American Psycho

Join us in-theater for a discussion with Anthony Tobia, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

This wicked adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ subversive novel is one of the best horror films of the early 21st century. In his breakout performance, Christian Bale stars as egotistical yuppie Patrick Bateman, an investment banking executive who moonlights as a psychotic serial killer. Director Mary Harron infuses AMERICAN PSYCHO with a perfect blend of dark humor and thrills. Plus, you will never listen to Huey Lewis the same way again. Also starring Reese Witherspoon, Jared Leto, Chloë Sevigny, and Willem Dafoe. Rated R for featuring intense scenes of violence and gore.

Dr. Tobia graduated from St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies in 1996. Upon completion of a dual residency in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University, he joined the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2001 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2013 and to Professor in 2018. Dr. Tobia currently serves as the Campus Chair of Psychiatry at the Rutgers School of Medicine and is the Service Chief of Psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. Dr. Tobia is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He has a secondary appointment in the Division of General Internal Medicine, passed his Internal Medicine boards in 2002, and Psychosomatic Medicine Boards in 2009. Dr. Tobia is the Director of Graduate and Interprofessional Education at Rutgers University Behavioral Health and has received the Outstanding Clinical Faculty Member Excellence Award in 2018 and 2019. He is an active contributor to the medical literature with publications, reviews, and abstracts. Dr. Tobia’s educational interests include the merging of popular culture and the field of behavioral medicine. In addition to the curriculum he developed at the medical school, he is a blogger for Psychology Today; hosts a continuing education webpage on MyCME; provides psychopharmacology seminars for Executive Links Inc. and PESI, Inc.; and contributed to the short fiction film, Our Return to Italy (credited). His various innovative teaching approaches including eight that are registered in the Office of Research Commercialization at Rutgers University.

Director Mary Harron

Cast Christian Bale, Reese Witherspoon, Jared Leto, Chloë Sevigny, Willem Dafoe

Country USA

Language English

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