A Pathological anxiety

A presentation of psychoneurotic conditions. Examines the effect of mental disorder on behaviour, using as an illustration the case history of an office worker whose efforts to suppress his hostility result in a sense of terror and panic which prevents him from leading a normal life. Filmed at Montreal General Hospital with Dr A. H. Marcus and Dr Nathan B. Epstein.

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Credits

producer/director

Robert Anderson

production company

Robert Anderson Associates

Duration

00:27:00:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1961

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013261

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hostility (Psychology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental illness

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental illness - Treatment

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1961

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