Brown University - M4MH - 4.14.22 - Presentation.pdf

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About Your Facilitator
Beth Killian, she/her
• Based in Rhode Island
• Social Work background
• Musician, Songwriter, Dancer
• Lover of tea, dogs, and bad
reality TV shows

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○ Campus workshops
○ Monthly short film competition
○ Short film production grants
○ Global community
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HERE’S THE PLAN
● Setting the scene together
● Watch and discuss films, connect our
minds and bodies
● Panel of students and resources
● Evaluation Party (and a chance to
enter to win $25!)
● Mingle / Q&A
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Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert
on your own experience
This is a public, shared space
Some photos will be taken during the panel -
please let us know if you are not comfortable
with that
Please take care of yourself however
you need, including asking for help
HEADS UP
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IN JUST A FEW WORDS...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
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● Working out, staying active
● Connecting to joy
● Going to bed early
● Rubix cube
● Being in community w other
people
● Walking outside, listening to
music

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MENTAL HEALTH

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Mental illness
Mental wellness
MENTAL HEALTH

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Some movies and TV shows
that show mental illness…
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● Crazy ex girlfriend
● Girl Interrupted
● Euphoria
● House, MD
● Mr Robot
● Donnie Darko
● August - Osage County
● As good as it gets
● A million little things

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Characters with mental
illness are portrayed as…
● Unreliable
● Quirky, alluring
● Impulsive
● Dangerous
● Dysfunctional

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MH ACROSS CULTURES
Across different cultures and languages, people talk
about and explore mental health in multiple ways.
In just a few words, please share:
How have you experienced the concept of "mental
health" within your own cultural communities?
● Not really talked about in Spain - folks are more open
here
● MH being westernized in India
● Aspect of shame, a burden, something to be hidden
● Not understood by parents, not known how to engage

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WHAT IS STIGMA?
A judgment or stereotype that is:
○ Always negative
○ Always untrue
○ Can be internalized

13. Mind Matters
By Josef Adamu
AWI Winner, November 2019
CONTENT HEADS UP
depression, stigma, alcohol use

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SHARE WITH US:
What did you think?
How did you feel?
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● Phone call - relatable
● “Man up” - pressure of fitting into stereotypes
of ‘masculinity’
● Resonated with the imagery of waves - total
loss of control
● “Just pray about it” - stuck out to me

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How does stigma feel?
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● Intense alienation - ignore
support systems you might have
● Sinking or shrinking
● Drowning

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What makes it difficult to
reach out for help?
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● Isolation - easy to start to feel like
you’re the only one, and no one can
understand
● Feeling of being a burden

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BREATHING
EXERCISE

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REFLECT ON:
HOW WAS THIS BREATHING
EXERCISE FOR YOU?
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19. Three
by Karen Hua
AWI Winner, June 2015
Content heads up:
obsessive compulsive disorder, social anxiety, bulimia

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IN PAIRS...
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
HOW DID YOU FEEL?
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SHARE WITH US:
What did you think?
How did you feel?
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● Felt more forced than the other one
● Approaching a lot of issues at the same time
● More cognitive than emotional impact-
reminder that what you see when you’re
interacting is such a small percentage of lived
experience

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Let’s go deeper…
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● Use of different sounds stood out to me -
some were louder than others, increasing
○ Tap dancing brought up emotional
response
● Both films - not a lot of speech in either - all of
the people with experiences were silent - part
of that is limited by time, but made it feel as
though the people are more passive - we’re
observing but they’re not engaging with us
● Impressed with the choice to portray a male
character living with an ED

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BODY
SCAN

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REFLECT ON:
HOW WAS THIS
BODY SCAN FOR YOU?
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25. Sal Tran
By Kim Huynh
AWI Winner, March 2018
CONTENT HEADS UP
mentions of: sexual violence, suicide attempts, systemic oppression,
depression, anxiety, substance use, and PTSD

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REFLECT ON:
WHERE DID YOU EXPERIENCE
THIS IN YOUR BODY?
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What are your impressions?
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● Liked that dialogue was incorporated -
better to engage with the protagonist
● Really clear depiction of how someone can
be hopeful and enjoy even after being in a
difficult place

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How can we support
ourselves and others?
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● Conversation - making in effort to dig deep
and engage if someone mentions something
● Boundaries are very important - esp with
marginalized identities - you are not obligated
to share your stories
● Ensuring you listen to and validate what folks
say

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PANEL
Round of applause
for our panel!
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MEET THE PANEL
Tucker Ninteau (he/him)
Student, Active Minds Member, Brown University
Leona Hariharan (she/her)
Student, Project LETS, Brown University
Corey Martin Fitzgerald, M.Ed., LMHC
(he/him/his)
Psychotherapist/ Outreach Coordinator ---Counseling &
Psychological Services-- Brown University
Beth Lamarre (she/her)
Executive Director, NAMI RI
National Alliance on Mental Illness

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Please fill out the evaluation!
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You can enter for a chance to win $25!
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Mingle / Panel Q&A
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