One sufferer details his life with schizophrenia — a journey that took him from the perils of the streets to learning how to successfully live with the disease. This program discusses the signs of schizophrenia, explains how anyone can suffer from it and provides insight into the treatment of the disorder.
Languages: English
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Batch and Continuous Processes: Food Manufacturing Case Studies
Case studies of Brunetti’s café in Melbourne, Australia and a milk company show us the difference between batch processing and continuous processing.
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Delirium
For both suffers and those around them, this mental disorder is extremely frightening. This program discusses the symptoms and treatments, detailing one man’s experience with delirium.
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Battle Scars: An Overview of our Defense Against Disease
This program explores the human immune system and the body’s defenses against disease.
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Panic Disorder
What do you do when your body’s built-in mechanism for survival goes into overdrive? Find out in this program that explains recent scientific findings about panic disorder, and shows how one patient deals with the panic attacks he’s experienced for over 20 years.
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Beating Bacteria: A User’s Guide
This humorous cross-curricula program shows students how harmful bacteria can hide – and grow – in even the most clean-looking of environments.
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Postpartum Depression
Not all new mothers experience the joys of motherhood ? postpartum depression can affect mother, baby and the entire family. This program presents signs of the disorder, explains treatment, and shows how one mother coped and recovered.
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Binge Drinking
A growing issue among adolescents is binge drinking. What is binge drinking, who is likely to be involved in binge drinking and what are the effects and consequences of this behavior are all questions answered in this program. Geoff Munro, the Director of the Australian Drug Foundation’s Community Alcohol Action Network describes the effects of alcohol in the body and the consequences of alcohol addiction. Also included are views from young people about their attitudes towards binge drinking, some warning signs for detecting alcohol addiction in friends and strategies for reducing alcohol consumption and drinking responsibly.
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Psychosomatic Disorder
The body and mind are so interconnected that they can often work together to make you ill. This program discusses the often misunderstood psychosomatic disorder and how it manifests itself in different ways. It also reveals how one patient and his doctor are treating this mind-body illness.
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Biology Fieldwork One
This program shows students how to complete the practical fieldwork needed to investigate a local inland ecosystem.