What Is normal?

United States, 1990

Film
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Episode number 20 of Series “Psychology: the study of human behavior”.
Part of the challenge of psychology is defining the line of what is normal and helping people who have stepped over that line. Probably the best way of defining abnormal behaviour is behaviour that prevents a person from being able to function. DSM III R is a manual which attempts to define mental disorders but not everyone can be slotted easily into categories. The program then looks at two case studies, one of severe depression and one of panic attacks and how these can be treated.

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Credits

producer

Steven Talley

production company

Coastline Community College

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1990

Appears in

Psychology: the study of human behavior

Group of items

Psychology: the study of human behavior

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303185

Language

English

Subject categories

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

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

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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