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Presentations and Publications

Some of Broadcast Thought’s psychiatry and media presentations and publications:

●  “Violent Media: Scapegoat, Red Herring, Zebra, or Horse.”  Annual Meeting, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Chicago, IL, October 2014.

● “Freddy vs. Jason vs. Michael!  Inside the Minds of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees & Michael Myers.”  Comic-Con International 2014, San Diego, CA, July 2014.

● “Sixty Years of Seduction: Right, Wrong, and Wertham.”  Comic-Con International 2014, San Diego, CA, July 2014.

● “Flashback to the Slash Pack!  Inside the Minds of Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, and Jason Voorhees.”  WonderCon 2014, Anaheim, CA, April 2014.

● “Not Guilty Due to Zombification?  Law & Forensic Psychiatry in a Zombie Apocalypse.”  Comic-Con International 2013, San Diego, CA, July 2013.

● “Not Guilty By Reason of Zombification?  Law and Forensic Psychiatry After the Zombie Apocalypse.”  WonderCon 2013, Anaheim, CA, March 2013.

● “Zombies, Vampires, and Werewolves on Trial: The Forensic Psychiatry of the Dead, the Undead, and the Unlucky.”  Emerald City Comicon 2013, Seattle, WA, March 2013.

● “Mental Health and the Media: Communicating Effectively and Advocating Ethically.”  Grand Rounds, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, August 2012.

● “Zombies, Vampires, and Werewolves on Trial: The Forensic Psychiatry of the Dead, the Undead, and the Unlucky.”  Comic-Con International 2012, San Diego, CA, July 2012.

● “Unlocking Arkham: The Forensic Psychiatry of Batman’s Rogues’ Gallery.”  Comic-Con International 2012, San Diego, CA, July 2012.

● “Detecting Deviants in the Dark Night: Profiling Gotham City’s Serial Killers.”  WonderCon 2012, Anaheim, CA, March 2012.

● “Detecting Deviants in the Dark Night: Profiling Gotham City’s Serial Killers.”  Comic-Con International 2011, San Diego, CA, July 2011.

●  “Transcending Trauma: From the Birth of Batman to the Rise of the Red Hood.”  WonderCon 2011, San Francisco, CA, April 2011.

●  “Mental Illness & Media.  Do Misperceptions Deny Justice?”  Grand Rounds, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Cleveland, OH, March 2011.

●  “Mental Illness & Media.  Do Misperceptions Deny Justice?”  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Cleveland, OH, February 2011.

●  “Transcending Trauma: From the Birth of Batman to the Rise of the Red Hood.”  Comic-Con International 2010, San Diego, CA, July 2010.

●  “Unhinged: The Forensic Psychiatry of Arkham’s Insane.”  WonderCon 2010, San Francisco, CA, April 2010.

●  “Cybercrime and Psychiatry.”  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Cleveland, OH, April 2010.

●  “Cybercrime and Psychiatry.”  Grand Rounds, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Cleveland, OH, February 2010.

●  “Psychoeducation & the Comic Universe: Lessons from Arkham Asylum.”  Grand Rounds, UCLA Semel Institute, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA, January 2010.

●  “Unlocking Arkham: Forensic Psychiatry and Batman’s Rogues’ Gallery.”  Comic-Con International 2009, San Diego, CA, July 2009.

●   “Psychiatry and Media 101: Communicating Ethically and Advocating Effectively.”  Grand Rounds, UCLA Semel Institute, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA, June 2009.

●  “Virginia Tech Shooting to Britney Spears: The Goldwater Rule Re-Examined.”  Annual Meeting, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Seattle, WA, October 2008.

●  “The Innocent Seduced? Comic Books, Juvenile Delinquency, and Psychiatry.”  Annual Meeting, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Seattle, WA, October 2008.

●  The Psychiatrist’s Role after a School Shooting:  the Emergency Room and Beyond in Miller, T.W. (Ed.) School Violence and Primary Prevention.  Springer Publishing, 2008.

●  “Media Impacts on Children and Adolescents: What We Know and What We Don’t Know.”  Child and Adolescent Evidence Based Medicine Seminar, University of Michigan, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, MI, February 2007.