, a staple of Comic-Con International programming, returns to San Diego Comic-Con International with a full slate of academic panels devoted to comics, including “Geek Therapy,” “Comics and Psychology” posters, and a preview of the “Legends of the Knight” documentary looking at how psychologists use comics in teaching and therapeutic practice.
Superheroine Recovery: An Interview With Batgirl’s Therapist
In the graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke, the Joker shot and paralyzed Barbara Gordon, the superheroine known as Batgirl. After years in a wheelchair fighting for justice as the computer expert called Oracle, Barbara regained the ability to walk. Dr. Letamendi advises comic book writer Gail Simone on trauma recovery and appears in comics as Barbara’s therapist.
A Clinical Perspective on Panic and PTSD in Iron Man 3
In Iron Man 3, Tony Stark suffers repeated panic attacks and numerous symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Are his problems indicative of any specific mental illness from a clinical perspective? Andrea Letamendi (Batgirl’s therapist and Marvel Augmented Reality expert) shares her perspective on Stark’s fictional history and new mental disturbance.
Twitter Takes on Iron Man 3: Why Can’t Tony Stark Sleep?
People are tweeting reactions to the Iron Man 3 depiction of Tony Stark as a man haunted by events of The Avengers motion picture and now suffering from anxiety attacks and various posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Some scoff as if anxiety diminishes the armored superhero while others praise the film for helping to combat stigma over issues of mental health.
Does Iron Man 3’s Hero Suffer Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?
In Iron Man 3, superhero and supergenius Tony Stark sleeps little, suffers anxiety attacks, refuses to discuss his experiences from the previous film (2012’s The Avengers), and tries to avoid even thinking about them, and yet he says he does not have PTSD, but how would he know? What are the symptoms of PTSD and how extremely does Iron Man demonstrate any by DSM criteria?