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Episode of Series “World in action”.
The progress of 5 people in an intensive group socialisation therapy in a London psychiatric hospital. The film is useful for training of psychologists, group therapists and social workers

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Credits

Duration

00:52:00:00

Production places

Unknown

Appears in

World in action

Group of items

World in action

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014915

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Work groups

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Socialization

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychotherapy

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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