Intervention. Renee and Peter. 7
Description
Riveting real-life television, Intervention explores the lives of people dependent on drugs, alcohol, or other destructive behaviors and the people who intervene to save them. We are first introduced to Renee, whose food addiction and eating disorder now threatens her health, marriage, and finances. This episode also explores Peter's problem with video games. This addition is so extreme, he identifies himself as the characters in his games and feels that the other characters are people he knows.
Runtime
45 min
Series
Subjects
- Decision making (78)
- Drug addiction (114)
- Eating disorders (61)
- Substance abuse (361)
- Impulse control disorders (49)
- Dependency (Psychology) (25)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2011], c2005
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
https://www.remote.uwosh.edu/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102638&xtid=45451
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