PSY 281: Abnormal Psychology

Experts discuss drug and alcohol addiction and explain how addiction is a treatable brain disease.

Documentary
Alzheimer's is the second-most-feared illness in America following cancer, and it is the nation's sixth leading cause of death. Is such anxiety justified? The answer, until recently, was not comforting.

Citizen Autistic offers an inside look at the activists on the frontlines of the autism war the fight for human rights and self-advocacy.

Takes a critical look at the issues surrounding teen depression and suicide. Takes an imtimate look at the efforts of two high schools to identify adolescents at risk.

Depression: Out of the Shadows tells the dramatic stories of people of different ages, from diverse backgrounds, who live with various forms of depression. Leading mental health experts highlight the latest scientific research and innovative treatments, offering greater understanding and hope for the millions of people living with this complex, but treatable, disease.

Documentary
Discusses research is enlarging the medical community's understanding of the disease and looks at how the disease affects those who suffer from it and their loved ones.

Crime, Documentary
Frontline examines the lives of mentally ill repeat offender who are struggling to make a life for themselves outside of prison.

Documentary
At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind suddenly stopped speaking and disappeared into autism. Almost four years passed and the only thing that seemed to engage Owen were Disney films. Then one day his father donned one of his son's puppets--Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin--and asked 'What's it like to be you?' Suddenly, Owen responded to his father using dialogue from the movie ... Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Owen found a pathway to language and a framework for making sense of the world through Disney animated films.