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Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
As the Director of Treatment and Recovery Research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Dr. Mark Willenbring works to shed light on a range of substance abuse issues. In this program, Dr. Willenbring discusses various factors that can lead to alcoholism, including genetics and psychiatric disorders. Key points are the stigma associated with alcoholism, the importance of finding and starting treatment, and what constitutes effective...
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Writer Siri Hustvedt is a migraine sufferer and will often experience aphasic dreams. As she enters the slumbering state she will have hallucinations. As she says, these "are anomalies, no doubt, tics of the nervous system that affect some, not all, but they could well help explain more general human qualities—who we are, what we feel, and how we see. I suspect that everyone has a few Lilliputians in hiding. It may be just a question of whether...
3) ADHD and Me
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has long been seen as just another name for bad behavior. But we now know that ADHD is as real as autism and dyslexia. It’s the most common—and fastest growing—childhood disorder. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Many adults are now being diagnosed too, having struggled with chaotic lives for years without knowing why. This timely investigation looks at the causes and effects of ADHD. Do behavior...
Series
Language
English
Description
Every year in North America, chronic compulsive gambling shatters the lives of millions. In this program, psychologists Claude Boutin and Robert Ladouceur talk with recovering gamblers who share their stories of exhilaration and despair as they rode the roller coaster to ruin-what it felt like to win and lose, to spend every dollar they had, to lie and steal in order to finance their addiction, to contemplate suicide, and, fortunately, to enter group...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. This episode examines the influence of early trauma on addictions. Heidi seems to have it all: a fulfilling social life, good health, and an attractive appearance. However, she is obsessed with plastic surgery and shops compulsively. She believes that her rape at age 16 influenced...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, killing more people each year than alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murder and suicide combined. Follow health policy expert Mitch Zeller into the murky depths of the tobacco industry as he details the sordid history of nicotine addiction -- and invites us to imagine a world where policy change helps stop people from becoming addicted in the first...
7) Chasing Life
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This Telly Award-winning documentary focuses on recovery from addiction, highlighting resources for those suffering from America's worst-ever opiate addiction crisis.
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
Español
Description
En este programa, Bill Moyers estudia como doctores, defensores de los programas de recuperacion y los adictos rehabilitados ahora estan apoyando opinion publica de adiccion como una enfermedad cronica. In Spanish. Also available in English (see item #7684). (57 minutes)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Slot machines - they’re rigged, they’re addictive, and they’re everywhere. In a first ever look behind the scenes, this film reveals the highly organized network of mathematicians, musicians, and designers all working toward the single vision of ensuring we lose, and keep on loosing. In addition to hearing from neuroscientists, anthropologists, and game theorists who explain the science behind addiction, we meet those victims who have fallen...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2007
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. Thirty-seven-year-old Fabian was once a successful entertainment entrepreneur who lost everything because of his escalating addiction. Dawn, 49, is a meth addict who lives on the street. She has symptoms of psychosis from the drug and often hallucinates.
Pub. Date
[2005], c2001
Language
English
Description
Set in the Canadian addiction treatment center of Edgewood, this program explores the private world of substance abuse rehabilitation through the eyes of six addicts and their families. Despite varied backgrounds, the goal of these patients is to turn their backs on substance dependence by facing their addiction and to arrive clean and sober to Cake Night, the monthly celebration of recovery. The impact of addiction on the family, the concept of dependency...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. This episode watches as friends try to help 24-year-old Tamela. Molested as a child, she now cuts herself with razor blades. Next, interventionist Jeff VanVonderen is called in to help Jerrie, 29. Her addiction to Vicodin causes her to forge physician prescriptions and buy from...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. Salina exhibits a range of addictive behaviors, including severe bulimia, obsession shopping, and self-mutilation. This episode of Intervention also discusses the case of Troy, who had a promising future in Los Angeles until he began to use crystal methamphetamine. Now homeless...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. Alissa is a compulsive gambler, addicted to 25-cent slot machines. She lost over
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. The first intervention in this episode involves Kelly, a man with a genius IQ who is homeless and survives on the change he begs for and beer. Mark has a severe addiction to painkillers, which has caused him to have a morphine pump surgically implanted in his abdomen.
18) MonaLisa Story
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Nederlands
Description
This is a film about love, struggles, and heroin—eight dramatic years in the life of a drug addict. MonaLisa’s days were like most people’s: She would take care of her kids, cook meals for her family, and spend time at the playground with them. She would go to work as a teacher and she loves music. But one day all that changes. She sinks into a deep depression, loses the will to live and starts self-medicating… with heroin. Her world falls...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2005
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. We are first introduced to Renee, whose food addiction and eating disorder now threatens her health, marriage, and finances. This episode also explores Peter's problem with video games. This addition is so extreme, he identifies himself as the characters in his games and feels...
Pub. Date
[2011], c2006
Language
English
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. Anthony had worked in his family business since he was a child. He excelled at sports and was recruited by colleges. However, his sister died from a heroin overdose, which affected his mother's emotional health. Anthony learned to cope with cocaine and now relies on methadone...
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