COMMITTED is a new documentary film produced by Ken Rosenberg, MD, and Peter Miller, Emmy and Peabody-winning documentary makers, and directed by Rosenberg, a practicing psychiatrist who experienced the death of a family member from schizophrenia. COMMITTED brings to life a groundbreaking approach — Assisted Outpatient Treatment — in which judges, doctors, police, and family… Read more »
In 2015, in the midst of widespread defunding of community mental health care programs across the country, in Chicago, the Cook County Jail has become a default treatment center for people living with mental illness. While investigating the treatment of detainees, filmmaker Margaret Byrne meets Angela, Dimitar and Daniel, participants in a mental health court… Read more »
The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative (AI2) at the University of Southern California, founded by Dr. Stacy L. Smith, is the leading global think tank studying issues of inequality in entertainment and rolling out tangible solutions for change. AI2 engages research, advocacy and action surrounding entertainment on behalf of marginalized individuals to create a more inclusive ecosystem… Read more »
After the tragic suicide of Liv Kunik, Liv’s family and a movie production team came together to create a documentary film called LIV. LIV is the story of sisters Tess and Liv, and Tess’ struggle to help Liv as she experiences depression and thoughts of suicide. This rare view of raw emotions and fear reveals… Read more »
Since the pandemic, the need for youth to feel comfortable and equipped to seek mental health support is greater than ever. The CDC reported that since the pandemic one in four young adults has contemplated suicide, and over 75% report adverse mental health conditions. If unaddressed, experts anticipate that negative mental health symptoms appearing in… Read more »
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI’s greatest strength is its network of 650+ NAMI State Organizations (NSOs) and NAMI Affiliates (NAs) working in communities across the country. NAMI programs — which… Read more »
ORCHESTRATING CHANGE is the feature-length documentary film that tells the inspiring story of Me2/Orchestra, the only orchestra in the world created by and for people living with mental illness and those who support them. The orchestra’s mission is to erase the stigmatization of people living with mental illness through the creation of beautiful music, community,… Read more »
There is power in art. In creating it. In viewing it. In thinking about it. Recognizing the impact art can have on mental health, the Zepf Community Mental Health Center recently received funding from The David and Lura Lovell Foundation Designated Fund of the Greater Toledo Community Foundation to have local artist Gail Christofferson create… Read more »
In the United States, one in four people shot by a police officer has a serious mental illness, as do almost 25% of jail inmates and 15% of state prison inmates. Police officers have increasingly become first responders to people experiencing a mental health crisis, even though they have few effective tools for dealing with… Read more »
In 1996, The Carter Center established the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism (RCFJ), coinciding with the breakthrough passage of the Mental Health Parity Act, the first legislation to require that certain insurance providers consider mental health benefits the same as they would medical or surgical benefits. The fellowship program was the first of… Read more »