Introduction
psychotic symptomatology, psychiatric
Films can leave deep impressions on viewers due to the detailed and vivid representation of charactersCinemeducation has also proven useful for teaching aspects of psychiatrySome studies have explored the potential of cinemeducation for teaching psychopathology to medical students, including in China. In those studies, cinemeducation projects were used to help psychiatry residents and medical undergraduate students understand abnormal psychological symptomsHere we propose the analysis of movie characters as an approach to teaching psychotic symptomatology in medical school. In this approach, movie clips serve as the basis for explaining symptoms. The analysis of movie characters during scenes shown in class may allow students to understand a patient’s subjective experience and understand psychiatric symptoms more deeply than can be achieved through conventional seminars. To evaluate the efficacy of this approach objectively and avoid the disadvantages of some previous studies, the present work applied a randomized controlled design. In this way, the present study may be the largest, most detailed analysis of movie character analysis to teach psychopathology in China.