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This document outlines the agenda and materials for an event on mental health and movies. The event will include an introduction, screening short films about mental illness and discussing them, and a panel discussion. The films portray characters with mental illness and conditions like depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. They aim to reduce stigma by showing the humanity of those experiencing mental health challenges. The document discusses mental health vs illness, what stigma feels like, and how the films make people feel various emotions. It encourages participants to continue the conversation and get involved with mental health advocacy.
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Mass art etc november 3, 2016 - powerpoint
- 1. Movies for Mental Health MassArt, WIT, Emmanuel College at MCPHS November 3, 2016 @artwithimpact #Movies4MentalHealth
- 2. 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
- 3. Brought to you by • Monthly short film competition • Campus workshops • Global community (blog, IG, Twitter, FB)
- 4. 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.
- 5. Some movies that show mental illness: Shutter Island Silver Linings Playbook Ordinary People A Beautiful Mind Sybil One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest King of Hearts
- 6. Characters with mental illness are portrayed as: “Crazy” Multiple personality disorder Weak or helpless Unstable Depressed Suicidal Isolated Lost Brilliant & Exceptional
- 7. What is mental illness? Brain releases different things (such as chemicals) or doesn’t release enough Not a choice It can make you feel … or not feel at all Sometimes it’s environmental Sometimes it’s hereditary Sometimes it’s both! Chronic or temporary Painful (physical and emotional)
- 8. Mental health vs. mental illness? Mental illness = extremes; mental health more day-to-day ups and downs Mental health can be a result of how you treat or deal with mental illness Can take a lot of skills to maintain You feel like you have a lot of choices when you’re mentally healthy Sense of acceptance and well-being (self acceptance)
- 9. Anosognosia By Leesa Kim AWI Winner, January 2016
- 10. What is stigma? Generalization or stereotype Taboo Ignorance and fear Always negative
- 11. How does stigma feel? Isolating Dehumanizing Restrictive Hurts Helpless Embarrassed Unfair Patronizing Makes you feel abnormal
- 12. The Letter By Brian Ross AWI Winner, October 2016
- 13. In groups of three • What did you think? • What did you feel?
- 14. What did you think? What did you feel? Thoughts • Easy to get caught up in feeling your negative feelings; important to look up in the world • Juxtaposition between the act and the beauty – the music, how meticulous he was, the house, etc. • He was really caring about other people (e.g., worried about how people found him) – but not taking care of himself • Romanticizes it a little bit. And things never happen that quickly … makes it un-relatable. • In both films it took another person to pull them out of it. Connection. Feelings Hurt – very powerful Felt frustrated; wanted him not to kill himself. Sense of humor to both of the films – striking. Sense of humor about the suffering … and a sense of relief with the connection. The humor speaks to the multi- dimensionality of the human experience.
- 15. Core By Ashlen Harkness AWI Winner, November 2016
- 16. In groups of three • What did you think? • What did you feel? • What have you learned?
- 17. What did you think… feel… learn? Thoughts Cool that she mentioned that even though the memories are fleeting she can recognize them as triggers Could be a good resource for people who don’t experience anxiety – to build understanding People use the anxiety very lightly – demonstrates the seriousness of it Had a feeling of ambiguity and ominousness that portrays panic attacks Feelings Made us feel anxious; an amazing visualization of what a panic attack is and how it feels Just looking at it makes you experience it with her – gives you anxiety Would have turned it off if she had been watching it alone New Insights What would it be like to not be able to turn it off?? People don’t realize that there can be physical symptoms – not always recognized Often with anxiety connection doesn’t actually help
- 18. A Film About Love By Dale John Allen AWI Winner, November 2015
- 19. In groups of three • What did you think? • What did you feel? • What have you learned? • What will you do?
- 20. What did you think… feel… learn? Thoughts He was comfortable with the mania, and said he missed it. He has new feelings that are unfamiliar to him. Clear expression of the connection b/w depression and anxiety. Triumphant for him. He’s in the process of overcoming something. Loved the idea of personifying the illness. Shows the ambivalence and conflict. Insights Stigma bending b/c he wanted it – felt like he was killing a part of himself. Portrays a sense of self-hatred and admiration. Sadness in losing a part of yourself. Feelings The fidgeting made me feel fidgety and nervous … the way he was feeling. Was the saddest of the films – felt a real heaviness in her heart. Felt so hopeless. I have to kill the only man that made me feel good and now I’m left with this. Hopeful – I’m killing a part of myself in order to love myself in a different way. A new take on how people feel toward their mental illness.
- 21. What can I do?
- 22. Meet the Panel • Brianna Fabianek - Emmanuel College Student • Brianna Florio - MassArt Student • Kylie Alexander - WIT Student • Brenda Hawks - Director and Licensed Psychologist, Emmanuel College Counseling Center • Brandon Erdos - Psychiatrist • Kim Irving - LICSW, Department of Mental Health
- 23. 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!
- 24. Thank you for coming! • Contact us: – info@artwithimpact.org –Follow us! –Submit a film! http://www.artwithimpact.org/contest
Editor's Notes
- Campus organizer (may) introduce facilitator Brief introduction – welcome, name Encourage people to come closer Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter and document this event - we’d love to see your photos!
- Brief agenda review: - will give you a brief summary of AWI - set the stage together, which really means that as a group we’ll have a discussion and provide a context for the topics - we have four short films from our library to show you, together we’ll discuss the themes - Make it personal with a panel of campus and community resources to connect you with - You’ll be doing most of the talking today! Mention photos - if you would prefer not to have your face in photos please inform us after the event
- Add customized sponsor logo(s) on slides Who is AWI? - we are a charity dedicated to reducing the stigma of mental illness with transition-aged youth, work in regions throughout North America - we have been working primarily in California since 2011 and in the last year and a half expanded to three areas of Canada, as well as the New England area in the U.S. (if applicable) - We host an ongoing monthly short film competition where filmmakers anywhere in the world can submit a film on the topic of mental health, these are juried and monthly winners receive $1,000 cash prize (will tell you more about that at the end of our time together) - We then take these winning films and facilitate discussions in our postsecondary Movies for Mental Health program (you’ll see what this is all about today) and run a high school program that teaches media literacy to youth and allows them to make their own short films on mental health - Also a part of a larger global community, release blogs twice a week on feature length films, or film festivals related to themes of mental illness Brought to you by: - mention any nonprofit partners or corporate sponsors
- Want to explain what I mean about this statement… Mental health is personal and our experiences are different, we all come from different backgrounds and cultures – you are the experts on YOU and know yourself better than anyone else We don’t often talk about mental health; as a society we don’t tend to talk about issues/experiences related to this theme, so sometimes we don’t know HOW to talk about these topics. First and foremost keep yourself safe today, don’t feel compelled to share anything you’re not comfortable with. This is a new space and you might feel ready to share but might not know what responses you’ll have, and it is a public space with no guaranteed confidentially so be mindful of the space that we are in before you disclose. Some of the films might be triggering, meaning they might elicit an emotional reaction. The films are very powerful and it’s completely normal to feel overwhelmed, so take the time you need to re-group and be present here. I encourage you to take note of how you’re feeling and investigate that / nurture that after the workshop. We have counsellors in the room today that are here to help you if you need to step out (say names of counsellors, have them raise their hands in the audience).
- Pre-slide: With that in mind, let’s get started by providing a context and setting the stage for the messages we receive in the media. Ask Q
- Think about the characters in the films you shared, what are some adjectives you’d use to describe those characters, how have the characters been portrayed? We see a lot of extremes here, ie. Really special, really problematic 1 in 5 of us, 20% of us have a diagnosable mental illness, consider how these labels influence us. (Optional to save until next slides)
- We use the term often, let’s work together to craft definitions according to your thoughts For us in this room at this workshop it doesn’t matter what anyone says, we don’t need clinical definitions but how do we define and what does it feel like for us.
- What is mental health, especially as it relates to mental illness? Sometimes the terms are used interchangeably and that can influence how willing we are to discuss these topics. Helping think about themselves as more than a disease. 5 in 5 of us have mental health, it is a universal experience, something we can agree we need to nourish and take care of, influences all aspects of our lives
- Show here: More Than A Mental Illness, Anosognosia, OR Destigmatize Mental Illness Mention brief blurb about the film – won our competition in <YEAR>, sentence about the filmmaker (can be based on acceptance videos on website) Segue theme of film – stigma- into next slide
- What the film really addressed here is stigma. We know stigma exists and we talk a lot about it in relation to mental illness, but how would you really define it? Discuss stereotypes v. stigma - stereotypes can be negative or positive, stigma is always negative Stigma is false Stigma easily internalized and we believe them about ourselves Ie. all girls are bad at sports v. all boys are good at sports (neither is true but one is positive) Stigma can be experienced in a number of ways, and not solely related to mental illness…
- Knowing that this is something we have all experienced in some shape or form, how does stigma feel? Comments/ Questions that can be added about stigma specifically: - stigma creates barriers to understanding - stigma defines someone as only one aspect of who they are, when this label doesn’t fit who you are it’s a frustrating feeling - If someone mentions stereotypes; difference between stereotypes and stigma is stereotypes can be positive or negative, sometimes funny, however stigma is always negative and feels awful, dehumanizing - There are various types of stigma – cultural and self-stigma; this can snowball and create really negative experiences - Believing the self-stigma (and it’s completely human to do so) can be dangerous when we internalize, become very hard on ourselves. - It’s not a true/false, it’s a societal construct - Impact of stigma in accessing resources (what is?) Segue into films: We are here today taking the first step by talking about these experiences, learning through films to combat stigma and learn from one another. These feelings, these byproducts of being stigmatized is why it’s so important to have these supportive and compassionate conversations / listening to one another is an incredibly powerful way to battle stigma We’re fighting the feelings that stigma brings out in humans that makes people feel they can’t reach out, can’t get help...really hard to break through. This is something that we can work together to fight. So, on that note, let’s watch the first film!
- Mention when film came into library, brief note about filmmaker When watching the film encourage you to remain aware of how the film makes you feel, and what the film makes you think and we’ll break into groups afterward to discuss.
- In an academic environment it can be challenging to discuss feelings and emotions where thoughts are more abstract, but encourage students to challenge themselves Feelings represent important feedback and it’s important to listen to them. Turn to your neighbours in small groups and discuss these questions, we will come back together in a few minutes. Communicate a signal for getting students’ attention?
- Can provide an example of a thought and/or feeling to get the group started. Live document responses, paraphrasing and summarizing
- Show here: More Than A Mental Illness, Anosognosia, OR Destigmatize Mental Illness Mention brief blurb about the film – won our competition in <YEAR>, sentence about the filmmaker (can be based on acceptance videos on website) Segue theme of film – stigma- into next slide
- Invite audience to divide into groups again (maybe encourage new groups?), allow 5 minutes for discussion before coming back together.
- Live document responses, paraphrasing and summarizing
- Mention when film came into library, brief note about filmmaker
- Invite audience to divide into groups again (maybe encourage new groups?), allow 5 minutes for discussion before coming back together.
- Transition directly into large group responses, no small group discussions
- Thank audience for participation. After having these conversations and processing new and/or complicated information we can feel a little lost, and here is when we want to provide concrete opportunities to engage and continue this discussion. We don’t often talk this in-depth, we have people here for you to help digest this information and provide information about services. Fortunate enough to have students sharing stories, panelist experts from your campus, and mental health professionals/ resources in your community here today to inform you of ways you can support your mental health. Will tell you about ways you can engage with us (AWI) just before we break for good.
- Now will invite our panelists to come up, and in the meantime will hand out evaluations which are really valuable to us for improving our programming and keeping it relevant. Will also assist your school in knowing how to better serve you. Moderate the panel discussion – Introduce all panelists when inviting them up. Students typically speaking first (check in with them to ensure this is okay for them), indicate which panelist will speak next throughout. Q&A Invite students to ask questions to panelists while monitoring time. Encourage students to view booths or resource tables before leaving Close out the panel and give (or have volunteer hand-out) panelist thank you gifts
- AWI exists to create a community of students, artists, advocates, who want to have these conversations...if you’re interested in staying in touch with us and becoming a part of a larger community of students across N. America who believe in the power of art to subvert stigma
- Add personalized email to slide or info@artwithimpact.org Mention ways students can reach out, contact us with feedback or comments. Encourage film submissions – we’d love to see your films, competition is ongoing We are on many forms of social media, reach out! We have a sign-up list here if you’re interested in learning about other events and workshops, reading our blogs, etc. I’ll be here if you have any questions for me specifically. Thank the group again and close out discussion