Passion & fury the emotional brain
“Passion and Fury: A four-part series that looks at the primal emotions that are generated in the brain, and how nature and nurture combine to make us feel the way we do.” Part 1: Anger. “This program examines anger, from its primordial roots in self-defence to its expression in modern violence. We meet several men who have lost control of their anger and committed violent acts. One killed his wife for not obeying him; another smashed a car with a sledge hammer while enraged. Each of the men appear gentle and penitent in their quieter moments. What possesses them to lose control?” Part 2: Love. “This program examines the complexity of the emotion we call love, from the burning desire that can strike suddenly, to the giddy euphoria of falling in love. What is the incredible bond a mother feels for her infant, and how does it relate to the feeling couples may have after a lifetime of living together?” Part 3: Fear. “Fear is the most primal and powerful emotion, from its evolutionary origins in the involuntary fight-or-flight survival instinct, to its essential function as a learning tool today. A pilot tells how, as his plane was running out of fuel, his brain took control, suppressing the panic that other passengers experienced, and allowing him to make a rocky but safe premature landing. Fear activated his survival instinct.” Part 4: Happiness. “Drawing a distinction between the lasting state of happiness and the pursuit of instant pleasure, the program explores the evolutionary role of happiness, and asks what happens in the brain, and possibly in our genes, that make some people happy and others sad.”
Call number: DVD BF 511 P288 2005

The secret life of the brain
This David Grubin Production reveals the fascinating processes involved in brain development across a lifetime. The five-part series, which will premiere nationally on PBS in winter 2002, informs viewers of exciting new information in the brain sciences, introduces the foremost researchers in the field, and utilizes dynamic visual imagery and compelling human stories to help a general audience understand otherwise difficult scientific concepts. Contents: Episode one:The baby?s brain: wider than the sky, Episode two: The child?s brain: syllable from sound, Episode three: The teenage brain: a world of their own, Episode four: the adult brain: to think by feeling, Episode five: The aging brain: through many lives.
Call number: VHS WL300 S446 2001

DSM-IV videotaped clinical vignettes
These tapes illustrate specific Axis I or II disorders. Each video contains eight clinical vignettes, ranging from 5 1/2 to 12 minutes in length, featuring interviews conducted by Dr. William Reid and Dr. Michael Wise and their ?patients,? who are portrayed by actors. Whether viewed for self-assessment, as instruction for individuals or groups, or in a seminar or classroom setting, each vignette is designed to be explored and debated. Viewers can then turn to the accompanying program guide for information on diagnosis, coding, and clinical features, as well as suggestions for differential diagnosis and further discussion.
Call number: VHS WM15 R359d 1995

Psychiatric and behavioral problems in primary care
Patients experiencing psychological problems often see their primary care physicians with vague clinical complaints and a general feeling of malaise. With careful evaluation, assessment, and diagnosis, the physician can often identify anxiety or a mood disorder and effectively treat the patient through successful use of psychotropic agents and counseling. Contents: Pt. 1. Evaluation and assessment, pt. 2. Somatization, pt. 3. Anxiety disorders, pt. 4. Mood disorders, pt. 5. Pharmacologic approaches to treatment, pt. 6. Addiction and chemical dependency.
Call number: VHS NCME no.649 1993

Looking at abnormal behavior
This video visits a crisis center where suicidal, depressed and schizophrenic patients meet with psychotherapists, psychiatrists and social workers to assess the nature and seriousness of the patient?s problems. It also introduces the various theories used to explain and treat abnormal behavior.
Call number: VHS WM 100 L863 1991

Mental health issues in the acute care setting
Addresses the impact of mental health disorders on the delivery of health care in acute care environments. Presents realistic vignettes to illustrate safety issues, techniques for working effectively with patients, the role of the nurse, effective family interaction. Includes instructor?s guides and interactive self-grading tests. Instructor?s guides open in Acrobat Reader. Contents: Recognition and assessment MPEG2: Introduction; Recognizing mental illness; Signs and symptoms of mental illness; Schizophrenia; Action to address existing mental health needs; Developing the plan of care; Effective intervention techniques: Introduction; Case study Part I: The patient decompensates; initial family interview; Case study part II: Challenges in the care of the mental health patient; Safety issues; Documentation and team communication; Instructor?s guides; Self-grading tests.
Call number: DVD WM 141 M549 2005

Ten minute assessment of the adult
Describes the four types of patient assessment in four different clinical settings using a case study format. These realistic scenarios provide a wealth of information and real time demonstrations of patient evaluations. (Outpatient assessment) includes conducting a general survey interviewing the patient, using the mnemonic PQRST to describe his symptoms, taking vital signs, calculating of body mass index, and performing a head to toe physical exam.(Pre-procedure assessment) covers important pre-procedural nursing tasks, patient preparation, discussion of the principles and components of informed consent, a patient interview, review of the chart, and a head to toe physical assessment.(Inpatient assessment) includes a nurse-to-nurse verbal report, a chart review, definitions of AHA approved patient condition descriptors, a patient interview and a systems assessment review including the grading of pulses.(Emergency assessment) includes a rapid general survey, the ABCDE steps of emergency assessment, explanation and use of the Glasgow Coma Scale, and how to gather an AMPLE history.
Call number: DVD WY 100.4 T456 2005 How to do a 15 minute (or less) family interview
Describes how nurses can conduct a comprehensive family interview by using these key ingredients: manners, genograms, therapeutic conversations, key questions, and commendations.
Call number: VHS WY87 H847 2000

The basic mental status exam
Guides the viewer through the complete basic mental status examination. Based on a clinic interview with an adult patient concerned about memory loss, the videos are organized to demonstrate every aspect of a successful assessment. Recommendations are offered on the interviewing skills to use within a typical outpatient clinic. Each of the videos offers guidelines for translating findings to a written document. Contents: Video I. Conducting the patient interview; Video II. Evaluating aspects of appearance and mood; Video III. Evaluating language and thought patterns; Video IV. Evaluating intellectual and cognitive function.
Call number: VHS WM141 M737 1996

Suicide risk assessment
Presents guidelines for assessing risk of suicide : predisposing factors, physical and psychological health factors. Includes a simulated intake interview.
Call number: VHS HV6545 S948 1993

Gerontology : Part 1, Meeting mental health needs
Presents techniques for performing a mental health assessment of the elderly patient, and discusses common problems, including depression, confusion and dementia.
Call number: VHS WT 100 G377 PT.1 1987

Conducting an infant mental health assessment
This video discusses the method used to elicit material from families regarding the nature of their relationship with the baby and the etiology of the breakdown in their bond with the baby. Contents: pt. 1 Conducting an infant mental health assessment: [practical and theoretical levels] (29 min.), pt. 2. Conducting an infant mental health assessment: [clinical behaviors] (29 min.)
Call number: VHS WS 105.5.M3 C746 1986

Enhancing communication and counseling skills in today?s nursing practice
This program, consisting of seven parts will be of interest to nursing students and practicing nursing professionals who are interested in enhancing their communication and counseling skills.
Call number: DVD WY 87 .E58 2005

Effective communication the helping interview
Program 1 includes teaching skills such as body position, eye contact, observation and active listening. Techniques for handling both the client-initiated interview and the professional-initiated interview are offered in program 2 as well as opening, questioning and the use of silence. Program 3 discusses ways to summarize, respond to, and close a patient interview effectively. This series is essential for teaching solid communication skills to nurses and nursing students. Contents: Basic components, helper qualities, and attending skills MPEG2; Opening, questioning, and use of silence MPEG2; Basic components, helper qualities and attending skills MPEG2; SGT self-grading test on CD-ROM.
Call number: DVD WY 87 E27 2004

Communication the basics
In this tape you will learn the techniques and see the illustrations of the main objectives of all clinical interviews(the 4Es - Engaging, Empathy, Educating and Enlisting), an additional E-eliciting the patient?s Expectations, the basic structure of the clinical interview: the C-L-A-S-S strategy (Context Listening Skills-Acknowledgement-Strategy-Summary), many examples of how to use the techniques and three perfect examplees of how not to do it.
Call number: VHS WM55 C734 1999

Mosby?s communication in nursing video series
Includes realistic clinical scenarios and role-plays that graphically demonstrate therapeutic and nontherapeutic communication. Special techniques for more effective communication and collaborative communication with other health care professionals are highlighted. Contents: Part 1 Basic principles for communicating effectively (27:55 min.) Part 2 Communicating with clients and colleagues: effectiveness in the caring environment (26:37 min.) Part 3 Communicating with clients and colleagues from different cultures (26:07 min.) Part 4 Communicating with difficult clients and colleagues (26:03) Part 5 Communicating with clients with mental disorders or emotional problems (28:53 min.) Part 6 Communicating across the lifespan: children, families, and the elderly (29:50 min.)
Call number: VHS WY87 M894 1995

The Medicated Child
In recent years, there?s been a dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and prescribed medications that are just beginning to be tested in children. The drugs can cause serious side effects, and virtually nothing is known about their long-term impact. “It?s really to some extent an experiment, trying medications in these children of this age,” child psychiatrist Dr. Patrick Bacon tells FRONTLINE. “It?s a gamble. And I tell parents there?s no way to know what?s going to work.” Contents: 1. What is going on? – 2. DJ?s story – 3. The debate and confusion over diagnosing bipolar – 4. Jessica?s story – 5. The lack of data: what works? What?s safe? – 6. The medication dilemma – 7. Solutions to the lack of knowledge – 8. Updates on the stories.
Call number: DVD WS 350.6 M489 2008

Meds
This intimate documentary explores the ups and downs experienced by a diverse group of people with mental illnesses, who have been prescribed psychiatric medications to gain control over their lives.
Call number: DVD WM 402 M492 2007

Antianxiety agents
This program looks at a variety of the anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety, panic disorder, phobic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Dramatic reenactments illustrate the behavior manifestations of the disorder and professionals discuss the challenges of treating anxiety disorder. Pharmacological treatment using benzodiazepines, buspirone, antidepressants and beta blockers are examined. Specific agents are discussed with a focus on drug interactions and precautions, and potential side effects
Call number: DVD WM 172 .A58 2005

Psychotropic medications caring for patients with psychiatric disorders
A series of programs on the use of psychotropic medications in treating various mental health disorders. Contents: DVD 1-Assessment, intervention and treatment (20 min.); DVD 2-Schizophrenia (20 min.); DVD 3-Bipolar disorders (13 min.); DVD 4-Depression (20 min.); DVD 5-Anxiety disorders (16 min.)
Call number: DVD QV77.2 P983 2005

Therapeutic uses of atypical antipsychotics in the elderly\\Discusses the issues physicians face when treating agitation or psychosis in elderly patients; reviews the current data on the therapeutic uses of atypical antipsychotics and identifies non-pharmacologic treatment strategies for addressing psychosis and behavioral disturbances in the elderly; recognizes the impact of recent safety data, as well as relative use of atypicals and the implications of the data.
Call number: DVD QV 77.9 T398 2005

New hope for recovery in schizophrenia compliance and long-term treatment
This film begins by showing that patient compliance with drug therapy among schizophrenics is often poor. This often leads to increased hospitalization, suicide attempts, and shorter lengths of time between relapses. Often, it was the many side effects associated with the first generation of antipsychotics that led to non-compliance. Risperidone and the other second generation antipsychotics have done much better in that they have fewer side effects, and so they have led to better compliance, and longer times between relapses. The long-acting injectable forms of risperidone and other second generation antipsychotics which will soon be on the market are discussed. The first generation injectables have been largely abandoned in the U.S. (largely because of the side effects of the drugs themselves), but studies in Europe show that patients prefer the injectable form of risperidone. These may be the next form of drug delivery that will be effective and aid compliance.
Call number: VHS QV 77.9 N532 2003

Anxiety and Depression a Cognitive-Behavioral Approach
“Clients seeking psychotherapy frequently suffer from both anxiety and depresson, making treatment particularly challenging. In this video, internationally renowned therapist Donald Meichenbaum demonstrates a brief, effective approach for treating these comorbid disorders. Viewers follow a dramatic recreation of key moments in this 12-session course of therapy with Anna P., a 40-year-old woman who experiences recurrent bouts of panic in addtion to a long history of depression.”
Call Number: CAPEN MULTIMEDIA CENTER / Audio Visual Collection: DVD 700: RC531 .M44 2005

Emotion Focused Therapy Over Time
“In Emotion-Focused Therapy Over Time, Leslie S. Greenberg demonstrates emotion-focused therapy over the course of six entire sessions. Emotion-focused therapy focuses on helping clients gain access to and process previously avoided feelings and thoughts. In this series of sessions, the client, Marcie, faces multiple problems, including depression, anxiety, and marital distress. Across these sessions, viewers will see Marcie become more aware of and start to combat her self-doubting internal voice and begin to self-soothe. This helps her move beyond the withdrawn state that has been her main means of survival. This DVD contains more than 4 hours of therapy sessions and features a bonus voiceover in which Dr. Greenberg comments on the therapy as it progresses.”
Call Number: CAPEN MULTIMEDIA CENTER / Audio Visual Collection: DVD 816: RC489 .F62 E66 2007

Learning cognitive-behavior therapy: an illustrated guide by Jesse H. Wright, Monica R. Basco, Michael E. Thase
This DVD accompanies the book of the same title. It contains the following video vignettes: Assessing Symptoms of Anxiety; Modifying Automatic Thoughts; Agenda Setting; Psychoeducation on CBT Model; Psychoeducation on Automatic Thoughts; A Mood Shift; Guided Discovery; Imagery; Generating Rational Alternatives; Examining the Evidence; Cognitive Rehearsal; Activity Scheduling; Graded Task Assignment; Breathing Retraining; Exposure Therapy-Constructing a Hierarchy; In-Vivo Exposure Therapy; The Downward Arrow Technique; Examining the Evidence for Schemas; Rehearsing a Modified Schema.
Call Number: DVD WM 425.5 .C6 L438 2006

Constructivist Therapy
Psychotherapist Robert Neimeyer and Jon Carlson open this video with a discussion of psychotherapy and constructivist therapy. This is followed by a therapy session with a real client where Dr. Neimeyer utilizes constructivist therapy techniques to help a woman deal with the loss of her son.
Call Number: CAPEN MULTIMEDIA CENTER / Audio Visual Collection: DVD 111: RC480.5 .C66 2004

Gestalt Therapy
“In Gordorn Wheeler?s demonstration of Gestalt Therapy, the client attempts to gain a model for understanding how she views the meaning of her experiences, or more accurately, how she constructs the meaning of her experiences, through the lens of her specific viewpoint. What old habits and organization of experiences and feelings does she bring out to each moment? Observe how the client organizes herself and how she carries herself physically. Where are her feelings? How does she construct her experiences? How does she make meaning of her problems? Wheeler?s keen xposition fo Gestalt therapy examplifies the underlying theory that growth occurs by assimilation of what is needed from the environment.”
Call Number: CAPEN MULTIMEDIA CENTER / Audio Visual Collection: DVD 112: RC489 .G4 G47 2004

Management of bipolar disorder from acute mania to maintenance - a case based approach
Bipolar disorder is a common but multifaceted clinical problem that is part of a spectrum of mood disorders ranging from simple to complex. Diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder can be challenging, as patients with bipolar disorder may present in a variety of treatment settings, from a school health clinic to an emergency department. They also may present with a variety of symptoms characteristic of bipolar disorder or of other psychiatric or physical illnesses. Available options for acute and maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder are expanding. New clinical data support the use of atypical antipsychotics, as adjunctive, combination, or even first-line therapy, in the treatment of mania and depression. The program Management of Bipolar Disorder From Acute Mania to Maintenance: A Case-Based Approach uses actual case examples to illustrate effective strategies for identifying and managing acute manic episodes of bipolar disorder and for maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder. It explains when psychiatric referral and/or consultation by primary care physicians is warranted and discusses the role of primary care physicians in the management of patients with bipolar disorder when access to psychiatric services is limited or lacking.
Call number: DVD WM 207 C976m 2004b

Shock therapy the last resort
Explores the controversy surrounding the use of electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT. Follows the ongoing treatments of a 30-year old mother of two and interviews people on both sides of the issue, including Dr. Peter Breggin, a psychiatrist and outspoken critic of ECT, and Roland Kohloff, chief timpanist of the New York Philharmonic, who claims ECT saved both his and his son?s life.
Call number: VHS WM 412 S559 2001

Eating disorders this illness is not just about food
This program profiles four young people who?ve had eating disorders. Their experiences highlight how this illness is not just about food, but about struggling with loss of emotional control. The newer approaches using cognitive behavioral therapy and anti-depressants are explained. Russell Marx, MD, Clinical Director of the Eating Disorders Program at the Medical Center at Princeton, and Marcia Herrin, EdD, MPH, RD at the Dartmouth College Health Service, show what?s being done to prevent and treat one of the most lethal categories of mental illness.
Call number: VHS WM 175 E1411 2000

EMDR a closer look (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing)
Several specialists, including Dr. Shapiro, the originator and developer of EMDR, describe the EMDR process.
Call number: VHS WM420 E53 1999

Interactive group therapy in addiction interventions for dynamic groups
Interactive group therapy is for those persons with alcohol- and drug-related problems who often resist feelings, fear emotional pain, loss of control, and employ a variety of defensive methods to avoid unwanted emotions.
Call number: VHS WM 270 I615 1999

Brief counseling in action
John Littrell explains the principles of brief counseling and demonstrates the techniques in several vignettes. Contents: I. Creating solutions with clients (50 min.), II. Three brief counseling cases (45 min.)
Call number: VHS WM 420.5.P5 B853 1998

Treating borderline personality disorder the dialectical approach by Marsha Linehan
An important component of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is the use of skills training to help manage the extreme beliefs, actions, and attitudes that form the criteria for borderline personality disorder. In this video, Linehan teaches patients the skills of DBT, including mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotional regulation. The sessions portray a team of therapists working through the range of problems and frustrations that arise in treatment, and viewers are thus brought into the team milieu and shown the efficacy of this approach. A short interview with Dr. Allen Frances, DSM-IV Task Force chair, concludes the video.
Call number: VHS WM190 L754t 1995

Prescriptive Elective Therapy
John C. Norcross conducts a mock therapy session by drawing on effective methods from across theoretical camps and by matching those methods to particular cases on the basis of empirically supported guidelines (i.e., prescriptionism).
Call Number: CAPEN MULTIMEDIA CENTER / Audio Visual Collection: Video VHS 1323: RC466 .A4 1994 pt.11

The Inner World of Counseling with Carol Rogers
Two interviews in which Dr. Carl R. Rogers uses client-centered counseling in interviews with Sylvia, who discusses her problems as a divorcee and single parent, and her fears about going to work full-time. Through use of freeze frames and voiceover commentary, Sylvia comments on her feelings at various points in the interview, and Dr. Rogers discusses his counseling techniques and the feelings Sylvia seems to be expressing.
Call number: CAPEN MULTIMEDIA CENTER / Audio Visual Collection: Video VHS 1525: RC481 .I56 1993

Infant mental health a psychotherapeutic model of intervention
This video is a training tape for clinicians working with infants and their families. Contents: pt. 1. Opportunities for intervention (22 min.), pt. 2. Principles of intervention (45 min.), pt. 3. Issues in clinical infant mental health (23 min.)
Call number: VHS WS 105.5.M3 I43 1991

Psychotherapies
Looks at psychotherapy as a treatment for people who are having trouble dealing with their personal or professional lives. Looks at the relationship between the patient and therapist and discusses the importance of ?matching personalities? between the two.
Call number: VHS WM 420 P9741 1991

Understanding group psychotherapy
In the first 4 programs, Dr. Yalom, professor of psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine leads simulations (based on real sessions) of outpatient and of inpatient group therapy sessions. He offers commentary on the situations depicted and the techniques used. In the last program he discusses his existential perspective on group psychotherapy and other aspects of the therapeutic process and offers insights into the training of group therapists. Contents: Vol. I, tapes 1-2. Outpatient group (100 min.), Vol. II, tape 1. Inpatient group: orientation and agenda formation (50 min.), Vol. II, tape 2. Inpatient group: agenda filling and summary (50 min.), Vol. III. An interview (40 min.)
Call number: VHS WM 430 U551 1990

Group work, the fundamentals of group process
Shows effective group work with psychiatric patients.
Call number: VHS WM 430 G882 1989

Electroconvulsive therapy ECT, the treatment, the questions, the answers
Describes what ECT is, shows the procedure and interviews patients who have been helped by it.
Call number: VHS WM412 E38 1988

Addiction a 14-part series
Disc 1. Saturday night in a Dallas ER. A mother?s desperation. The science of relapse. The adolescent addict. Brain imaging. Opiate addiction: a new medication. Topiramate: a clinical trial for alcoholism. Steamfitters Local Union 638. Insurance woes – Disc 2. The supplementary series. What is addiction? Understanding relapse. The search for treatment: a challenging journey. The adolescent addict: multi-systemic therapy: a new outpatient approach. Phoenix academy: a profile of residential treatment – Disc 3. The supplementary series. An interview with Nora Volkow, M.D. An interview with Mark Willenbring, M.D. An interview with Michael Dennis, Ph.D. An interview with Kathleen Brady, M.D., Ph.D. – Disc 4. The supplementary series. Getting and addict into treatment: the CRAFT approach. Treating stimulant addiction: the CBT approach. Opiate addiction: understanding replacement therapy. South Boston drug court. A mother?s desperation.
Call number: DVD WM 270 A223 2007

Headstrong: Inside the Hidden World of Dyslexia and ADHD
A discussion of Dyslexia and ADHD, the two most common forms of learning disabilities. Foss and May discuss their experiences and how they help other people with the same conditions.
Call number: DVD WL 340.6 H434 2005

ADHD and comorbid substance abuse disorder
Patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a high rate of comorbid psychiatric disorders, such as oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, mood and anxiety disorders, and substance abuse disorder (SUD). The presence of these comorbidities can make ADHD difficult to treat and manage and can lead to poor functioning and outcome. Learn about the latest clinical advances from expert faculty during interactive multimedia presentations. Contents: Impact of substance abuse disorder on ADHD and its treatment, Diagnosing ADHD in adults with substance abuse disorder: DSM-IV criteria and differential diagnosis, The effect of stimulant treatment for ADHD on later substance abuse and the potential for medication misuse, abuse, and diversion, Managing ADHD in the presence of comorbid substance abuse disorder
Call number: CD-ROM WM 190 A234 2007

Mood disorders. Bipolar disorders
Defines bipolar disorder and illustrates the symptoms present during manic episode and hyomania. Describes and discusses Bipolar 1 and Bipolar II disorder, mixed episode, ?rapid cycling? and cyclothymia. Discusses the epidemiology of bipolar disorder and the treatment including mood stabilizers, family education and short-term psychotherapy.
Call number: WM 207 B625 2001

Families coping with mental illness
Ten people discuss having a relative with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
Call number: VHS WM 202 F198 1995

Depression: Out of the Shadows
Depression: out of the Shadows tells the dramatic stories of people of different ages, from diverse backgrounds, who live with various forms of depession. Leading mental health experts highlight the latest scientific research and innovative treatments, offering greater understanding and hope for the millions of people living with this complex, but treatable, disease.” Special features: Take one step: caring for depression, with Jane Pauley ; Depression fact sheets.
Call number: DVD WM 171 D424197 2008

The Pain of Depression: A Journey Through the Darkness
Tells the compelling stories of individuals who suffered from clinical depression, a medical illness, which affects more than 20 million Americans each year. This film, broadcast on PBS stations nationally, profiles everyday people who experienced depression and tells their stories through their own words. The documentary also explores the different ways depression can manifest itself, including both emotionally and physically. Individuals may not receive appropriate treatment because the physical impact of depression can mask the illness. The film also examines how family, friends and communities are impacted by the depression of their loved ones. Nationally recognized experts discuss the cutting-edge research and theories of depression: its neurophysiology, broad range of symptoms, possible treatments and the role of family and friends in an individual?s recovery.
Call number: DVD WM 171 P8927 2007

Dealing with postpartum depression
A video designed to help women deal with postpartum depression in healthy ways. Viewers will meet a real-life mother whose world was turned upside-down by postpartum depression after the birth of her son. The video concludes with a discussion of the treatments that can help overcome this illness.
Call number: DVD WQ 500 D43 2006

Recognizing and treating postpartum depression a practitioner?s guide
Postpartum mood and anxiety disorders are the biggest post-birth complications today. Diagnosis and treatment are essential to avoid possible long-term, negative effects on mothers, family life, and infant development. Designed for professionals who work with postpartum women, this important program explores the possible causes and types of these disorders, screening, and treatment modalities. Contents: Tiffany?s story, Identifying high-risk clients, Overview of disorders, Clinical interview, Treatment and recovery
Call number: DVD WQ 500 R436 2005

Identifying and managing depression
Depression is a pandemic problem, affecting all segments of our population regardless of age, race, or socioeconomic status. While brief bouts of depression are a normal part of living, major depression profoundly impairs a person?s functional ability and costs our society millions of dollars in lost wages and health care utilization. Debilitating as it is, depression often goes unrecognized in the primary care setting. Dr. Deltito provides some background on depression and offers tips for clinically recognizing this common problem. He discusses the role of screening and reviews current treatments. Dr. Deltito also reviews depression in three special patient populations: children, new mothers, and those with seasonal affective disorder. The program concludes with case presentations that demonstrate how to evaluate depression in a clinical setting.
Call number: VHS WM 171 I19 2003

Depression in primary care strategies for efficient diagnosis by Andrew E. Skodol, C. Brendan Montan
Part 1 of this two-part program, a psychiatrist and a primary care physician discuss practical strategies for the diagnosis of depression - even in a typical time- and cost-pressured primary care environment. The discussion includes a review of patient communication techniques that can help you efficiently recognize depressive symptoms and identify the most appropriate therapeutic approaches for individual patients.
Call number: VHS WM171 S628 1998

Depression in older adults the right to feel better
Produced by Duke University School of Medicine, this video presents interviews with patients who have experienced depression in late life. Commentary from several professionals expands upon the issues brought out in the interviews.
Call number: VHS WM 171 D4241 1997

Dementia and depression differential diagnosis and management
Dementia and depression are the two most common mental illnesses in the elderly. Both may be the source of cognitive-affective disorders. This program demonstrates a mental status exam, reviews laboratory findings and interviews family members to determine treatment and prognosis. Contents: Pt. 1. Diagnostic criteria; pt. 2. Differential diagnosis and management.
Call number: VHS NCME no.648 1993

Thin
This film takes us inside the walls of Renfrew Center, a residential facility for the treatment of women with eating disorders, closely following four young women who have spent their lives starving themselves? often to the verge of death.
Call number: DVD WM 175 T4435 2006

The Stockholm solution new therapies for eating disorders
At the famous Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, researchers Per Sodersten and Cecilia Bergh have developed a new treatment for eating disorders that is in direct opposition to the current therapies. This is because instead of understanding eating disorders as caused by psychiatric illness, they see the psychological problems associated with eating disorders as a result of the starvation of the eating disorder. The eating disorder, the risk factors which are too little food and too much exercise, then may lead to starvation, which then result in the psychological symptoms associated with eating disorders. At their clinic, they teach patients how to eat properly again, and they see the psychological problems begin to disappear. They report stunning results. Seventy-five percent of their patients are in remission after one year, and of these patients, ninety percent are still in remission after five years. Since they are challenging the conventional beliefs about the etiology of eating disorders, Sodersten and Bergh are having trouble getting their research taken seriously in the scientific community.
Call number: VHS WM 175 S864 2005

Dying to be thin
Looks at the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia, current treatments, and the American obsession with thin women. Interviews health experts and models, ballet dancers, and other young women who are seeking recovery or have conquered their disease.
Call number: VHS WM175 D996 2000

Recognizing and managing anxiety disorders
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders in the United States, affecting as many as 19 million people annually. Diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders can be challenging, as an anxiety disorder frequently coexists with another anxiety disorder or with a mood disorder–most notably, depression. An anxiety disorder can cause significant impairment in social and occupational functioning; the presence of comorbidity can lead to even greater impairment. In this video, Dr. Alan Siegel discusses the anxiety disorders that can present in primary careincluding generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder, and specific phobiasand offers practical advice for diagnosis and treatment.
Call number: VHS WM 172 S571r 2005

Anxiety disorders
Contents: [1] Panic disorder and agoraphobia [2] Specific and social phobias [3] Obsessive-compulsive disorder [4] Acute and posttraumatic stress disorders [5] Generalized anxiety disorder [6] Anxiolytic medications.
Call number: WM172 A637w2002

Panic attack
It?s been estimated that more than four million Americans are affected by panic attacks. The disorder may affect some people for only a brief period; for others, it can be a lifelong problem. This is a portrayal of one young man?s struggle with panic disorder. He describes the physiological and emotional symptoms he experiences, the situations which precipitate his attacks, and how his fear and avoidance of such situations has limited his enjoyment of life - but he also talks about the understanding which has led to his triumph over the disorder. This video uses time-lapse photography, stop-motion animation, and creative sound design to express the emotions associated with panic attacks.
Call number: VHS WM 172 I54p 2000

Recognizing and treating anxiety clinical observations, practical advice
When does anxiety cross the line from being part of everyday living to a disorder that requires intervention? What are the clinical features that distinguish generalized anxiety from disorders such as panic attack? In this candid live presentation, Dr. Murray uses case examples to describe diagnostic clues and treatment options.
Call number: VHS WM 172 M982 1999

Psychiatric challenges for the primary care physician panic disorder by Jerrold F. Rosenbaum
Dr. Rosenbaum demonstrates that uncomplicated panic disorder is easily diagnosed and treated. Two standardized cases are presented to illustrate an efficient and effective approach to the management of panic in a primary care setting.
Call number: VHS NCME no.700 1996

Panic disorder the great imitator by Jack M. Gorman.
Panic disorder with and without agoraphobia affects 13 million U.S. Americans. As the great imitator, panic disorder can mimic a heart attack with its abrupt and unexpected onset. Dr. Gorman discusses treatment strategies including the use of psychotropic agents and cognitive and behavioral treatments. Contents: Pt. 1. The nature of panic disorder; pt. 2. Differential diagnosis; pt. 3. Pharmacologic treatment; pt. 4. Non-pharmacologic treatment.
Call number: VHS NCME no.660 1994

Panic!
Discusses anxiety disorders, including panic attacks and phobias, and also agoraphobia, and their treatment.
Call number: VHS WM 178 P1921 1990

Understanding Personality Disorders
Defines various types of personality disorders, their possible causes and types of treatment available. Actors demonstrate typical behavior of various disorders.
Call number: CAPEN MULTIMEDIA CENTER DVD 1010: RC554.U53 2004

Personality disorders causes, assessment, and treatment
Causes, Assessment and Treatment Explores causal factors and influences that play a role in the development of personality disorders. Explains the criteria that sets these disorders apart from other psychiatric diagnoses, while examining the different aproaches for assessment and identification. Introduces the three basic clusters of personality disorders, ?A,? ?B?and ?C,? as defined in the DSM and some methods of treatment. Uses dramatic vignettes and interviews with professionals and educators in the field to provide further insight into these unique psychiatric disorders.
Call number: VHS WM190 C374 2001

Personality disorders paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal
Explores the Cluster A - the ?odd or eccentric - personality disorders. Examines each of these in depth, looking at their development, prevalence, symptoms, impact and treatment. Uses dramatic vignettes and interviews with professionals and educators in the field to provide a basic understanding of these disorders and how they present challenges in the home, workplace and treatment environments.
Call number: VHS WM190 P223 2001

Psychiatric challenges for the primary care physician social phobia by Jerrold F. Rosenbaum
In this program, two experts on social phobia present three case studies based on actual patients recreated through the use of actors. The signs and symptoms physicians should recognize in diagnosing social phobia, as defined by the DSM-IV, are presented as well as available therapeutic regimens, both pharmacologic and cognitive behavior therapy.
Call number: VHS NCME no.702 1996

Messing with Heads: Marijuana and Mental Illness
Discusses research linking heavy marijuana use to schizophrenia and paranoid psychosis, particularly focusing on the effects of THC on the brains of young users.
Call number: DVD WM 276 M585 2005

Unchaining the mind advances in schizophrenia
Details the advances in the studies of the history and physiology of schizophrenia and illustrates current research aimed at finding a cure. Discusses the newer medications and the importance of long term care, included interviews with patients, psychiatrists, and mental health nurses.
Call number: DVD WM 203 U54 2005

Schizophrenia: the community?s response
Discusses the community?s response from several viewpoints including that of the clients, parents, medical and nursing professionals, law enforcement personnel, psychiatric personnel, and outreach workers.
Call numbers: VHS WM 203 S3371 1995

Schizophrenias
This program discusses the schizophrenias, a group of disorders that comprise the most severe form of mental disturbance.
Call number: VHS WM 203 S3372 1991

Worried sick
This program shows the body?s physiological reaction to stress. Host Alan Alda meets researchers who are exploring the ill effects of stress on health and aging, and how relaxation can help lessen the damage.
Call number: DVD QZ 160 W929 2003

Stress, trauma, and the brain
How does the brain work, why does it break down, and how can it be healed? In section one of this , doctors from Harvard Medical School and other institutions study the chronic psychological stress of modern living in light of the innate fight-or-flight mechanism. In section two, a pioneer in brain imaging technology and experts from Massachusetts General Hospital and MIT describe imaging techniques and their applications to brain tumor surgery and facial recognition research. In section three, a neurosurgeon, a neuropsychologist, and other medical professionals investigate brain trauma.
Call number: VHS WL 300 S915 1999

The Nature of stress
This program visits people under stress, from the overworked and out of work to survivors of suicide and homicide, to Vietnam veterans who continually reexperience the stress of the battlefield. It explores the long-term effects of stress and what is known about how to reduce them.
Call number: VHS WM 172 N285 1991

The Capen Multimedia Center has several programs on mental health and treatment therapies. Search the BISON catalog using the Advanced search option, and limiting to that collection. Editor:Lori Widzinski, MLS.