''The Disordered Mind'' is a

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medical documentary television miniseries which aired sporadically on

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in 1960, 1963 and 1966.

Premise

The series concerned actual cases of mental illness, featuring the patients and practitioners involved in each case.

Scheduling

First series

Wednesdays 10:30 p.m. (Eastern), part of ''Explorations'' * 20 April 1960: "Psychosomatic Disorders: A Coronary" - an insurance agent suffers a stress-related heart attack. * 27 April 1960: "Psychoneurotic Conditions: A Pathological Anxiety" - an office employee faces anxieties which impair a regular lifestyle. * 4 May 1960: "Psychotic Conditions: A Depression" - a man afflicted with depression attempts a murder-suicide of his family. * 11 May 1960: "Anti-Social Personality Disorders: A Psychopath" - a thief who lacks conscience.

Second series

Wednesdays 10:30 p.m. (Eastern), part of ''Explorations'' * 20 February 1963: "Psychosomatic Conditions: Obesity" (1963) - the treatment of a young girl's obesity. * 27 February 1963: "The Obsessive-Compulsive Neurosis" featured a subject with

obsessive–compulsive disorder Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder in which an individual has intrusive thoughts (an ''obsession'') and feels the need to perform certain routines (''Compulsive behavior, compulsions'') repeatedly to relieve the dis ...

who remained unemployed for five years due to this condition. * 6 March 1963: "Psychotic Conditions: Paranoid Schizophrenia" featured a person with paranoid

schizophrenia Schizophrenia () is a mental disorder characterized variously by hallucinations (typically, Auditory hallucination#Schizophrenia, hearing voices), delusions, thought disorder, disorganized thinking and behavior, and Reduced affect display, f ...

who has resumed normal employment after overcoming that condition. * 20 March 1963: "The Compulsive Car Thief" featured a young adult who is serving a prison sentence for car thefts, a practice which began at age ten.

Third series

Sundays 10:30 p.m. (Eastern), stand-alone series * 11 September 1966: "Aggressive Child" - features a combative six-year-old boy. * 18 September 1966: "Girl in Danger" - concerns a 13-year-old girl who is emotionally less than half her age and deemed "pre-delinquent". * 25 September 1966: "Bright Boy, Bad Scholar" - features learning disorders and their early therapy. * 2 October 1966: "Afraid of School" - concerns a six-year-old boy who avoids school due to an incident during infancy.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Disordered Mind CBC Television original programming 1960 Canadian television series debuts 1966 Canadian television series endings 1960s Canadian documentary television series