The document discusses the portrayal of psychiatry in films. It notes that early films from 1901 to 1908 did not provide accurate portrayals of psychiatrists. The document then examines how psychiatrists and psychiatry have been depicted differently in various eras of film from the 1930s to 1990s, often showing psychiatrists as either incompetent or villainous characters. It questions why the film industry has traditionally stigmatized the field of psychiatry in its films.