Getting anxious

Australia, 1984

TV show
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Episode of Series “Barriers of the Mind”.
Everyone suffers from anxiety occasionally but for 10% of the community anxiety can lead to helpless panic which prevents them from participating in everyday life. This program studies the effects of different types of panic disorders and, using interviews with patients, discusses the different types of treatment available.

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Credits

producer

Mark Hamlyn

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Duration

00:50:00:00

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

016763

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Panic disorders

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

Television

Television → Television series → Television series - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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