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Barriers of the Mind

Australia, 1984
film

The programs in this series deal with various forms of mental illness.

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Depression

Australia, 1984
Similarity: 82%

Schizophrenia

Australia, 1984
Similarity: 82%

Summing up

Australia, 1984
Similarity: 81%

Getting anxious

Australia, 1984
Similarity: 80%

Putting people away

Australia, 1984
Similarity: 79%

What's mad to you? Part 1: Glimpses from psychiatrists

Australia, 1988
Similarity: 77%

Caring for the mind

United States, 1970
Similarity: 75%

Schizophrenia

Australia, 1992
Similarity: 74%

What's mad to you? Part 2. New approaches

Australia, 1988
Similarity: 74%

I'd rather have a broken leg: dealing with stress and nervous illness

Australia, 1992
Similarity: 73%

Under stress

Australia, 1964
Similarity: 72%

The Mind of man

United Kingdom, 1971
Similarity: 71%

Mind over body

United Kingdom, 1972
Similarity: 71%

Visionaries

Australia, 1989
Similarity: 71%

A state of illiteracy

Australia, 1986
Similarity: 71%

The Nation's mental health

United States, 1951
Similarity: 71%

All in the Mind Series

Unknown
Similarity: 71%

Out of Sight Out of Mind [Part 1]

Australia, 1987
Similarity: 71%
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