Mental illness in Egyptian cinematic films

-The study aims to identify mental illness as presented by Egyptian cinematic films, the personality traits of psychiatrist and psychological patient presented in those films, the vision of psychiatrists, writers and filmmakers of feature films for the dramatic treatment of psychiatry, and their proposals for improving it, by analyzing the content of 45 films dealing with mental illness as one of the main themes of the film, also focus groups with psychiatrists, writers and fiction filmmakers.
- Phobia (or sick fear) was at the forefront of mental illnesses, and individual psychological sessions were at the forefront of psychological treatment methods.
- Psychiatrist was presented positively (52.6%), while the psychiatric patient was presented positively (8.5%) only, as well as the profession of psychiatrist has been placed within a male framework in Egyptian films
- One of the most prominent negative features of a psychiatric patient in cinematic films is that he is a source of humor, source of danger to himself and others, and stigma for himself and his family.
-Psychiatrists, writers and filmmakers of feature films in focus groups confirmed that cinematic films presented an unrealistic image of some mental illnesses , psychiatrist and psychiatric patient, and psychological treatment, especially Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), as well as social relations between psychiatrists and patients (doctor patient relationship), focus groups presented proposals to improve the dramatic treatment of mental illness.