Dr. Hans Selye’s research and writings on the subject of stress are world-renowned. In this early documentary study, he is interviewed in his laboratories at the Universite de Montreal, where he explains his discoveries. Stress, the general strain on the body caused by disease, injury or mental pressure, is explained and we are shown some of the experiments that led Dr. Selye to his discovery.
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ACMI Identifier
010353
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hormones
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical sciences
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - History
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine, Preventive
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychiatry
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress (Physiology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress management
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Medical sciences
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Scientists - Biography
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)