UCLA Active Minds - M4MH - 4.15.23 - Presentation

1. @artwithimpact
#Movies4MentalHealth
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2. Paige Minett, (she/her)
● Based in Chicago, IL
● Mental Health Advocate
● STEM Educator
● Golf Enthusiast
● Tiktok: @locdgolfer
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3. ● Campus workshops
● Monthly short film competition
● Short film production grants
● Global community

4. ● Setting the scene together
● Watch and discuss films, connect our minds
and bodies
● Panel of students and resources
● Evaluation (and a chance to enter to
win $25!)
● Mingle / Q&A
#Movies4MentalHealth

5. ● 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 and others
however you need, including asking for help
#Movies4MentalHealth

6. In Just a Few Words...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Sleep
● Working out
● Ping pong
● Reading
● Journaling
● Outside
● Food
● Good smelling scents

7. MENTAL HEALTH

8. Mental illness
Mental wellness
MENTAL HEALTH

9. Some movies and TV shows that
show mental illness…
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Girl interrupted
● One flew over the cuckoo's nest
● Split
● Euphoria
● A beautiful mind
● Lars and the real girl
● All the bright places
● Ginny and Geargia

10. #Movies4MentalHealth
Characters with mental illness are
portrayed as…
● ● Villains
● Emptiness
● Crazy
● Unreliable
● Delusional
● Pathetic
● Othered

11. 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?
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12. What is Stigma?
A judgment or stereotype that is:
● Always negative
● Always untrue
● Can be internalized

13. Could Have, Should Have
By Ziyao Liu
Voices With Impact 2021
CONTENT HEADS UP
stigma

14. IN PAIRS...
What did you think?
How did you feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth

15. SHARE WITH US:
What did you think?
How did you feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Relatable, specifically to therapist
● Appreciated the “why wont you talk to me i'm
free”
● A good example of assumptions being not the
same
● Sacrifice from parents, middle ground of both
receiving therapy

16. How does stigma feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Feeling clearly portrayed of
how damaging parental
response
● Invalidating of feelings

17. What makes it difficult to reach out
for help?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Fear of rejection, feeling minimized
● Being in denial about true feelings
● Aware of possible outcomes, reluctant
to attempt
● Not being aware that it is actually
mental health issue
● Not easy to know where to go
● Financial struggles
● Feel like you need to be on the verge
of breaking down

18. Breathing
Exercise

19. Self Reflection
How was this breathing
exercise for you?
#Movies4MentalHealth

20. Visualizing Lies
By Justin Jeffers and Devonnie Black
AWI Winner, April 2019
CONTENT HEADS UP
depiction of depression and anxiety

21. #Movies4MentalHealth
IN PAIRS...
What did you think?
How did you feel?

22. #Movies4MentalHealth
SHARE WITH US:
What did you think?
How did you feel?
● Way she displayed emotions were really
powerful
● “Days already over before it starts”
● Face reality, character not reaching out
for help. Emotions trapped inside
● Depicted exhaustion

23. Let’s go deeper…
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Her last words, “ I continue to try”
● Having panic attack in escalator
● Her laying in her bed rolling around

24. 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

25. #Movies4MentalHealth
Self Reflection
Where did you experience this
in your body?

26. #Movies4MentalHealth
What are your impressions?
● “It’s not just something you get over”
● She’d go to people that looked like
you
● She turned her experiences into a
purpose

27. #Movies4MentalHealth
How can we support ourselves
and others?
● Being more open, talking with
others could help them identify as
well
● You don’t have to be mental health
professional to help
● “What can i do to support you?
● “Its okay to be not okay”
● Less talking more listening
● Being aware of your own feelings
● Emotions workbook
● “Not striving for perfection

28. Round of applause for our panel!
#Movies4MentalHealth

29. Sophia Garcia-Meza (She/Her)
Student and Active Minds Member
Colby Moss (She/Her)
CAPS Therapist, UCLA
Susanne Matte Ramsdell (She/Her)
Director of Outreach and Expansion, Wazo Connect
Jaime Morse (She/Her)
Clinical Case Manager, Alcott Center for Mental Health
Services

30. #Movies4MentalHealth
Please fill out the evaluation!
You can enter for a chance to win a $25 gift!
If you are receiving credit for attending this workshop,
at the end of the evaluation, you’ll be prompted to add
your information to a sign-in sheet.
Evaluation responses will remain separate and anonymous.
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31. #Movies4MentalHealth
Ask a question or share a thought!

32. #Movies4MentalHealth
Stay in touch!
Get it touch with us to:
● Sign up for Continued Connections
● Submit a film about mental health to our monthly competition
● Volunteer to share at a “My Mental Health Story” event
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org
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Evaluation