Mental Health Media Resources
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Mental Health Media Resources
Ted Talks
How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime | Nadine Burke Harris
Mental Health for All by Involving All | Vikram Patel
The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers | Laurel Braitman
A tale of mental illness | Elyn Saks
This could be why you're depressed or anxious | Johann Hari
Toward a new understanding of mental illness | Thomas Insel
We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it | Nora McInerny
Why students should have mental health days | Hailey Hardcastle
Documentaries
Anxious Nation (2022) – Amazon Prime
Bipolarized (2013) - Amazon Prime
Healing Voices (2016) - Amazon Prime
Letters from Generation RX (2017) - Amazon Prime
Light in the Darkness – Living Well After Trauma (2019) - Amazon Prime
The Me You Can't See - Apple-TV 2023
Mysteries of Mental Illness - PBS - Albert Wisner Library
OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger’s Movie (2010) - Amazon Prime
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
Stutz - Netflix
What About Me? (2018) - Amazon Prime
The Wounds We Cannot See (2017) - Amazon Prime
The Mind, Explained - Netflix
Podcasts
Be Well, Sis - Cassandre Dunbar - Spotify
Everyday Mental Wellness - Amanda Shea - Spotify
Growth Minds - Sean Kim - Spotify
Let's Talk About Mental Health - Jeremy Godwin - Spotify
The Motivated Mind - Scott Lynch - Spotify
The Queer Wellness Podcast - Katya Weiss-Andersson - Spotify
The Self Improvement Project - Lawrence - Spotify
Books
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness - Jonathan Haidt
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
The Color of My Mind: Mental Health Narratives from People of Color - Dior Vargas
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies - Resmaa Menakem
Healing Our Path From Mental Illness to Mental Wellness - Thomas Insel, MD
Lost Connections - Johann Hari
Mental Fitness: Maximizing Mood, Motivation, & Mental Wellness by Optimizing the Brain-Body-Biome - Dr. Shawn Talbot,
Practicing Mindfulness: 75 Essential Meditations to Reduce Stress, Improve Mental Health, and Find Peace in the Everyday - Matthew Sockolov
Profiles in Mental Health Courage - Patrick J Kennedy
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Heallng - Ophrah Whinfry and Dr. Bruce Perry
Articles
Can Grief and Loss Lead to Mental Illness?
Shades of Grief: When Does Mourning Become a Mental Illness?
U.S. Surgeon General Murthy Tackles Mental Health, And Disinformation
Resources
Assisted Living for People With Mental Health Disorders
Bring Change to Mind: Let’s Talk Mental Health
National Center For African American Health Consciousness