Silence of the Lambs

Dr Boo & Dr Brin Hodgskiss discuss the film the Silence of the Lambs from a psychological perspective. Dr Hodgskiss talks of his studies of serial killers and compares these to the portrayal of killers and profiling in the film; and we discuss the characters and how mental health professionals are represented. Here are some links to some of the concepts discussed in this podcast: Attachment, as it applies in childhood or developmental trauma can be further researched here https://www.attachmenttraumanetwork.org/attachment/ and here https://beaconhouse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Developmental-Trauma-Close-Up-Revised-Jan-2020.pdf We talked in the show about personality disorders and psychopathy. This is further described here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7236162/ . We also discussed how “personality disorders” may be a defence against trauma which is examined in this paper https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5980986/ Finally, two papers written by Dr Hodgskiss : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jip.2 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/24501