PSYCHOLOGY

 

VI 0529           42 Up.  VHS cassette.  1999.  134 min.

Follows a group of Britons from different economic and social backgrounds, interviewing them at the age of seven, then again at fourteen, twenty-one, twenty-eight, thirty-five and now at forty-two to examine how close they are to achieving the dreams and ambitions of their childhood and youth.

 

VI 0523           A Little Problem at Home.  VHS cassette + guide.  1990.  29 min.

Presents experiences of adult children of alcoholics (ACA's). They candidly tell what it was like growing up in a home with an alcoholic parent, and how it affected their lives.

 

VI 0716           Accommodations for Students with Psychiatric Disabilities in Higher Education: complying with Section 504 and the ADA.  VHS cassette.  2003.  27 min.

                       

VI 0882           The Addicted Brain.  DVD.  1987.  26 min.

This program explores the cutting edge of developments in the biochemistry of addiction and addictive behavior.

 

VI 0881           Addictions and Mental Illness.  2004.  28 min.

This program profiles a woman who is manic depressive and alcoholic, and a man with schizophrenia who is also alcoholic. Dr. Fred Goodwin, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, explains ongoing research that may help identify and treat adolescents before they begin to experience problems.

 

VI 0278           Albinism: The People, the Challenge.  VHS cassette.  1998.  24 min.

                        An educational film about albinism and how people accomplish every day activities.

 

VI 0422           And the Band Played On.  VHS cassette.  1993.  140 min.

Follows the struggle of a handful of strong-willed men and women who took on the fight to save lives in the face of a mysterious illness now called AIDS.

 

VI 0636           Behind the Mask of Sanity: psychopathy.  VHS cassette.  2002.  50 min.

In this program, psychopathy specialist Robert Hare; forensic psychiatrist Anthony Hempel; Tonmoy Sharma, of the Institute of Psychiatry, in London; and behavioral neuroscientist Marnie Rice analyze the differences between psychopathic killers and psychotic killers.

 

VI 0883           Being Gay: Coming Out in the 21st Century.  DVD.  2003.  25 min.

This program presents the accounts and stories of gays who have recently taken the step of coming out. Interviewees and experts discuss the benefits of this important transition by examining the six stages of coming to terms with one's sexual identity.

 

VI 0811           Beyond Killing Us Softly: the impact of media images on women and girls. 

                        VHS cassette + study guide.  2000.  34 min.

The film presents the leading authorities in the fields of psychology of women and girls, eating disorders, gender studies, violence against women, and media literacy -- and focuses their ideas on practical solutions and the best tactics for reclaiming our culture.

 

VI 0888           The Bigger Picture.  DVD.  2000.  24 min.

Using classroom examples, this program demonstrates how to gather, present, and summarize data.

 

VI 0606           The Brain: Teaching modules.  3-VHS cassettes + faculty guide.  1997.  4 ˝ hrs.

Included in this series on the brain are the latest findings on Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, brain transplants, epilepsy, autism, and many other topics.

 

VI 1014           The Brain-Body Connection.  VHS cassette.  2000.  56 min.

Three segments in a television program of Exploring your brain, present the latest research on the link between depression and disease, the brain's role in athletic performance, and the treatment of chronic pain. Covers such topics as the relationship between depression and platelet clotting, how synapses are hardwired, and the development of a drug to block the encoding of pain memories.

 

VI 0760           Brain Story: new frontiers in brain research.  DVD.  2001.  50 min.

Examines the ability of the human brain to generate consciousness.

 

VI 0768           Chemistry of Love.  VHS cassette.  1997. 60 min.

McGinty and a panel of experts discuss what love is.

 

VI 0758           Childhood Trauma: strategies and solutions.  3 VHS cassettes + study guide.  2002. 30 min. ea. 

Pt. 1. What is childhood trauma?

Pt. 2. Significant event childhood trauma

Pt. 6. Domestic violence and childhood trauma.

 

VI 0764           Connecting Boundaries: an integrative approach to teaching social services.  4 VHS cassettes + facilitator’s handbook.  2003.  49 min. ea.

[mod. 521]. Social work -- [mod. 522]. Human growth and development -- [mod. 523]. Addictions -- [mod. 524] Criminal justice.

Consists of a four part integrative approach to teaching concepts in social work, human growth and development, addictions and justice studies. Incorporates existing strategies with emerging educational trends.

 

VI 0637           Damaged: when trauma leads to violence.  VHS cassette.  2002.  50 min.

This program takes a scientific look at psychopathy as it seeks answers to those and other fundamental questions about what prompts human beings to commit murder. It investigates the relationship between abuse suffered as a child and the likelihood of committing murder later in life -- especially when that abuse results in brain damage.

 

VI 0191           Dealing with Anger.  VHS cassette.  1995.  15 min.

Examines the emotional origins and methods of dealing with anger.

 

VI 0324           Death: a personal understanding.  VHS cassette.  1998.  30 min each.

Volume 3 of this 10 volume series, “Facing Mortality,” explains how the idea of death affects lives.

 

VI 0317           The Developing Child.  VHS cassette.  1997.  29 min.

                       

VI 0763           The Developing Child.  3 VHS cassettes + workbook.  1991-1997. 

Module 7. Pregnancy and birth

Module 24A. Moral development I : Concept and theory

Module 24B. Moral development II : Learning to be moral.

Series focusing on all stages of child development. Contains 3 separate modules. Each of the video programs runs approximately 20-30 minutes.

 

VI 0812           Deviance and Social Control.  VHS cassette.  2002.  30 min.

Illustrates the forces and relationships from birth through the life span that define and shape a person's societal roles.

 

VI 0876           Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder in Children.  DVD.  2003.  27 min.

Shows how a diagnosis of Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is made and what treatments are working. Psychiatrists John Ratey and Ned Hallowell provide background and perspective.

 

VI 0127           Discovering Psychology.  13 VHS cassette tapes. 1989.  30 min. each.

An introduction to psychology, the series discusses future possibilities as well as its history and recent discoveries.

A. Past, present and promise / Understanding research

B. The behaving brain / The responsive brain

C. The developing child / Language development

D. Sensation and perception / Learning

E. Remembering and forgetting / Cognitive process

F. Judgment and decision making / Motion and emotion

G. The mind awake and asleep / The mind hidden and divided

H. The self / Testing and intelligence

I.  Sex and gender / Maturing and aging

J.  The power of the situation / Constructing social reality

K. Psychopathology / Psychotherapy

L.  Health, mind, and behavior / In space, toward peace

M. A union of opposites / New directions

 

VI 0731           Dying to be Thin.  VHS cassette.  2000.  60 min.

Looks at the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia, current treatments, and the American obsession with thin women.

 

VI 0766           Dyslexia.  VHS cassette.  1997.  29 min.

New approaches in school are shown at the Washington Lab School. Dr. Gordon Sherman explains research on the condition. Thomas West talks about our society's shifting need for more people with the visual gifts that are associated with dyslexia.

 

VI 1015           Early Socializatoin: From Age Two to Age Five.  VHS cassette.  2003.  30 min.

Examples of multiple attachment, language development, imitation and identification, cooperative play, self-awareness, gender identification, and social conformity are captured on film and clearly identified with onscreen labels as the children broaden their awareness of the world through interactions with each other, family members, and peers.

 

VI 0878           Essentials of Discipline: The Middle Years: Ages 5 to 12.  DVD.  2004.  35 min.

This program demonstrates how positive discipline techniques including home rules, problem-solving, and honest communication, can be used to deal with the behavior problems associated with growing up.

 

VI 0879           Essentials of Discipline: The Teen Years: Ages 13 to 18.  DVD.  2004.  42 min.

This program illustrates how to encourage teenage independence while using positive discipline techniques that promote taking responsibility for actions and behavior.

 

VI 0877           Essentials of Discipline: The Toddler and Preschool Years.  DVD.  2004.  28 min.

Filmed with real families, this program shows how to use positive discipline techniques such as timeouts and problem-solving to guide youngsters into better behavior.

 

VI 0900           Evolution of a Group.  VHS cassette + workbook.  2000.  120 min.

Chronicles the development of a group during a three-day residential group therapy session. Leaders Gerald and Marianne Corey facilitate the process as the group moves through four stages: initial, transitional, working, and ending.

 

VI 0887           Functional Family Therapy.  VHS cassette.  2004.  112 min.

Includes a discussion between the host and Dr. Alexander, a leading expert in family therapy, an actual therapy session with a real family, and a question-and-answer exchange with Dr. Alexander about the session.

 

VI 0884           Gay Rights, Marriage, and the Supreme Court.  DVD.  2003.  21 min.

This ABC News program uses the landmark Lawrence v. Texas case and the legalization of gay marriage in Canada to shed light on the future of gay marriage in the U.S. Changing attitudes toward homosexuality in general are addressed, as well.

 

VI 0198           High-Impact Communication Skills.  2 VHS cassettes. 1992.  60 min.

The video is a seminar dealing with the techniques of influence and persuasion in communication.  Guidelines are given for dealing with conflicts, handling difficult people, facing situations with confidence, and coming across powerfully.

 

VI 0190           How to Deal with Difficult People.  3 VHS cassettes.  1988.  1 hr. 15 min.

A.    You have to deal with difficult people at some point

B.     Put your new understanding of difficult people to work

C.     Be less of a target for difficult people

 

VI 0875           Human Instinct: Natural Born Heroes.  DVD.  2004.  50 min.

This program examines arguably the most human instinct of all: the instinct to protect, which, combined with other qualities, prompts people to risk everything for the sake of others. Three gripping stories are spotlighted.

 

 VI 0880           Imagining Robert: My Brother, Madness, and Survival.  DVD.  2003.  60 min.

This video is the story of the ongoing interactions of two brothers -- Robert, who has had a mental illness since the 1970s, and his primary caretaker, Jay, a novelist. The film shows clips from old family movies and interviews with treatment staff.

 

VI 0646           Insanity in the Courtroom: mental illness and the search for justice.  VHS cassette.  2001.  23 min.

If a person is deemed mentally unfit to stand trial for a capital crime, should the state be allowed to administer drugs so the person is healthy enough to be tried and sentenced to death?...The issue is debated by a panel of experts.

 

VI 0653           Inside the Mind of Criminal Profilers.  VHS cassette.  2001.  48 min.

This program demonstrates the art and science of criminal profiling through the work of forensic psychologists David Caldwell, Gus Gary, Dayle Hinman, and Mike Prodan.

 

VI 0898           Interviewing in Action: Relationship, Process and Change.  VHS cassette + book, activities guide, & video clip guide.  2003.  120 min.

After watching this compelling video, you'll have a much clearer picture of the often-complex issues you may face in today's clinical work environments.

 

VI 0647           Is Criminal Behavior Genetic?  VHS cassette.  1997.  50 min.

Steve Jones addresses the question are some people born evil. Examines the genetic and social factors that contribute to crime and antisocial behavior.

 

VI 0762           Late Adulthood: death, dying, bereavement, and widowhood.  VHS cassette & workbook.  2001.  28 min.

A presentation of the issues and challenges facing men and women aged 65 and older.

 

VI 0645           Mad or Bad?: psychologically assessing criminal competence.  VHS cassette.  2002.  45 min.

This program explores the intricacies of psychiatric evaluation and parole risk assessment with forensic psychologist Jeremy Coid, clinical psychologists, and a probation officer.

 

VI 0648           Massacre: case studies of mass-killing.  VHS cassette.  2000.  45 min.

Reviews five episodes of mass killing in the U.S. from 1966 to 1993.

 

VI 0635           Men: the killer sex.  VHS cassette.  2002.  50 min.

In this program, Rebecca and Russell Dobash, of Manchester University; psychiatrist Fred Berlin; psychologist James Dobbs; and neuroscientist Frederick Goodwin discuss the biochemistry of why men kill, as well as protocols such as chemical and physical castration.

 

VI 0761           Middle Adulthood: midlife crisis?  VHS cassette + workbook.  2000.  29 min.

This program examines "midlife crisis." Discusses who experiences it, circumstances that may initiate it, and the role that it plays in the lives of individual men and women. Presents opposing theories as to whether the concept of midlife crisis is valid.

 

VI 0638           Mind of a Murderer: the mask of madness.  2 VHS cassettes.  1984.  120 min.

Documents the Los Angeles trial of Ken Bianchi, commonly known as the Hillside Strangler, through still photographs, news footage, courtroom action, and interviews with those involved in the case. Focuses on psychiatric evidence as to Bianchi's sanity.

 

VI 0624           The Mind: teaching modules.  4 VHS cassettes + guide.  1999. 332 min.

Explores the inner workings of the human brain. Covers topics including hypnotic dissociation, pain relief, the placebo effect, cognition and the immune system, endorphins, brain mechanisms of pleasure and addiction, language processing, subliminal stimulation, teratogens, newborn capabilities, aging and cognitive function, Alzheimer's disease, phantom limb pain, chronic pain, depressants' effect on the brain, language predisposition, mood disorders, and the mind of the psychopath.

 

VI 0741           Misunderstood Minds.  VHS cassette.  2002.  90 min.

The program highlights the stories of children who struggle to learn, not fitting any clinical diagnosis. Leading experts in the field of learning problems are featured on the program.

 

VI 0821           Multiple Personalities: the unexplained.  VHS cassette.  1999.  50 min.

This special presentation examines specific cases of people with multiple personalities.

 

VI 0715           OCD: the war inside.  VHS cassette.  2002.  57 min.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a seemingly bizarre, frequently debilitating disease characterized by intrusive and uncontrollable thoughts and fears.

 

VI 0822           Pathology Examples in the Human Brain.  DVD.  1998.  24 min.

Dr. Marco Rossi, a neuropathologist, examines various human brain specimens and presents evidence of trauma or disease.

 

VI 0416           Prejudice.  VHS cassette.  1992.  70 min.

Peter Jennings moderates a discussion with a group of American children and teenagers concerning prejudice. Includes discussion of the physiological reasons for physical differences between races, reasons behind racial conflict, and various efforts to fight prejudice.

 

VI 0816           The Psychology of Criminal Behavior.  VHS cassette.  2001.  30 min.

This program examines criminal behavior and traces societal views on crime.

 

VI 0767           Race: the power of an illusion.  3 VHS cassettes.  2003.  174 min.

Episode one explores how recent scientific discoveries have toppled the concept of biological race. Episode two questions the belief that race has always been with us. It traces the race concept to the European conquest of the Americas. Episode three focuses on how our institutions shape and create race.

 

VI 0652           Rage to Revenge: the science of violence.  2000.  53 min.

Experts Brad Bushman, Paul Ekman, and Stafford Lightman assert that the cause of human aggression lies in the physiology of violent emotions. Case histories to demonstrate the self-damaging impact of hate and the positive power of forgiveness support their conviction that a quantifiable mind/body connection exists.

 

VI 0318           Resiliency: Beating the Odds.  VHS cassette.  1998.  19 min.

Featuring the stories of those who have proven their resiliency, the focus is on four major skills enabling people to survive dangerous or adverse situations.

 

VI 0886           Solution-Focused Therapy for Addictions.  VHS cassette.  2000.  115 min.

This video emphasizes the client’s strengths and resources, helping the individual apply to specific skills and strategies that have been helpful in other areas of life.

 

VI 0899           Student Video and Workbook for The Art of Integrative Counseling.  VHS cassette + workbook.  2001.  120 min.

Dr. Gerald Corey uses various theoretical models and techniques with a single client (Ruth).  You can visualize the advantages of developing a personal, integrated counseling style. After watching the video, you can turn to the corresponding section in the workbook and investigate thought-provoking questions, exercises, and activities that fix the key concepts in your mind.

 

VI 0643           Talk to Me: the dynamics of hostage negotiation.  VHS cassette.  2002.  45 min.

In 1993, gunman Damacio Torres shot up the Los Angeles County USC Healthcare emergency room and took two hostages. Using the Torres case as a springboard, this program explains the tricky business of hostage negotiation while seeking to understand the mentality of hostage-taking.

 

VI 0705           Theories of Personality.  VHS cassette.  1994.  28 min.

This program explains five major schools of thought on development of personality: psychoanalytic theories; humanistic theories, trait theories; behavioral\social learning; and cognitive theories.

 

VI 0644           To Catch a Killer: the use and abuse of criminal profiling.  VHS cassette.  2002.  45 min.

In this program, retired FBI profiler Robert Ressler, LAPD psychologist Kris Mohandle, and British law enforcement professionals discuss the history and techniques of criminal profiling within the context of the Railway Rapist Crimes that terrorized greater London during the 1980’s

 

VI 0809           Tough Guise: violence, media, and the crisis in masculinity.  VHS cassette.  1999.  57 min.

In this innovative and wide-ranging analysis, Jackson Katz argues that there is a crisis in masculinity and that some of the guises offered to men as a solution (rugged individualism, violence) come loaded with attendant dangers to women, as well as other men.

 

VI 0885           The Truth about Suicide: Real Stories of Depression in College.  DVD.  2004.  27 min.

The aim of the film is to present a recognizable picture of depression and other problems associated with suicide as they are commonly experienced by college students and other young adults.

 

VI 0382           Understanding Learning Disabilities.  VHS cassette.  1996.  17 min.

Emphasizes that learning disabilities should not be confused with mental retardation and explains how to identify different types of learning disabilities.

 

VI 0099           Understanding Learning Disabilities: How Difficult Can This Be?  VHS cassette. 1989.  70 min.

Based on workshops produced by Richard Lovole, participants become familiar with emotions of the learning disabled and discuss methods of help.

 

VI 0192           Understanding Peer Pressure.  VHS cassette. 1991.  21 minutes.

 

VI 0417           Violence in the Media.  VHS cassette.  1997.  50 min.

Does violence on television and in the movies beget more violence in America?  This video examines this controversial issue and offers some surprising opinions.

 

VI 0607           The Why of Doing; The Why of Theory and Doing.  2-VHS cassettes.  199?  277 min.

Vol. one discusses direct social service with larger systems and the connection between actual intervention with client systems. Vol. two spotlights current practitioners operating from different theoretic bases and with different clienteles.

 

VI 0608           The Winning Edge in Sports: Sports Psychology. VHS cassette + ref. guide. 1987. 60 min.

Contains an introduction and nine separate sections discussing a variety of psychological methods and techniques that can be used to improve athletic performance in any sport.

 

VI 0757           Women In Prison.  VHS cassette.  1993.  45 min.

Investigative reports documents why women are becoming a large part of the growing prison population and searches for the root cause of the inmates' incarceration.   

 

VI 0605           The World of Abnormal Psychology.  7-VHS cassettes + video guide. 1992. 120 min. ea.

A video series that covers the spectrum of psychological disorders from simple stress to paranoid schizophrenia.

 

VI 0123           The World of Abnormal Psychology: Looking at Abnormal Behavior.  VHS cassette.  1992.  60 min.

An introduction to the explanation and treatment of abnormal behavior, the film visits patients, doctors, and social workers of a Miami hospital.

 

VI 0124           The World of Abnormal Psychology: Psychotherapies.  VHS cassette + guidebook.  1992.  60 min.

Treatment for several kinds of psychotherapy (psychodynamic, Gestalt, couples, group, and behavioral) are explored.