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Mental Illness, Brain Disorders
Are the Kids Alright? (428)
Filmed in courtrooms, correctional institutions, treatment centers, and family homes, this searing documentary examines the results of the tragic decline in mental health services for children and adolescents at risk. (57 minutes)
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Between the Lines (263)
A visually lyrical, experimental documentary about women who cut themselves, this film explores the fine line between self-destructive behavior and self-preserving coping mechanisms. (21 minutes)
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A Change of Character (413)
Truett Allen's personality changed drastically after a series of strokes resulted in damage to the frontal lobes of his brain. This captivating video features neuroscientist Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg, author of The Executive Brain, as well as neurologist and best-selling author Dr. Oliver Sacks (Awakenings). (30 minutes)
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Changing Identities: A Story of Traumatic Injury and Art (476)
Each year, approximately 1.5 million people have their lives suddenly changed by brain and spinal cord injuries or stroke. Bill Richards has developed a studio program that doesn't see art just as a form of therapy, but as a means for participants to redefine who they are, and begin to see themselves not as people with disabilities but as artists. (57 minutes)
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The Culture of Emotions (361)
Designed to introduce cultural competence and diversity skills to mental/behavioral health professionals and students who deal with multi-cultural client populations. (58 minutes)
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The Dark Side of the Moon (234)
The stories of three mentally disabled men, formerly homeless, who have overcome despair, stigma and isolation to become valued members of their community. (25 minutes)
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Depression: Fighting the Dragon (347)
This compelling documentary explores the growing prevalence of depression, and the research breakthroughs that could finally unlock its secrets. (44 minutes)
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Different From You (423)
As a result of the 'deinstitutionalization' of mental patients, people with mental illnesses now make up a majority of the homeless in many areas. This video explores the problem through the work of a compassionate physician who cares for mentally ill people living on the streets and in inadequate 'board and care' facilities in Los Angeles. (60 minutes)
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The Drop-in Group (093)
A training package which profiles an AIDS prevention and education program for the mentally ill. (23 minutes)
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Epilepsy (137)
This program focuses on people who experience complex partial seizures, and whose symptoms are frequently misdiagnosed as psychiatric or emotional disorders. (27 minutes)
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Family Matters (455)
Brings to life the emotional challenge of accepting the diagnosis that a family member has Alzheimer's disease, and of finding new ways to relate and communicate within the family. It's a frightening and humbling journey, but this engaging program offers some guideposts along the way. (27 minutes)
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Four Lives (029)
Four people with bipolar disorder, along with their families and psychiatrists, share their struggles to achieve control over the illness and their lives. (56 minutes)
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Inside Out (366)
Bulimia can affect women and men from all walks of life, and it kills nearly 20 percent of its victims every year. This moving documentary profiles individuals and families affected by this eating disorder. (56 minutes)
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Introducing TJ (351)
Therapeutic Jurisprudence offers a new approach to meeting the needs of mentally ill people in the judicial system, by focusing on therapy and rehabilitation rather than jail. (27 minutes)
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Isn't She Lovely (383)
This moving personal documentary is a brave attempt to understand and come to terms with a childhood profoundly affected by a parent's severe mental illness. (23 minutes)
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Meds (460)
People with mental illnesses discuss the positive and negative impact of their psychiatric medications. (29 minutes)
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Narcolepsy (323)
Follows three individuals whose lives and relationships have been disrupted by this sleep disorcer. A sleep specialist offers comprehensive scientific information about narcolepsy. (25 minutes)
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OCD: The War Inside (359)
Explores the causes and possible treatments for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, through the painful and occasionally funny stories of four children and adults with OCD. (57 minutes)
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Packrat (410)
Compulsive hoarding has been linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and dementia. This video profiles two families whose lives have been shaped by the "packrat," behavior of a family member. (28 minutes)
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Panic Attack (327)
The filmmaker uses time-lapse photography, stop-motion animation, and creative sound design to convey the emotions associated with the experience of panic attacks. (13 minutes)
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Post Partum Depression (369)
It's not just the "baby blues." This video is about the perhaps 2% of new mothers who experience the severe depression, delusions, paranoia and other symptoms of postpartum psychosis. (12 minutes)
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Refrigerator Mothers (346)
From the 1950's through the 1970's, autism was widely blamed on cold and rejecting mothers. This film explores the devastating impact of this misdiagnosis through the stories of seven mothers and their children. (53 minutes)
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Safety in Numbers (372)
With pathos and humor, this short, experimental drama explores the sometimes unclear boundaries between the behaviors of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and "normalcy." (6 minutes)
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Step on a Crack (222)
Six people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder describe how they have learned to cope through medication, psychotherapy, behavioral therapy, and mutual support. (29 minutes)
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Stuffed (489)
Some people can't seem to throw anything away. This engaging documentary invites us to enter the mind of the compulsive hoarder, while dispelling the stereotype that all "packrats" are isolated elderly derelicts. Hoarding is widely thought to be related to OCD, but this film notes that recent studies suggest it may be a neurologically distinct condition. (20 minutes)
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Twitch and Shout (261)
People with the sometimes startling symptoms of Tourette Syndrome contend with a society which often sees them as crazy, and with bodies and minds that won't always do what they're told. (59 minutes)
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When the Brain Goes Wrong (131)
Portraits of individuals with brain dysfunctions including schizophrenia, manic depression, epilepsy, stroke, head injury, headaches and addiction. Physicians add information about causes and treatments. (45 minutes)
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Working Like Crazy (333)
Once labeled "unemployable," these psychiatric survivors work and run businesses where they can make a living, rebuild their lives, connect with others, and contribute to society. (54 minutes)
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Worried Sick (379)
The narratives of ten people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder show it to be a "shape-shifter," its symptoms mutating — sometimes erupting, sometimes controlled, but never quite disappearing. (53 minutes)
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