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Back into the Sun
195629 min 18 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Fergus McDonell
Production: Julian Biggs
Script: Ian MacNeill
An illustration of the rather unique way in which the day hospital of the Allen Memorial Institute in Montréal helps patients back to mental and emotional health. Patients not requiring full hospitalization come for daytime treatment and return to their homes at night. The case presented is that of a young woman who is under severe emotional stress. Interviews with a psychiatrist and group therapy sessions reveal the root of her trouble and set her on the path to overcoming her problem.
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Subject categories
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Counselling and TherapyInstitutional CareMental Illness and DisabilitiesWomen
Credits
- director
- Fergus McDonell
- producer
- Julian Biggs
- script
- Ian MacNeill
- photography
- John Gunn
- sound
- Claude Pelletier
- Joan Edward
- editing
- Dennis Sawyer
- sound editing
- Brian Keene