Movies for Mental Health

Bakersfield CollegeSeptember 28, 2016

@artwithimpact#Movies4MentalHealth

Here’s the PlanI. Quick introductionII. Set the stage togetherIII. Watch short films & discuss themIV. Make it personal with our panel

Brought to you by

• Monthly short film competition

• Campus workshops• Global community

(blog, IG, Twitter, FB)

• Mental Health Services Act (2004)• 1% tax on people earning

>$1m/year• 25% to prevention and early

intervention

Heads Up• Mental health is personal - YOU are the

expert of your own experience.

• This is a public space - not therapy.• We’re here for connection, questions

and creating change!• Films might trigger big emotions -

that’s OK! • Please ask for help if you need support.

Some movies that show mental illness:

MementoOne Flew Over the Cuckoos NestRainmanGarden StateNurse JackieMinions

Characters with mental illness are portrayed as:

DangerousVolitileUnstable

What is mental illness?

Mental health vs. mental illness?

Anosognosia

By Leesa KimAWI Winner, 2016

https://vimeo.com/150541293

What is stigma?

How does stigma feel?

Gladys

By Jessica Jones and Diana Di Battista

AWI Winner, December 2013

https://vimeo.com/80677362

In groups of three

• What did you think?

• What did you feel?

What did you think? What did you feel?

Thoughts Feelings

The Gift

By Steve BastoniAWI Winner, July 2016

https://vimeo.com/177000701

In groups of three

• What did you think?• What did you feel?• What have you learned?

What did you think… feel… learn?Thoughts Feelings New Insights

Chained

By Dustin LowmanAWI Winner, September 2016

https://vimeo.com/180981639

In groups of three

• What did you think?• What did you feel?• What have you learned?• What will you do?

What did you think… feel… learn?Thoughts InsightsFeelings

What can I do?

Meet the Panel•Justin Cordeiro - Bakersfield College student•Dave Seymour - MFT - Bakersfield College Student Health Center•Dave Riess - LCSW - Bakersfield College Behavioral Science Adjunct Faculty•Ellen Eggert - Program Support Supervisor, Kern County Mental Health - KCMH Hotline, Crisis Addiction Counseling/Suicide Prevention/Postvention Support

AWI Ambassadors• You’re invited! Continue the conversation, be a leader!

• Join the AWI Ambassadors FB group and connect with students across North America: www.facebook.com/groups/awiambassadors/

• Blog, be a juror for the film competition, run campaigns, and much more!

Thank you for coming!

• Contact us:

– info@artwithimpact.org

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–Submit a film! http://www.artwithimpact.org/contest