The Disordered Mind

The Disordered Mind is a Canadian medical documentary television miniseries which aired sporadically on CBC Television in 1960, 1963 and 1966.

Premise

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
27 April 1960: "Psychoneurotic Conditions: A Pathological Anxiety" - an office employee faces anxieties which impair a regular lifestyle
4 May 1960: "Psychotic Conditions: A Depression" - a man afflicted with depression attempts a murder-suicide of his family
11 May 1960: "Anti-Social Personality Disorders: A Psychopath" - a thief who lacks conscience

Wednesdays 10:30 p.m. (Eastern), part of Explorations

20 February 1963: this episode featured the condition and treatment of a young girl's obesity[2]
27 February 1963: "The Obsessive-Compulsive" featured a subject with obsessive–compulsive disorder who remained unemployed for five years due to this condition[3]
6 March 1963: "Psychotic Conditions: Paranoid Schizophrenia" featured a person with paranoid schizophrenia who has resumed normal employment after overcoming that condition[4]
13 March 1963: pre-empted for special
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[5]

Sundays 10:30 p.m. (Eastern), stand-alone series

11 September 1966: "The Aggressive Child" - features a combative six-year-old boy
18 September 1966: "Girl in Danger" - concerns a 13-year-old girl who is emotionally less than half her age and deemed "pre-delinquent"
25 September 1966: "Bright Boy, Bad Scholar" - features learning disorders and their early therapy
2 October 1966: "Afraid of School" - concerns a six-year-old boy who avoids school due to an incident during infancy

Corcelli, John (April 2002). "The Disordered Mind". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
"Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 20 February 1963. p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
"Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 27 February 1963. p. 11. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
"Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 6 March 1963. p. 17. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
"Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 20 March 1963. p. 11. Retrieved 17 April 2012.

Allan, Blaine (1996). "The Disordered Mind". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

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