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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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
013261
Language
English
Subject categories
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
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)