Face to Face with Mental Wellness - Joe Roback
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at
6:23 pm
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A personal, uplifting story of Joe Roback, who lives with Bipolar Disorder. Joe has had a strong recovery and attends Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada. He is an avid chess player, musician and volunteers with many mental health organizations.
This is the new face of mental illness in the 21st Century
Face to Face with Mental Wellness is a series of videos created by Alex Burr, a project designed to put a face to mental illness in the 21st Century. In partnership with Students for Mental Wellness (Vancouver-based non-profit) and The Lowdown (Vancouver-based mental health speakers bureau).
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Brent talks about his diagnosis of schizophrenia and tries to bridge the gap between societies perception of mental illness and the reality of it. He asks you to be the change that is needed to de-stigmatize mental illness. Brent is a committed mental health advocate, public speaker and outdoor enthusiast who is in his final year of business school at Simon Fraser University.
Taylor shares his inspiring journey of recovery from depression and anxiety. He encourages others, including politicians to open up about their own mental health challenges in order to dispell the stigma around mental illness. Taylor is a passionate mental health advocate, public speaker and outdoor enthusiast and holds a BA in Computer Science from Simon Fraser University.
1,100 backpacks dotted the lawn of Coffman Memorial Union on Monday, April 26th as part of Mental Health Awareness Day. Each backpack represented the college students lost to suicide each year and serve as a way for student groups to help connect people with mental health resources. Just like when you suffer a physical injury, student groups on campus are urging students who are suffering with mental illness to get help and reduce the stigma mental health and wellness. The students also had a flash mob freeze for five minutes to commemorate the event.
Steven D. Hickman, Psy.D. discusses the field of behavioral medicine, specifically assessing and treating patients with chronic pain and illness. Dr. Hickman utilizes Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) a particular way of paying attention: with mindful intention, in the moment, without judgment. Although MBSR embraces the acceptance of things as they are without striving, research has shown that, with regular practice, it has the potential to lower stress, anxiety, and depression. It can promote relaxation, improve concentration, raise self-awareness, and enhance the immune system. Series: “Health Matters” [12/2004] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 9110]
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Me doing my usual exposure therapy. This is broken up into 2 videos. Be sure to watch 2 of 2 also.
Dr. Charles Shinaver reports on the substantial increase of Mental Health problems on College Campuses. How much has Depression risen since 2000 on College Campuses? Are other Mental Health Diagnoses increasing on College Campuses? From 2000 to 2007 how has the mental health picture changed, related to stress, sleep, depression? Why is there a change in the prevalence of mental health problems on college campuses? What role does stress and medication play? What are college campuses doing to address this? What should you know about your childs college choice when it comes to mental health?
Welcome to a ride-along! In this video, I show you the exposure therapy I’ve been doing the last month and a half. Exposure therapy involves putting yourself in the very situations that cause anxiety or ones you avoid. You face your fears directly. See what it’s all about….
For over 35 years, Dr. Bell has practiced psychiatry. As an internationally recognized lecturer and author, he has given numerous presentations on mental wellness, violence prevention, and traumatic stress caused by violence. Most recently, he has participated as the Principle Investigator with CHAMP, an HIV/AIDS youth prevention research project in South Africa . He is the author of The Sanity of Survival: Reflections on Community Mental Health and Wellness and co-author of Suicide and Homicide Among Adolescents. Dr. Bell is also a clinical professor of psychiatry and public health at the University of Illinois School of Medicine.