Addiction [videorecording] / 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.
Saturday night in a Dallas ER / directed and produced by Jon Alpert -- A mother's desperation / directed by Susan Froemke, Albert Maysles ; produced by Susan Froemke -- The science of relapse / directed by Eugene Jarecki, Susan Froemke ; produced by Etienne Sauret -- The 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.
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.
Series:
Addiction: the HBO series
Locations:
HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)
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