Canadian TV series or program
| The Disordered Mind |
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| Genre | documentary |
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| Directed by | Robert Anderson
Henwar Rodakiewicz |
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| Presented by | Robert Anderson |
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| Narrated by | H.B. Durost
Heinz Lehmann
Henry Kravitz |
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| Music by | Hugh Le Caine |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
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| Original language | English |
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| No. of seasons | 3 |
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| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Producer | Robert Anderson |
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| Cinematography | Doug Wilkinson
Robert Crone
Roger Moride |
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| Editors | Fergus McDonell
Don Evraire |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Production company | Robert Anderson Associates |
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| Network | CBC Television |
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| Release | 20 April 1960 (1960-04-20) –
2 October 1966 (1966-10-02) |
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The Disordered Mind is a Canadian medical documentary television miniseries which aired sporadically on CBC Television in 1960, 1963 and 1966.
The series concerned actual cases of mental illness, featuring the patients and practitioners involved in each case.[1]
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]
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]
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]