Instructional Video Catalog: Title Description
Title: " Depression and Manic Depression "
Depression affects over 17 million Americans each year, and itÂ’s been estimated that only one-third of this group gets any treatment, largely because of stigma and fear. The lack of treatment results in a high number of suicides, making this illness as fatal as any other illness and a public epidemic. This program from The Doctor Is In series explains the disease through the experiences of several people, including: 60 Minutes host Mike Wallace; Kay Redfield Jamison, psychiatrist and author of a book on her life with manic-depressive illness; artist Lama Dejani; and State Department official Robert Boorstin. The program also provides an overview of the medications and therapy currently in use.
Production Date: 1996
Length: 28 minutes
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Subject: Family & Consumer Sciences
Health and Human Performance
Psychology
Sociology