
	Centerpiece Documentary


	• Film Opening
	• Saturday Night in a Dallas ER
	• A Mother's Desperation
	• The Science of Relapse
	• The Adolescent Addict
	• Brain Imaging
	• Opiate Addiction: A New Medication
	• Topiramate: A Clinical Trial for Alcoholism
	• Steamfitters Local Union 638
	• Insurance Woes
	• Film Credits


	Supplementary Series


	• What is Addiction?
	• Understanding Relapse
	• The Search For Treatment: A Challenging Journey
	• The Adolescent Addict
	• Interview with Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
	• Interview with Mark L. Willenbring, M.D.
	• Interview With Michael L. Dennis, Ph.D.
	• Interview With Kathleen T. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.
	• Getting an Addict into Treatment: the CRAFT Approach
	• Treating Stimulant Addiction: The CBT Approach
	• Opiate Addiction: Understanding Replacement Therapy
	• South Boston Drug Court
	• A Mother's Desperation


	Complementary Series


	• TV Junkie
	• Cracked Not Broken
	• Montana Meth
	• A Revolving Door


	Where Are They Now?


	Experts Bios


	• Samuel B. Bacharach, Ph.D.
	• Deborah Beck, M.S.W.
	• Kathleen T. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.
	• Mady Chalk, Ph.D.
	• Anna Rose Childress, Ph.D.
	• Thomas J. Crowley, M.D.
	• Michael L. Dennis, Ph.D.
	• Mathea Falco, J.D.
	• Scott Farnum, M.S., M.P.A., L.A.D.C., L.C.P.C., N.C.C
	• Robert F. Forman, Ph.D.
	• Bankole A. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.
	• Douglas B. Marlowe, J.D., Ph.D.
	• A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D.
	• Robert J. Meyers, Ph.D.
	• Richard Rawson, Ph.D.
	• Paula D. Riggs, M.D.
	• David L. Rosenbloom, Ph.D.
	• Mitchell S. Rosenthal, M.D.
	• Paul N. Samuels, J.D.
	• Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
	• William L. White, M.A.
	• Elizabeth Whitmore, Ph.D.
	• Mark L. Willenbring, M.D.


	Filmmaker Bios


	• Jon Alpert
	• Joe Berlinger
	• Chuck Braverman
	• Marilyn Braverman
	• Michael Cain
	• Kate Davis
	• Susan Froemke
	• Liz Garbus
	• Chris Hegedus
	• David Heilbroner
	• Eugene Jarecki
	• Rory Kennedy
	• Ellen Goosenberg Kent
	• Barbara Kopple
	• Albert Maysles
	• D.A. Pennebaker
	• Paul Perrier
	• Matt Radecki
	• Alan Raymond
	• Susan Raymond
	• Bruce Sinofsky
	• Eames Yates
	• Jessica Yu


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A Mother's Desperation

Total Running Time: 8:01 min.

In Pittsburgh, a middle-age woman named Donna turned to police as a last resort to save her 23-year-old daughter Aubrey, who has been addicted to heroin for seven years and who has been in and out of rehab 12 times. With her daughter AWOL, a desperate Donna has a warrant issued for her arrest. Fortunately, Aubrey turns herself in after five weeks; a first-time offender, she's released on her own recognizance. Driven home by Donna, Aubrey admits she can't keep living like this, but also can't promise to stay clean. Her mother wants a contract: "You help me, and I'll help you, and maybe we'll make it."

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