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The Life Stories of Children and Adolescents

Using Commercial Films as Teaching Aids

Dr. Sondheimer is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Training Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)–New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ. Address reprint requests to Dr. Sondheimer, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UMDNJ–New Jersey Medical School, 215 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103. e-mail: sondhean{at}umdnj.edu

Commercial films have been used by educators as helpful components in the psychiatry training process. Professional literature describing cinema focusing on children, adolescents, and their families, however, has been conspicuous by its absence. A solicitation from child and adolescent psychiatry members of the Association for Academic Psychiatry resulted in a compilation of 97 substantial and relevant commercial films, with each accompanied by a single-sentence annotated description. The author proposes a teaching approach and suggests questions to assist educators in the utilization of these films during the training of residents about child and adolescent themes and issues. A description of this approach is illustrated using two representative films.

Key Words: Films for Training • Childhood Disorders

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