Sins of the Mind is a 1997 American psychological drama made-for-television film directed by James Frawley for Paramount Television, featuring the topics of sex addiction and neurotrauma.

Starring Mike Farrell (who also served as executive producer), Jill Clayburgh and Missy Crider as the main characters, the film follows the story of a young girl from an artistically gifted but pretentious family who ends up in a car crash on the way home from a renaissance fair, suffering psychological issues and brain damage as a result.

Michelle is distraught when her parents try to take her to a brain damage clinic, where it is revealed that her initial CAT scan may have missed an undetected lesion or head trauma from the car crash that affects her impulse control.

Losing employment after inappropriate behaviour, and tired of her family's rules, Michelle moves out of the house and finds solace in sex work as a prostitute, where she is taken advantage of by a physically abusive pimp.

Allegra returns home after William apologizes for ignoring her while Michelle gives a speech to her family and fellow therapy group members, explaining how her brain damage has changed her as a person.

Despite receiving an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, the film was aired on television, advertised in magazines with a poster that featured an image of Missy Crider as Michelle Widener, with the caption, "if her addiction to sex offends you, you don't have to watch.

Maj Canton of Radio Times felt that the actors, most of whom were from critically-acclaimed media already, had not been given the opportunity to stand out, and called the film a "trashy TV movie, a tawdry exercise in cheap thrills.

"[3] Amanda By Night of Made for TV Mayhem also criticized the film's overt sexuality in a story about brain damage awareness, adding, "at first Michelle just seems less censored and spunkier (keyword: spunk) and perhaps she is now a girl with a good appetite.