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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wrzosek, Marika Inga

Titel

The R-Rated Comedy Ted: A Teaching Tool for Psychiatric Education

Ist Teil von

• Academic psychiatry, 2017-08, Vol.41 (4), p.526-530

Ort / Verlag

Cham: Springer International Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The full-length comedy about a grown man and his live teddy bear, with an R rating for foul language, drugs, and sexual innuendo, is—perhaps surprisingly—a rich source of material to teach classic developmental concepts and theories to medical students, psychiatry residents, and child and adolescent psychiatry fellows [1]. Given the relative paucity of cinematic examples as they can specifically relate to psychiatric education and normal development, this paper presents the R-rated comedy Ted as a viable educational tool that educators can harness to teach key concepts in child and adolescent psychiatry, and spur discussion of general principles relevant to the field. Discussion A description of how the movie can illustrate theories in development and more general psychiatric practice is summarized in Table 1, along with descriptions of scenes illustrating those concepts. Psychiatric concepts as demonstrated by scenes from Ted Theory and concept illustrated [18] Scene example Personality development (Winnicott) Transitional object (T.O.) functions Self-soothing and comfort (Thunder-buddies scene at beginning) Fighting with John in hotel room Ted’s death (Fenway Park) and therefore internalization of the T.O. (Thunder-buddies scene at end) Cognitive development (Piaget) Concrete operational thought “White trash” names scene Beer names scene Formal operational thought John discussing themes of love and justice with Lori Emotional development (Erikson) Intimacy vs. isolation Lori pointing out John needs to move on from Ted Identity vs. role confusion Lori seeking more mature relationship with John Ted pointing out to John he needs to grow up and take responsibility for his actions Moral development (Kohlberg) Preconventional morality John leaving Lori at a party to go see Flash Gordon while concocting a cover story so he does not get caught Conventional morality Ted stating to John, “I do not have to grow up! I am a teddy bear!