Describes an experiment in community mental health in Nigeria. Many people from countries engaged in rapid social changes cannot take the cross-cultural shock of development. For these people treatment combines western psychiatric techniques with ancient rituals, thereby not isolating them from society. Narrated by Ben Park.
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ACMI Identifier
321213
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United Nations
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cross-cultural studies
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Developing countries - Social conditions
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Cross-cultural studies
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Community health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education - Developing countries
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychiatry, Transcultural
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Public health - Developing countries
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Public health - Nigeria
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)