Episode number 12 of Series “Disordered Mind”.
Tommy, aged six, refuses to go to school and is obsessed with thoughts of death and dying. After bribery, persuasion and spanking, his desperate parents seek psychiatric help at a children’s hospital. Both Tommy and his parents receive counselling, and learn to come to grips with his going to school. Psychiatrist: Taylor Statten, MD.
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ACMI Identifier
000156
Language
English
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Fear
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Fear
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education, Primary
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Educational psychology
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Home and school
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Readiness for school
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Attitude change in children
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child psychology
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Emotions in children
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Stress in children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Developmental psychology - Case studies
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Educational psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fear
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychiatry
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress in children
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Sound
Colour
Black and White
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16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)