Addiction
HBO Documentary Films in association with The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The National Institute on Drug Abuse and The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; produced by John Hoffman, Susan Froemke
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 2006
- Publication:
- Hamilton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2008]
- Copyright:
- ©2008
- Related Series:
- Addiction: the HBO series
Availability
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- Summary:
- "Packed with case studies, this program explores a wide range of addiction issues. Viewers will enter a Dallas ER swamped with drug-related injuries and meet a middle-aged woman who has her heroin-addicted daughter arrested. Other topics include: relapse, brain imaging, opiate addiction, adolescent drug abuse, an alcoholism treatment called topiramate, and the lack of insurance coverage for addiction"--Container.
- Table of Contents:
- Saturday night in a Dallas ER / directed and produced by Jon Alpert
- Mother's desperation / directed by Susan Froemke, Albert Maysles ; produced by Susan Froemke
- Science of relapse / directed by Eugene Jarecki, Susan Froemke ; produced by Etienne Sauret
- Adolescent addict / directed and produced by Kate Davis, David Heilbroner
- Brain imaging: Brookhaven National Laboratory / directed by Liz Garbus, produced by Rory Kennedy
- Opiate addiction: a new medication / directed by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker, produced by Frazer Pennebaker
- Topiramate: a clinical trial for alcoholism / directed by Alan Raymond ; produced by Alan Raymond, Susan Raymond
- Steamfitters Local Union 638 / directed and produced by Barbara Kopple ; producer, Craig Hymson
- Insurance woes / directed and produced by Susan Froemke.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Closed captioned.
In English. - Related Series:
- Addiction: the HBO series
- Alternate Titles:
- Title from container and disc surface: Addiction: a comprehensive view
- Subjects:
- System Details:
- DVD.
- Production Credits:
- Camera, Jon Alpert ... [et al.] ; editor, Paula Heredia.
- General Notes:
- Originally produced for television in 2006.
Public performance rights included. - Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- ADD 2006 DVD
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Publisher Number, Films for the Humanities & Sciences: 39792
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1053397729
316066311 [Invalid]
