Application of cinematographic vignettes to teaching in Mental Health

Abstract

In this work some ideas about the possible relationships between cinema and psychopathology are presented. To carry out this task, the results of an experience carried out at the IUSAM-APdeBA are described, where a particular way of telling patient stories is explored, which is the cinematographic story. One of the many possible varieties of communicating clinical cases, in addition to the classic written and oral forms, is the audiovisual format. It is known that it is not easy to find good patient stories; even more so in these times where the possibilities of communicating real cases have been restricted by ethical-legal regulations. It has been observed that the audiovisual clinical vignettes extracted from the cinematographic stories can be a very useful tool for the purposes of discussion, exchange and teaching in psychopathology.