\"Seinfeld\" may have been a show about nothing, but a psychiatry professor is using it for much more than that. <\/p>\n
Medical students at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are learning about psychiatric disorders through Dr. Anthony Tobia's \"Psy-feld\" teaching tool, NJ.com reports (http:\/\/bit.ly\/1I4iQJn<\/a>). <\/p>\n Tobia has created a database of teaching points from all the show's episodes. Third- and fourth-year medical students are assigned to watch two episodes a week and then gather to discuss the psychopathology demonstrated on each. <\/p>\n \"You have a very diverse group of personality traits that are maladaptive on the individual level,\" Tobia said. \"When you get these friends together the dynamic is such that it literally creates a plot: Jerry's obsessive compulsive traits combined with Kramer's schizoid traits, with Elaine's inability to forge meaningful relationships and with George being egocentric.\" <\/p>\n His diagnosis of Newman? \"Very sick.\" <\/p>\n The students gathered around a conference table on a recent day, analyzing an episode from the night before. Third-year student Marlene Wang said that the exercise leads to having more practical and relatable examples than a textbook. <\/p>\n \"In this way, it just gives you a more solid picture of the pathology rather than just giving you words,\" Wang said. <\/p>\n Tobia has also written an academic paper that analyzes five of Elaine's boyfriends from the show to explain delusional disorder. <\/p>\n He also teaches a course where students tweet thoughts about characters' potential psychiatric disorders while watching films like \"Fargo.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Continued here: <\/p>\n At Med School, 'Seinfeld' About More Than Nothing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \"Seinfeld\" may have been a show about nothing, but a psychiatry professor is using it for much more than that. Medical students at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are learning about psychiatric disorders through Dr. Continue reading