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All 35 episodes of the landmark FACE TO FACE series hosted by former politician John Freeman, broadcast between 1959-1962. Featuring guests from all backgrounds, the interview technique was insightful,...
Four documentary case studies. In case 1 ‘James’ illustrates a number of psychotic symptoms including delusional perceptions and paranoid delusions, as well as auditory hallucinations. In case 2,...
Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, heir to Sigmund Freud and the English school of analysis, was an eloquent interpreter of the transformations of the Western family, the decline of patriarchy,...
A sympathetic portrayal of the genius of four brilliant mathematicians and their attempts to unravel the mysteries of the universe with tragic repercussions for their sanity. This programme addresses some of...
This film focuses on the impact attachment relationships have on adult behaviour and the transmission of attachment patterns to the next generation. It is a complementary film to MARY AINSWORTH: ATTACHMENT...
1 (57 mins) The programme follows a single case concerning the impact of chronic illness on one patient and her family through a series of interviews with the patient and her mother. The diagnostic problems...
In 1972 an American scientist named Dr David Rosenhan performed an extraordinary experiment that revolutionised the study of mental health. He proved that psychiatry, the science of the mind, couldn’'t...
The film questions the validity of Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy, arguing that in many cases doctors’ over-medication of infants and over-reliance on lab tests may be the real cause of the children’s...
Video recording of the Royal Society’s 2007 Ferrier Lecture given by Dr Marc Tessier-Lavigne. The pattern of connections among nerve cells in the brain is highly precise, and arises during embryonic and...
This personal documentary follows the filmmaker’s mother, Millie, and her family, in Millie’s battle with schizophrenia, and her trials and tribulations with the public health system. Millie was a single...
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