title: Development, implementation, and evaluation of a movie-based curriculum to teach psychopathology.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Because medical students' attitudes toward psychiatry are often fostered by media, we provided an elective movie-based seminar to teach psychopathology.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assessed attitudes toward psychiatry by using the Attitudes towards Psychiatry (ATP 35) scale in a pre-post design. Furthermore we evaluated the knowledge of diagnostic criteria in a pre-post design within one sample.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 75 students who attended the seminar during 3 consecutive semesters, 54 (60.8% female) participated in the pre-post assessment. We observed a significant positive change in attitudes toward psychiatry and a significant gain of knowledge.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using movies is a feasible and effective method to teach psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III , University of Ulm , Ulm , Germany.
authors.forename: Heiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: Birgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abler
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weydt
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kammer
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Plener
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009040:Motion Pictures; D016730:Program Development; D011570:Psychiatry; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000193:education*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult