Struggle for Control: Child and Youth Behaviour Disorders

200557 min 30 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Melanie Wood

Production: Sharon BartlettMaria LeRose

Script: Melanie WoodHelen Slinger

Produced by Bartlett LeRose Productions for Knowledge Network.

Struggle for Control: Child and Youth Behaviour Disorders is the fourth in a series of documentaries focusing on mental health issues facing BC's children and youth. Following the stories of four BC youth, this documentary sheds light on the causes, symptoms, community resources, and treatments of three of the most commonly-diagnosed behaviour disorders: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Conduct Disorder.

Through these moving personal stories, viewers see how behaviour disorders affect the life of a child at home, at school, and the whole family. Struggle for Control debunks the myth that children with behaviour disorders are bad kids whose behaviour is irreversible. Behaviour disorders are treatable, and the key is early detection and early intervention.

Subject categories


  • Psychology and Psychiatry > Family LifeMental Illness and Disabilities
  • Children and Youth > Health and Safety
  • Families > Mental Health
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Child Development
  • Health/Personal Development > Human Growth and Development

Credits


producer
Sharon Bartlett
Maria LeRose
director
Melanie Wood
writer
Melanie Wood
Helen Slinger
narrator
Maria LeRose
researcher
Shannon Lowry
camera
Max Lindenthaler
John Dowell
sound
Steve Wonsiak
Lez Morrison
George Colmer
Keith Henderson
Jeff Henschel
editor
Tim Wanlin
online editor
Brice Dowd
original music
Lesley Sutherland
Fresh Air Studios
graphics
Tim Johnson
audio post
Marc Benoit
unit manager
Jennifer Moore
content expert
Charlotte Waddell
Margaret Weiss
Don Duncan
Marlene Moretti
Lee Cohene
Jayne Barker
program manager
Michele Paris
director of programming
Sarah MacDonald