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Mental Health

Mental Health

HEARTSOUNDS - TRANSFORMING YOUR LIFE

Heartsounds is an award winning movie that has been featured in 12 film festivals. It tells a story about a young woman's lifelong fascination with penguins and how they transformed her life in time of need.

There are 40 species of these flightless birds that make their home in the South Pole. Newborns must stay out of the ocean until their feathers are waterproof and depend on their parents to provide food and shelter. Like humans, not all penguin chicks look the same. They vary in size and plumage color. But bonding is an important part of raising a penguin, and the parents kiss their babies a lot. Family and friends provide a loving support network in towns and villages called rookeries. As they get older, penguins proudly spread their wings and assume the role of a responsible adult. They are highly social birds and chatter a lot to each other. They are not aggressive and argue with civility. Each penguin has a distinct call that allows them to find their mates. They are not afraid of humans but they do know the world is full of danger. Their main predator is the leopard seal – but they must also be cautious of wild dogs, ferel rats, and predatory birds. Their survival is also threatened by pollution, fishing, oil spills, algae blooms, and global warming.

For safety, they generally enter and leave the sea in large groups. They love to bathe and can swim 5-6 miles per hour and stay underwater for 10-15 minutes. Did you know they average 70 feathers per square inch and spend several hours a day caring for their feathers? Often, they dance for joy and sing when they see someone they love. Sometimes they just stop and admire the view. Penguins mourn the death of their babies. A whole colony can be affected by the loss and hunch over in a state of grief. How deeply they care. How painful their loss. Gathering brought comfort. They teach us that hearts talk in ways only love can hear.

DVD / 2020 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 5 minutes

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ORCHESTRATING CHANGE

Directed by Margie Friedman, Barbara Multer-Wellin

The inspiring story of Me2/Orchestra, the only orchestra in the world created by and for people living with mental illness and those who support them.

ORCHESTRATING CHANGE tells the inspiring story of Me2/Orchestra, the only orchestra in the world created by and for people living with mental illness and those who support them. The orchestra's mission is to erase the stigmatization of people living with mental illness through the creation of beautiful music, community, compassion and understanding...one concert at a time. Most important, it is changing the lives of the musicians and audiences in ways they never imagined.

With compelling characters, striking animation, even humor, ORCHESTRATING CHANGE addresses many of the myths about mental illness by showing what living with a mental illness is really like—with both setbacks and accomplishments. The film challenges audiences to reconsider their preconceived notions about mental illness. For those living with a diagnosis, it is empowering.

The film culminates in an extraordinary concert that is a triumph--for Me2/Orchestra's conductor and co-founder, Ronald Braunstein, who lives with bipolar disorder and thought he might never conduct again, and for the musicians, their families and the audience.

DVD / 2020 / (Grades 7-12, College, Adults) / 85 minutes

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OVERCOMING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

In this program we'll learn the connection between anxiety and depression, the habits that contribute to anxiety that you can break and what to tell yourself the next time you are depressed. Anxiety is the most common mental health disorder in the U.S. affecting forty million adults. About half of those that are diagnosed with anxiety disorders also suffer from depression. Experiencing occasional anxiety and worry is normal but people with anxiety disorders experience excessive and persitent fear about everyday situations. These anxiety disorders are often inherited and occur by faulty circuits in the brain that control fear.

DVD / 2020 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 9 minutes

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SUPPORT YOUR SLEEP AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE

In this program we'll learn about the importance of a good night's sleep, sleep disorders and the treatment options for insomnia. We spend about one-third of our time asleep and more than 75% of Americans between the ages of 20 and 59 report having difficulty sleeping on a regular basis. People over 60 may not sleep as deeply as those of a younger age. Sleep is just as important as diet and exercise and the amount of sleep you need depends on your age, health and lifestyle. Most adults need 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night. However, many people do not allow enough time to rest and get enough sleep. Lack of sleep can have a negative impact on your mood, concentration and energy as well as an effect on your overall health and quality of life.

DVD / 2020 / (Grades 9-Adult) / 7 minutes

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CHANCE OF BEING POSITIVE - LEARN THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING, THE

An outstanding series on dealing with depression, coping with loss and acceptance of self. You'll benefit from the encouraging messages, beautiful imagery, soothing narratives and comforting music.

Learn the power of positive thinking, compassion and gratitude. An inspiring short film on positive thinking, compassion and gratitude. It can be said that what we put in our mind at bedtime may well affect our attitude in the morning. The importance of a positive self-image can not be overstated. Thinking and acting in a positive manner, especially in time of trouble, will help you with coping, reduce stress, and may bring about a higher outcome.

DVD / 2019 / 4 minutes

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COPING WITH LOSS - THE PROCESS OF MOURNING

An outstanding series on dealing with depression, coping with loss and acceptance of self. You'll benefit from the encouraging messages, beautiful imagery, soothing narratives and comforting music.

Separate the myths from facts about bereavement, explore the process of mourning and moving on and learn how to be supportive and supportable. Losing someone you love or something you care about can be very painful. There is no right way or wrong way to grieve; however, there are healthy ways to cope with pain as well as ways to help you move on. Grief is a natural response to the loss of a loved one, a divorce or break-up of a relationship, loss of a job, or death of a pet. Grief is normal and should be experienced, not prevented. It is important to be supportive as they can greatly benefit from your patience and kindness.

DVD / 2019 / 24 minutes

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HOW TO FIND CONTENTMENT

An outstanding series on dealing with depression, coping with loss and acceptance of self. You'll benefit from the encouraging messages, beautiful imagery, soothing narratives and comforting music.

Learn how the past impacts our present and future, how special moments live on and the importance of treasuring special moments. It is extraordinary how special moments from our past can bring joy in the present. It is essential we cherish the precious moments each day as they will being contentment in our future.

DVD / 2019 / 3 minutes

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IMPACT OF BEING HUMAN, THE - IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH

An outstanding series on dealing with depression, coping with loss and acceptance of self. You'll benefit from the encouraging messages, beautiful imagery, soothing narratives and comforting music.

Learn how the body and brain function, observe how we can dispel the stigma of mental health and see how your mental health impacts a community. This highly sensitive suicide prevention film contrasts how childhood experiences affect perspectives in adulthood. Learn the reasons for addictions, self-loathing and why we cannot get what we think we need while, at the same time, widen the context how we look at ourselves, others and the world. Learning about yourself has never been easier.

DVD / 2019 / 30 minutes

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INSPIRATION TO EXERCISE, THE

An outstanding series on dealing with depression, coping with loss and acceptance of self. You'll benefit from the encouraging messages, beautiful imagery, soothing narratives and comforting music.

Learn the importance of walking, bike riding and the importance of an exercise program. No matter your age, it is sometimes challenging to begin an exercise program. Sometimes we need a helpful nudge. Here is your starting point.

DVD / 2019 / 2 minutes

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IT GETS BETTER - HOW TO AVOID DEPRESSION

An outstanding series on dealing with depression, coping with loss and acceptance of self. You'll benefit from the encouraging messages, beautiful imagery, soothing narratives and comforting music.

Explore ways to move through depression, observe a visualization of a positive perspective and remind yourself that you are here for a reason. A sincere, touching, and reassuring film for anyone feeling overwhelmed, bullied, or severely depressed. Sadness is a normal reaction to stressful events. Depression is more serious than sadness. If untreated, it can be a recurring disorder. Learning skills to manage stress will help you cope and become more resilient.

DVD / 2019 / 6 minutes

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LIFE IS LIKE A JOURNEY ON A TRAIN - HOW TO FIND CONNECTION & PURPOSE

An outstanding series on dealing with depression, coping with loss and acceptance of self. You'll benefit from the encouraging messages, beautiful imagery, soothing narratives and comforting music.

Learn the basic rules of the track, the importance of interesting people and how to contribute to peace. Metaphorically, life is like a journey on a train. Our parents and guardians taught us the rules of the tracks. Going through life, we all strive for connection and purpose. Much like the road signs on a highway, we sometimes need assurance we're going in the right direction. Choices abound as we pass the many stops. The longer the ride, the more the memories. They will bring you comfort when the ride is slow. If you see the journey as hopeless, it will be. If you see the journey as hopeful, it will be. This moment is the perfect moment to pause and ponder.

DVD / 2019 / 3 minutes

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SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR TODAY - HOW TO COPE WITH DEPRESSION

An outstanding series on dealing with depression, coping with loss and acceptance of self. You'll benefit from the encouraging messages, beautiful imagery, soothing narratives and comforting music.

Learn activities available to help you cope with depression, observe how much is waiting for you and see how fun and recreation can elevate your mood. A short film designed to show the vast amount of activities that are open to you when you choose. Processing problems is very important and so is interaction and exercise.

DVD / 2019 / 2 minutes

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WONDERS OF A POSITIVE SELF IMAGE, THE

An outstanding series on dealing with depression, coping with loss and acceptance of self. You'll benefit from the encouraging messages, beautiful imagery, soothing narratives and comforting music.

How can we feel more positive in the moment? How can we relax and feel more comfortable? How can we express gratitude? A breathtaking visualization of nature's beauty and the precious uniqueness of the human heart. Presented is a life perspective and sensitive training that will reduce stress. Depression is more serious than sadness. If untreated, it can be a recurring disorder. Learning skills to manage stress will help you cope and become more resilient.

DVD / 2019 / 4 minutes

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THAT WAY MADNESS LIES

Director: Sandra Luckow

What do you do when your brother descends into a black hole of mental instability - starting with falling for a Nigerian email scam but eventually winding up involuntary committed into the hospital made famous by 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'?

Award-winning filmmaker Sandra Luckow unflinchingly turns her camera on her own family as they attempt to navigate the broken mental health system in an effort to save their brother, Duanne, whose iPhone video diary ultimately becomes an unfiltered look at the mind of a man with untreated schizophrenia as well as an indictment of how the system failed.

DVD / 2018 / 101 minutes

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HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405

By Frank Stiefel

An extraordinary and innovative documentary, Heaven is a portrait of artist Mindy Alper, whose renowned and astonishing body of work reveals a lifetime of struggle with debilitating mental illness.

Alper has suffered through electro shock therapy, multiple commitments to mental institutions and a 10-year period without speech. Her only consistent means of communicating has been to channel her hyper self-awareness into drawings and sculpture of powerful psychological clarity.

Through an examination of her work, interviews, reenactments, the building of an eight and a half foot papier-mache bust of her beloved psychiatrist, we learn how she has emerged from a life of darkness and isolation to a life that includes love, trust and laughter.

DVD / 2017 / 40 minutes

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FINDING JOSEPH I: THE HR FROM BAD BRAINS DOCUMENTARY

Directed by James Lathos

"Finding Joseph I" is a documentary film chronicling the eccentric life of punk rock reggae singer, Paul "HR" Hudson from Bad Brains. The charismatic front-man's explosive live performances helped pioneer hardcore punk while delivering an enlightening message of positive mental attitude.

HR's heavy devotion to the Rastafarian faith guided him in a spiritual direction, leaving the band several times to explore his love for reggae music.

Over the years HR's increasingly unpredictable and abnormal behavior has many convinced that he his suffering from mental illness. Finding Joseph I illustrates the true story behind the legendary lead singer's life, career and struggles with never before seen archival footage, photography and exclusive interviews.

DVD (Color) / 2016 / 91 minutes

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I, PEDOPHILE

By Matthew Campea

Pedophiles have long been the most demonized people in society. New research is showing that understanding the condition is the first step in lowering instances of child sexual abuse. Pedophilia expert Dr. James Cantor's ground-breaking and controversial hypothesis that pedophilia is a developmental disorder in the brain resulting in sexual attraction to children, attempts to demystify the cause of pedophilia.

Some of the characters appear as themselves, but due to the stigma and possible legal repercussions of coming out as a pedophile, the film uses dramatic re-creations to tell their stories, and actors speak the words of those who fear to appear on camera.

DVD / 2016 / 51 minutes

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UNBROKEN GLASS

By Dinesh Das Sabu

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, roughly 1% of the US population is affected by schizophrenia, and, there is a proven genetic component to the illness. Some research has also pointed to a link between "acculturative stress" - the kind of stress immigrants experience adjusting to a new life - and the onset of mental illness.

Unbroken Glass is filmmaker Dinesh Das Sabu's attempt to piece together the circumstances surrounding his parents death twenty years ago - at the center of which is his mother's schizophrenia and suicide.

Traveling to India and across the United States, the film weaves together his journey of discovery (a mismatched marriage, the hardships of immigration, early symptoms unrecognized, a history of mental illness in his family, and especially, how this condition was dealt with in an age and culture where mental illness was often misunderstood) with cinema-verite scenes of his family still coping with their deaths.

Through this powerfully intimate and moving film, Dinesh hopes that his story will raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental illness, while at the same time empower suicide survivors and families of the mentally ill to share their stories.

DVD / 2016 / 57 minutes

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AUTISM: A FAMILY'S JOURNEY

By Michael Terrill
How would you feel if your two-year-old child was diagnosed as autistic and mentally retarded? That he would go into his room and never come out, and would be institutionalized by age 17?

This was the grim life sentence handed down to Lori and Jim Cairns regarding their son, JR. The diagnosis was made in 1996-when little was known about autism, governments offered few helpful resources, and hope for recovery was disregarded as a myth, and urban legend.

Today many people still dismiss hope of recovery from autism. And yet it can happen. JR is living proof.

Now, for the first time ever, the Cairns family and JR's therapists unite to celebrate his recovery and share their story of hope.

DVD / 2015 / 52 minutes

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OCD AND ME

Most people have heard of OCD but what exactly is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? It presents itself in many unusual guises. People are often surprised to learn that OCD goes far beyond the common perception of excessive hand washing or the repetitive checking of light switches.

OCD is an extreme anxiety-related condition where a person experiences frequent, intrusive and unwelcome obsessive thoughts, often followed by repetitive compulsions, impulses or urges.

In an attempt to get an understanding of disturbing mental illness we spend time with some people who have agreed to come forward and talk about their OCD. We also feature experts in the field while spending time in St Patrick's Hospital in Dublin and an anxiety support groups in Sligo town.

OCD is the third most common concern reported to St Patrick's mental-health support services and The World Health Organisation lists it as one of the 10 most debilitating illnesses on the planet. OCD and Me gives us a greater understanding of this secretive and often misunderstood condition.

DVD / 2015 / 53 minutes

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DARK SIDE OF THE FULL MOON

Having a baby is supposed to be the happiest time of one's life. But what if it's not and no one is helping?

1 in 7 women suffer from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. 1 in 1000 will get postpartum psychosis. Affected are 1.3 million mothers annually and the system is failing them.

Dark Side of the Full Moon delves into the unseen world of maternal mental health in the U.S and investigates the disconnect within the medical community to effectively screen, refer, and treat the 1.3 million mothers affected each year, giving a face and voice to the countless women who have suffered in silence.

In Dark Side of the Full Moon, two mothers take on the American healthcare system when new motherhood crashes into mental illness.

DVD (Color) / 2014 / 74 minutes

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STUDENTS WITH AUTISM

The autism spectrum covers a complex range of conditions. Understanding the characteristics of autistic behaviour and its neurological causes is essential for effective interaction and communication with people with autism.

This program takes a first-hand look at a highly effective school-based program for autistic students and presents perspectives from parents, teachers and other professionals.

DVD (With English Subtitles) / 2014 / (Middle Secondary - Professional) / 26 minutes

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BROADMOOR: HISTORY OF THE CRIMINALLY INSANE

Interviews and archives highlight Britain's most notorious criminals and the place they called home.

Leading criminologist, Professor David Wilson, gives an insight into the world of Britain's Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital.

Cameras have been allowed to film inside Broadmoor Hospital for the first time in 150 years as part of a new documentary. The inner workings of the high-security psychiatric hospital, which houses more than 200 men, some of which are the most mentally-ill and disturbed criminals in the UK, are revealed in the dynamic expose.

Out of all the patients, 35 per cent come from prisons, 35 per cent from the court system, a quarter from medium-secure psychiatric units and five per cent from other high-security hospitals. Although the average stay in the hospital I

DVD / 2013 / 46 minutes

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