DISORDERS DUE TO PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE

400-24, 34 minutes, 2002 Psychiatric diagnosis can be classified into several main categories. This program focuses on alcoholism and the five main areas involving psychoactive substance abuse: dependence syndrome, withdrawal state with delirium, psychotic disorder, and amnestic syndrome. Request

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ALCOHOL

#400-22, 20 minutes, 2001 This video explores the effects of alcohol by interviewing addictions counselors and the accounts of three individual young persons who are now sober. Today, youth are starting to drink at an earlier age because it is easily available. It addresses the issue of early alcoholism in...

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THE HIJACKED BRAIN

500-22, part 2, 57 minutes – 1998 Aided by powerful new diagnostic tools, scientists are making dramatic discoveries about how addiction affects the brain.  Researchers engaged in charting an “image of desire in the brain”.  Moyers observes a genetic researcher as he monitors a variety of factors that may determine...

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