Mental Health Media Resources
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Mental Health Media Resources
Ted Talks
Toward a new understanding of mental illness | Thomas Insel
Mental Health for All by Involving All | Vikram Patel
The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers | Laurel Braitman
How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime | Nadine Burke Harris
Why students should have mental health days | Hailey Hardcastle
A tale of mental illness | Elyn Saks
This could be why you're depressed or anxious | Johann Hari
We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it | Nora McInerny
Documentaries
The Me You Don't See - Apple-TV 2023
Of Two Minds (2018) - Amazon Prime
Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014) - Amazon Prime
Shadow Voices: Finding Hope in Mental Illness (2005) - Amazon Prime
The Wounds We Cannot See (2017) - Amazon Prime
Letters from Generation RX (2017) - Amazon Prime
Healing Voices (2016) - Amazon Prime
Bipolarized (2013) - Amazon Prime
Light in the Darkness – Living Well After Trauma (2019) - Amazon Prime
OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger’s Movie (2010) - Amazon Prime
What About Me? (2018) - Amazon Prime
Mysteries of Mental Illness - PBS - Albert Wisner Library
Series
The mind, explained - Netflix
The Me You Can't See - APPLE TV
Podcasts
Scott Lynch - The Motivated Mind - Spotify
Sean Kim - Growth Minds - Spotify
Jeremy Godwin - Let's Talk About Mental Health - Spotify
Amanda Shea - Everyday Mental Wellness - Spotify
Lawrence - The Self Improvement Project - Spotify
Cassandre Dunbar - Be Well, Sis - Spotify
Katya Weiss-Andersson - The Queer Wellness Podcast - Spotify
Books
Healing Our Path From Mental Illness to Mental Wellness - Thomas Insel, MD.
What Happened to You - Ophrah Whimfry
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
Mental Fitness: Maximizing Mood, Motivation, & Mental Wellness by Optimizing the Brain-Body-Biome
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Articles
Shades of Grief: When Does Mourning Become a Mental Illness?
Can Grief and Loss Lead to Mental Illness?
Resources
National Center For African American Health Consciousness
Assisted Living for People With Mental Health Disorders