Restricting R-movies linked to decreased teen smoking, drinking
...ldren who are not restricted from watching R-rated movies are three times more likely to smoke or drink alco...atch them. "Most parents underestimate the impact movies have on their children. This study clearly shows that adolescents are much more likely to smoke or d...Effective Clinical Practice, Jan/Feb. 2002 Highlights
...tudents completely restricted from viewing R-rated movies were three times less likely to have tried either cigarettes or alcohol than students with no restrictions ("Relationship between Parental Restrictions on Movies and Adolescent Use of Tobacco and Alcohol," p. 1). An editorial says the movie rating sy...Limiting adolescents' exposure to R-rated movies may help prevent early use of alcohol and tobacco
...olescents with parental limits on watching R-rated movies were three times less likely to report that they h... that parental limits on children watching R-rated movies may help prevent early use of alcohol and tobacco. These findings held consistently across all grade...Analyze This: New Book Examines Shrinks On Screen
...ntal illness. "If psychiatry had not existed, the movies would have had to invent it -- and ina sense they did," writes Irving Schneider, M.D. in the book's foreword."Psychiatry and the Cinema tells the story of how the movie industry took theprofession of psychiatry and transformed it into a hybrid that j...Media Advisory: Chemistry In The Movies
...ortman will illustrate the chemistry connection in movies where you mightnot expect it like "The Graduate" and "It's a Wonderful Life." Using livechemical demonstrations he will show how chemistry is used in the moreexplosive movies, such as "Apollo 13," "Dante's Peak" and "Backdraft". Who:...... of a 'Hollywood heart attack' like you see in the movies -- people clutchtheir chests in sudden pain and collapse," he says. This happens sometimes, butmost heart attacks occur slower and more gradually. Other factors often linked to delays in seeking help include old age, beingfemale, lower socioeconomic...Hollywood Increases Film Portrayals Of People With Disabilities
...dautism. Despite the recent popularity of movies portraying disabilities, Safransays viewers should...ll a'Supercrip.' People love to see these kinds of movies when the downtroddenovercome adversity and barriers. But Gump portrayed a high-functioning mentallyr...