Description |
4 videodiscs (388 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + program guide (12 pages) |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; 2.0 stereo. |
Credits |
Editor, Paula Heredia. |
Performer |
Various participants. |
Event |
Originally broadcast on HBO in March, 2007. |
Note |
Issued in two cases with two DVDs in each case. |
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Program guide includes summary points, questions for care providers, online resources and other key information. |
Audience |
Rating: TV14. |
Summary |
Strives to break through the myths and explain what addiction really is, what causes it, and how to get the best available treatments. |
Note |
Includes the original Addiction program as well as the supplementary series with over 5 hours of additional material. |
Contents |
Disc 1. Saturday night in a Dallas ER / directed by Jon Alpert -- A mother's desperation / directed by Susan Froemke, Albert Maysles -- The science of relapse / directed by Eugene Jarecki, Susan Froemke -- The adolescent addict / directed 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, D.A. Pennebaker -- Topiramate : a clinical trial for alcoholism / directed by Alan Raymond ; produced by Susan Raymond -- Steamfitters Local Union 638 / directed by Barbara Kopple -- Insurance woes / directed by Susan Froemke. |
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Disc 2. The supplementary series. What is addiction? / directed and produced by Liz Garbus ; produced by Rory Kennedy -- Understanding relapse -- The search for treatment : a challenging journey -- The adolescent addict. Multi-systemic therapy : a new outpatient approach ; Phoenix academy : a profile of residential treatment / directed by Kate Davis, David Heilbroner. |
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Disc 3. The supplementary series. An interview with Nora Volkow, M.D. -- An interview with Mark Willenbring, M.D. -- An interview with Michael Dennis, Ph. D. -- An interview with Kathleen Brady, M.D., Ph. D. |
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Disc 4. The supplementary series. Getting an addict into treatment : the CRAFT approach / directed by Jessica Yu -- Treating stimulant addiction : the CBT approach / directed by Ellen Goosenberg Kent -- Opiate addiction : understanding replacement therapy / directed by Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker -- South Boston drug court / directed by Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky -- A mother's desperation / directed by Susan Froemke, Albert Maysles. |
Language |
English or Spanish dialogue; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Drug addiction.
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Alcoholism.
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Substance abuse -- Treatment.
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Substance-Related Disorders.
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Drug abuse.
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Drug abuse -- Treatment.
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Genre/Form |
Television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Hoffman, John, 1959-
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Froemke, Susan.
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Alpert, Jon.
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HBO Documentary Films.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.)
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HBO Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Addiction, the supplementary series.
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ISBN |
0783151624 |
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9780783151625 |
Standard No. |
026359403224 |
Music No. |
94032 Home Box Office |
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