@article{1356113,
      recid = {1356113},
      title = {Manic [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (48 min.).},
      year = {1995},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Manic is a dramatized case study about the devastating  illness known as manic depression and the chaos it can  visit upon the lives of all those touched by it. Co-written  by psychiatrist Dr. David Dawson, and superbly acted, the  trauma of manic depression comes movingly to life. Alan, a  university professor, devoted husband and father of two  teenagers, has started behaving strangely. As the story  opens, he has disappeared for two days and appears to be in  a suicidal state of mind. After consulting a psychiatrist  he is given anti-depressants and seems to be responding to  therapy, until at a university faculty party, he becomes  aggressive, bombastic and crude. Further hyperactive  behavior alienates his family and colleagues and when he  loses control in a classroom the campus police intervene.  Even when his behavior stabilizes, he has lost credibility  and spirals downward into depression with tragic  results.This vivid portrayal of the effects of manic  depression on a once stable and productive person will help  students understand the significant issues of bipolar mood  disorder.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1356113},
}