THE DISORDERED MIND

Duration: 30 min

Year Published: 1961

Creator: Robert Anderson Associates

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Titles are: A CORONARY. Examines the effect of emotional disorders on the patient's body through illness, documenting the case of a successful 34-year-old insurance salesman. A DEPRESSION. Considers specific mental illness in order to show how emotional factors can affect the mind. Explores the case of a young man who has recovered from a depression so desperate that he attempted to kill his wife, child and himself. A PATHOLOGICAL ANXIETY. Examines the effect of mental disorder on behavior. The patient is an office worker whose efforts to suppress his hostilities result in a sense of terror and panic which prevents him from leading a normal life. A PSYCHOPATH. Presents the case history of a psychopath whose criminal tendencies constitute a threat to his community. A convicted burglar of high intelligence is the patient.

Complete Record: Source: IntFlmBur Interest level: c-ad Price: ea $170, rent apply Format: sd b&w

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)