Hi Rhonda, I haven’t personally seen this, but here’s a Cinema Guild title we reviewed that deals with patient-therapist issues:
March/April 2012 (Volume 27, Issue 2) People in White (2011) 64 min. In Dutch w/English subtitles. DVD: $99.95: public libraries; $295: colleges & universities. The Cinema Guild. PPR. ISBN: 0-7815-1392-8. Instead of featuring psychiatrists talking about their patients, Dutch directors Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen’s People in White alternates between scenes of patients re-enacting their conversations with therapists and sharing their experiences in a group context. Although six of the participants are patients, the other four are actors. Some say they prefer a casual relationship with their doctor, while others want to maintain a professional one. Margreet (Ellen van Rossum) initially thought her psychiatrist looked like “the crazy one,” but she continued to see him for the next 20 years. After undergoing electroshock therapy, Margreet’s depression disappeared, along with a portion of her memory; now, the 54-year-old can't work, but she believes it was a necessary sacrifice. Fabio, a schizophrenic, also credits his doctor for bringing him back into the light, but others’ recollections aren't so pleasant. Kees says he goes through a bar of soap daily due to obsessive-compulsive disorder, but his psychiatrist sees him more as a collection of symptoms than a human being. And when Mieke, who takes lithium for manic depression, complained about side effects, her therapist dismissed her concerns; her subsequent acting out earned her a stint in the isolation ward. Peter (Hugo Maerten), who suffers from bipolar disorder, has also had difficulty in getting his doctors to listen to him. In the most discomfiting segment here, a doctor acts inappropriately with Loes (Christine van Stralen), which only worsens her psychological state. While the mix of real patients and actors may be unusual, the directors do successfully raise valid questions about doctor-patient relationships. Recommended. Aud: C, P. (K. Fennessy) Best, Randy Randy Pitman Publisher/Editor Video Librarian 3435 NE Nine Boulder Dr. Poulsbo, WA 98370 Tel: (360) 626-1259 Fax (360) 626-1260 E-mail: vid...@videolibrarian.com Web: www.videolibrarian.com From: Rosen, Rhonda Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 3:25 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] title suggestion? Hi everyone – Happy New Year to you all! I’ve got a professor who wants a copy of the old Frontline program, “My Doctor, My Lover”. I don’t see it available anywhere and while I’m waiting to hear Back from the Frontline people, I thought I’d start looking for an alternative to offer him. Unfortunately, I haven’t come up with much…. This is the program summary: Dr. Jason Richter, a psychiatrist, had a sexual affair with his patient Melissa Roberts-Henry. She later sued him for sexual abuse. Frontline examines the history of this patient-therapist relationship, the legal battle that followed, and how the psychiatric establishment dealt with the case. The program details the case history, drawing from videotaped portions of the trial, interviews with Roberts-Henry, Richter, attorneys, and experts. The professor is looking for ethics and treatment re patient care. I thought about the HBO program “In Treatment” and the recent movie, “Dangerous Method”, but I’m thinking there must be something else out there more documentary ? any ideas? Thanks, Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media & Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.edu "You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians." --Monty Python -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
