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The Breakfast Club

Utilizing Popular Film to Teach Adolescent Development

Dr. Kaye is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine. Dr. Ets-Hokin is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine. Address reprint requests to Dr. Kaye, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, 219 Bryant St., Buffalo, NY 14222. e-mail: dlkaye{at}acsu.buffalo.edu

Under increasing pressures to teach an explosion of information, residency training programs need to look for effective and efficient ways to convey information. Utilizing films lends itself well to teaching about development and psychotherapy and has the advantage of being enjoyable to faculty and residents. In this article, the authors examine the film The Breakfast Club as a vehicle for teaching about multiple aspects of adolescent development, analyzing specific scenes of the film and their corresponding developmental themes.

Key Words: Films in Teaching • Adolescents

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