@article{1356329,
      recid = {1356329},
      author = {Choma-Zimmerman, Justin.},
      title = {One of five families coping with mental disorders /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (27 min.).},
      year = {2003},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Here are inspiring portraits of five families, each caring  for an emotionally handicapped, or alcohol-addicted member.  The love the family members feel for their disabled  relatives is evident, as the film shows the joy, as well as  the burdens their care imposes. Gammi is an elderly African  American woman with Alzheimer s disease. Her family members  are tolerant of her repetitive and often senseless  babbling. They stroke and comfort her, and laugh fondly at  her foibles.Michael is an eight-year-old with Downs  syndrome. His mother, who already had two children, knew  ahead of time that she would have a disabled child and  chose not to abort. The family does not regret the  decision, and, in fact, feels Michael is an important part  of their lives.Shane is an impoverished teenager from  Appalachia. His father left the family when he was young  and his mother is a recovering alcoholic. Jenny, a college  student, also has an alcoholic parent. It has not been easy  for her to deal with confronting her mother about her  alcoholism. Dale is a middle-aged paranoid schizophrenic.  The family accepts the fact that he sometimes has bizarre  visions. In a society in which multitudes of people share  similar mental disorders and are abandoned by their  families or their communities, these portraits are a  reminder that patience and fortitude bring their own  satisfactions.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1356329},
}