The author examines the issues surrounding the development and use of
videotapes to teach psychiatry. She describes the special capabilities of
videotaped material as well as how videotapes are produced; the structure
of videotapes that use feedback techniques; the different ways medical
students, psychiatric students, and experienced clinicians respond to
videotapes; the special problems involved with teaching nonpsychiatric
medical students about psychiatry; and the use of videotaped materials for
patients and the public. She concludes that the use of videotapes to teach
psychiatry, especially to teach the public, is an important area for
development by psychiatrists.Abstract Teaser