OCD : the war inside / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; directed by Mark Pancer & David Hoffert ; producer, Silva Basmajian.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Pancer, S. Mark, film director.

Hoffert, David, film director, composer.

Basmajian, Silva, film producer.

National Film Board of Canada.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obsessive-compulsive disorder--Patients.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (71 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2015]

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

They seem like ordinary people. They have no physical disabilities and appear as functional as the next person. But their lives have been shadowed by the crippling effects of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a misunderstood anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts, nagging fears and ritualistic behaviour. OCD: The War Inside documents the personal stories of several individuals who fight to survive a war inside their minds. Their stories reveal a deeper aspect to the disorder, which goes beyond the constant hand washing, door locking and other repetitive acts typically associated with OCD.

Credits:

Editor, Greg West ; director of photography, Barry Stone ; original music by Paul Hoffert.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, c2001.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed July 31, 2015).

Publisher Number:

nf-ocd Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.