American experience. The lobotomist
(DVD Video)
Contributors
Published
[Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation ;, [2008].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Yavapai College Prescott - STORAGE - Storage
RD594.F74E42 2008
1 available
RD594.F74E42 2008
1 available
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Published
[Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation ;, [2008].
Format
DVD Video
Language
English
UPC
841887009102
Notes
General Note
Based, in part, on the book The lobotomist: a maverick medical genius and his tragic quest to rid the world of mental illness, by Jack El-Hai.
General Note
Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS program American experience.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Stephen McCarthy ; editor, R.A. Fedde ; music, Edward Bilous.
Participants/Performers
Narrated by Campbell Scott.
Description
The medical procedure, lobotomy, was considered a groundbreaking procedure that promised hope to the most distressed mentally ill patients and their families. What began as an operation of last resort was soon being performed at some fifty state asylums, often with devastating results. The neurologist, Walter Freeman, in little more than a decade after his rise to fame, was decried as a moral monster, and that the lobotomy was one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine. Through interviews with former patients and their families, students, and medical historians, get an unprecendented look at one of the darkest chapters in psychiatric history.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language
Closed-captioned.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Depression, Mental -- Surgery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Documentary television programs.
Freeman, Walter, -- 1895-1972.
Frontal lobotomy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Psychology, Pathological -- Surgery -- United States.
Psychosurgery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Psychosurgery -- United States -- History.
Psychosurgery -- United States.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.
Freeman, Walter, -- 1895-1972.
Frontal lobotomy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Psychology, Pathological -- Surgery -- United States.
Psychosurgery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Psychosurgery -- United States -- History.
Psychosurgery -- United States.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
El-Hai, J., & Goodman, B. (2008). American experience . WGBH Educational Foundation ;.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)El-Hai, Jack and Barak. Goodman. 2008. American Experience. WGBH Educational Foundation.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)El-Hai, Jack and Barak. Goodman. American Experience WGBH Educational Foundation, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)El-Hai, Jack., and Barak Goodman. American Experience WGBH Educational Foundation ;, 2008.
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