Episode of Series “Horizon”.
Documentary which explains the disease of epilepsy and looks at research which is being done into its causes and how to treat it. Includes extensive interviews with epilepsy sufferers who describe their symptoms and their feelings about the disease and the social stigma attached to it. Presented and narrated by Dr Peter Fenwick.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014913
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Causes and theories of causation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epilepsy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epilepsy - Psychological aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epileptics
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epileptics - Care and treatment
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)