Movies for Mental Health

UC Santa Cruz

November 3, 2016

@artwithimpact

#Movies4MentalHealth

Here’s the Plan

I. Quick introduction

II. Set the stage together

III. Watch short films & discuss them

IV. 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 theexpert 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:

-the black swan-donny darko-cave man’s valentine-one flew over the cuckoo nest-silverlinings playbook-an Angel at my table-girl interrupted

Characters with mental illness are portrayed as:

-confused-misunderstood-psycho-hurting-violent-criminal-lonely

What is mental illness?

-integration disorder-results of trauma-difficulty functioning-impacts your day to day-ongoing challenges-feeling different-feeling out of control-feeling that things that are easy for others

are difficult for you

Mental health vs. mental illness?

-mental health is well being-mental illness is a state of being when an

affliction comes (temporal)-all that involves mental illness involves

mental health but not all that involves mental health involves mental illness

Mental Health Is Real

By Briana Wernham

AWI Winner, May 2016

What is stigma?

-a negative social stereotype-taboo to talk about-a common misconception

How does stigma feel?

-isolating-shaming/shameful-less than-discriminatory-debilitating-weak

Gladys

By Jessica Jones and Diana Di Battista

AWI Winner, December 2013

In groups of three

• What did you think?

• What did you feel?

What did you think? What did you feel?

Thoughts-accurate-the sound of her voice was muffled to symbolize how she feels silenced-struggling with what others were going to think-

Feelings-fear-sad-proud-impressed-

The Letter

By Brian Ross

AWI Winner, October 2016

In groups of three

• What did you think?

• What did you feel?

• What have you learned?

What did you think… feel… learn?

Thoughts-well done-he was portrayed as any other person-headphones= common-

Feelings-scared-mad-relief-

New Insights

I Am Borderline: Self-Regulation Project

By Betsy Usher

AWI Winner, April 2016

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-well done in

getting the message across

-our assumptions of people may not always be right

Insights-Males can

have mental illnesses that are often attributed to women.

Feelings-clear -depressed

What can I do?

Meet the Panel

•Alice Lindo - UC Santa Cruz Student•Olivia Pomeroy - UC Santa Cruz Student•Mark Ryan - UC Santa Cruz CAPS Intern•Ama Delavett - Coordinator of Survivors Healing Center - Family Service Agency•Bill Lewis - retired Lead Deputy Public Guardian for Santa Clara County

•NAMI – Mental Health Resources

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