# “A MAN WITH A PROBLEM” 1967 PROBLEM DRINKING & ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT DOCUMENTARY XD8093

This film from 1967 tells the true story of Doug; an alcoholic father and husband, who underwent extensive treatment for his alcoholism using shock therapy and conditioning exercises. This black-and-white film is presented by the Pennsylvania State University and the Department of Mental Health at the University of Adelaide. It is directed by John Morley and produced in Sydney Australia. An alcoholic named Doug is sitting on a couch with his three children (00:16). He plays piano with his daughter (00:26). He plays with his children in a yard (00:58). He drives from his house (01:09) and through town (01:22). He parks by a medical building (01:37) and enters (02:03). Credentials (02:10). “A man With a Problem” title banner (02:18). Doug is having a meeting with a psychologist inside the medical building and is diagnosed with Dropsy, more commonly known as ‘edema’ and a rare congenital cardiac anomaly knows as Berry-syndrome (02:26). He was previously also diagnosed with cirrhosis, acute gastritis, cardiomyopathy, megaloblastic anemia, and peripheral neuritis (02:51). He is having an extensive full-body medical examination by a psychiatrist (02:56). The psychologist is having a meeting with the psychiatrist (05:22). Doug is receiving a full psychological examination by the psychiatrist through questionaries and mental exercises (05:43). Books about psychiatry and psychology (06:49). A moth flying around a lightbulb (07:11). A cockroach hiding under a dark sheet (07:19). The…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/byEb4CgaUEcF19IFsGeSyZN4MoYmmP)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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