The Disordered Mind
| The Disordered Mind | |
|---|---|
| Genre | documentary |
| Directed by | Robert Anderson Henwar Rodakiewicz |
| Presented by | Robert Anderson |
| Narrated by | H.B. Durost Heinz Lehmann Henry Kravitz |
| Music by | Hugh Le Caine |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Robert Anderson |
| Cinematography | Doug Wilkinson Robert Crone Roger Moride |
| Editors | Fergus McDonell Don Evraire |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Robert Anderson Associates |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | 20 April 1960 – 2 October 1966 |
The Disordered Mind is a Canadian medical documentary television miniseries which aired sporadically on CBC Television in 1960, 1963 and 1966.
Premise[edit]
The series concerned actual cases of mental illness, featuring the patients and practitioners involved in each case.[1]
Scheduling[edit]
First series[edit]
Wednesdays 10:30 p.m. (Eastern), part of Explorations
- 20 April 1960: "Psychosomatic Disorders: A Coronary" - an insurance agent suffers a stress-related heart attack.[2]
- 27 April 1960: "Psychoneurotic Conditions: A Pathological Anxiety" - an office employee faces anxieties which impair a regular lifestyle.[3]
- 4 May 1960: "Psychotic Conditions: A Depression" - a man afflicted with depression attempts a murder-suicide of his family.[4]
- 11 May 1960: "Anti-Social Personality Disorders: A Psychopath" - a thief who lacks conscience.[5]
Second series[edit]
Wednesdays 10:30 p.m. (Eastern), part of Explorations
- 20 February 1963: "Psychosomatic Conditions: Obesity" (1963) - the treatment of a young girl's obesity.[6][7]
- 27 February 1963: "The Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis" featured a subject with obsessive–compulsive disorder who remained unemployed for five years due to this condition.[8][9]
- 6 March 1963: "Psychotic Conditions: Paranoid Schizophrenia" featured a person with paranoid schizophrenia who has resumed normal employment after overcoming that condition.[10][11]
- 20 March 1963: "The Compulsive Car Thief" featured a young adult who is serving a prison sentence for car thefts, a practice which began at age ten.[12][13]
Third series[edit]
Sundays 10:30 p.m. (Eastern), stand-alone series
- 11 September 1966: "Aggressive Child" - features a combative six-year-old boy.[14]
- 18 September 1966: "Girl in Danger" - concerns a 13-year-old girl who is emotionally less than half her age and deemed "pre-delinquent".[15]
- 25 September 1966: "Bright Boy, Bad Scholar" - features learning disorders and their early therapy.[16]
- 2 October 1966: "Afraid of School" - concerns a six-year-old boy who avoids school due to an incident during infancy.[17]
References[edit]
- ^ Corcelli, John (April 2002). "The Disordered Mind". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "A Coronary". worldcat.org. Worldcat. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Pathological Anxiety". archive.org. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "A Depression". screenculture.org. CECIC. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Psychopath". archive.org. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Psychosomatic Conditions : Obesity". Worldcat.org. Worldcat. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Today's TV Previews". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 20 February 1963. p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "The Obsessive Compulsive Neurosis". archive.org. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Today's TV Previews". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 27 February 1963. p. 11. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "The Disordered Mind: Paranoid Schizophrenia". archive.org. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Today's TV Previews". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 6 March 1963. p. 17. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "Compulsive Car Thief". catalog.nlm.nih.gov. NIH National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Today's TV Previews". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 20 March 1963. p. 11. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "Aggressive Child". archive.org. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Girl in Danger". sciencegate.app. Science Gate. doi:10.1176/ps.17.6.185. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Bright Boy, Bad Scholar". sciencegate.app. Science Gate. doi:10.1176/ps.17.8.252-a. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Afraid of School". sciencegate.app. Science Gate. doi:10.1176/ps.17.7.218. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
External links[edit]
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "The Disordered Mind". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.