Depression

Australia, 1984

TV show
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Episode of Series “Barriers of the Mind”.
We all suffer low spirits occasionally, but when depression becomes a devastating illness it can be life threatening. This program looks at the way manic depressives cope with their illness, its causes and at the type of treatment which is available to them.

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Credits

producer/director

Mark Hamlyn

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Duration

00:48:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1984

Appears in

Barriers of the Mind

Group of items

Barriers of the Mind

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016762

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

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

Television

Television → Television series

Television → Television series → Television series - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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