A Coronary

Canada, 1961

Film
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Episode number 1 of Series “Disordered Mind”.
The case of a successful 34 year old insurance salesman whose inner conflicts trigger a heart attack. The patient talks with Dr. Harold N. Segall, who describes the damage to the heart. The patient is interviewed by psychiatrist Dr. Henry Kravitz and a clear picture of the patient’s emotional background emerges bearing directly on the heart attack.

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Credits

producer/director

Robert Anderson

production company

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Robert Anderson Associates

Duration

00:26:47:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1961

Appears in

Disordered Mind

Group of items

Disordered Mind

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

002429

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Interpersonal conflict

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cardiac diseases

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Conflict (Psychology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Coronary disease

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Heart - Diseases

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Interpersonal conflict

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental health

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mind and body

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychiatry

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pulmonary circulation

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress (Physiology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stress (Psychology)

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human biology

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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