Afraid of school: a case of school phobia (TEFC)

Description: Episode number 12 of Series “Disordered Mind”. Tommy, aged six, refuses to go to school and is obsessed with thoughts of death and dying. After bribery, persuasion and spanking, his desperate parents seek psychiatric help at a children’s hospital. Both Tommy and his parents receive counselling, and learn to come to grips with his going to school. Psychiatrist: Taylor Statten, MD.