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Motion pictures as teaching aids in child and adolescent

psychiatry and –psychotherapy

Anne CLARAPsychiatrist

PI Heynsdaele, Ronse

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Motion pictures as teaching aids in child and adolescent

psychiatry and –psychotherapy

• Introduction

• Methodology

• Films according to subject

• Film clips

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IntroductionSimilarities between psychiatry and film

Parallel development Interest in human behaviour in general and

deviation from the standard in particular Affinity for «borders»

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Similarities between psychiatry and film

History of cinema and psychiatry

1895: • 1e public film performance

(brothers Lumière)• Studien über Hysterie

(Sigmund Freud)

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Introduction Advantages and disadvantages

of the use of film

Disadvantages: Time consuming (viewing and selecting appropriate

films and clips, introduction, summary…) May have a huge emotional impact (individual factors) May be offensive; example: ‘Requiem for a dream’

Incorrect and/or stigmatizing depiction of psychopathology

Technical problems with media equipment Copyright restrictions?

Not when showing film clips for educational purposes

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Introduction Advantages and disadvantages

of the use of film

Advantages: Uses ‘visual’ memory (alongside audile or verbal memory)

Makes abstract concepts concrete in a ‘true to life’ context

Suitable for depicting behaviours, existential dilemmas, life cycle problems, emotional and psychological conditions and psychopathology.

Illustrates subjective experiences and perspectives of several characters > empathy, multiple partiality

Widely available, accessible, entertaining, enjoyable! No problems with professional secrecy

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Methodology Ways of using film for teaching

Film clips:

In group/ classroom Before or during or after the theoretical

explanation It can be helpful to repeat the same clip before

and after the theoretical explanation Introduction beforehand and discussion

afterwards (whether or not on the basis of a questionnaire)

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Methodology Ways of using film for teaching

Whole films:

Outside the classroom (time saving, copyrights)

Individual homework/paper ; example: case study

Group work/project Detailed film assignment

Example: choose a film, analyse using a theoretical construct (such as parentification), report to the classroom and show one relevant clip

Methodology Using film for teaching

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Films according to subject

Psychopathology

Autism

ADHD

Conduct disorders

Drug abuse

Psychosis

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Films according to subject Psychopathology

Autism

Ben X (N. Balthasar, 2007, Dutch)

Gek op de heuvel (C. Vervaet, 2006, Dutch)

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Films according to subject Psychopathology

ADHD

Dennis the menace (N. Castle,1993, Eng.)Pippi Longstocking

Minuscule, la vie privé des insectes: Hyperactive

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Films according to subject Psychopathology

Conduct disorders

400 coups, Les (F. Truffaut, 1959, Fr.)

Thirteen (C. Hardwicke, 2003, Eng.)

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Films according to subject Psychopathology

Drug abuse

Basketball diaries (S. Kalvert, 1995, Eng.)

Christiane F. (U. Edel, 1981, Germ.)

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Films according to subject Psychopathology

Psychosis

Donnie Darko (R. Kelly, 2001, Eng.)

Sixth Sense, The (M.N. Shyamalan, 1999, Eng.)

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Films according to subject

Psychotherapy

Sixth Sense, The (M.N. Shyamalan, 1999, Eng.)

Ordinary People (R. Redford, 1980, Eng.)

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Films according to subject

Other subjects

Gender

Poverty

Child abuse

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Films according to subject Other subjects

Gender

Ma vie en rose (A. Berliner, 1997, Fr.)Fucking Amal (L. Moodysson, 1999, Sw)

Billy Elliot (S. Daldry, 2000, Eng.)Whale Rider (N. Caro, 2002, Eng.)

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Films according to subject Other subjects

Poverty

Oliver Twist (R. Polanski, 2005, Eng)

Salaam Bombay (M. Nair, 1988)

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Films according to subject Other subjects

Child abuse

Mala Educacion, La (P. Almodovar, 2004, Sp.)

Ladro di bambini, Il (G. Amelio, 1992, It.)

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Films according to subject

Family and other relations

Peer group

Siblings

Parent-child relation

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Films according to subject Family and other relations

Peer group

Breakfast Club, The (J. Hughes, 1984, Eng.)

Outsiders (F.F. Coppola, 1983, Eng.)

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Films according to subject Family and other relations

Siblings

Fanny & Alexander (I. Bergman, 1983, Sw.)Rumble Fish (F.F. Coppola, 1983, Eng.)

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Films according to subject Family and other relations

Parent-child relation

Bronx Tale, A (R. de Niro, 1993, Eng.)

Burnt by the sun (N. Mikhalkov, 1994, Rus.)

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Films according to subject Family and other relations

Parentification

What’s eating Gilbert Grape? (L. Hallstrom, 1993, Eng)Hideous Kinky (G. McKinnon, 1998, Eng.)

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Films according to subject

Stories

Fairy tales

Childhood memories

“The moving picture is a visual art, based on sight. Speaking to our vision, it ought to provide us with the visions enabling us to

live the good life; it ought to give us insight into ourselves.”

(B. Bettelheim, 1991)

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Films according to subject Stories

Fairy tales

Babe (C. Noonan, 1995, Eng.)

Matilda (D. De Vito, 1996, Eng.)

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Films according to subject Stories

Childhood memories

Amarcord (F. Fellini, 1974, It.)

Hope and Glory (J. Boorman, 1987, Eng.)

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