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Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (5 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
HEARTSOUNDS is an award winning movie that has been featured in 12 film festivals. It tells a story about a young woman's lifelong fascination with penguins and how they transformed her life in time of need. There are 40 species of these flightless birds that make their home in the South Pole. Newborns must stay out of the ocean until their feathers are waterproof and depend on their parents to provide food and shelter. Like humans, not all penguin...
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (7 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In this program we'll learn about the importance of a good night's sleep, sleep disorders and the treatment options for insomnia. We spend about one-third of our time asleep and more than 75% of Americans between the ages of 20 and 59 report having difficulty sleeping on a regular basis. People over 60 may not sleep as deeply as those of a younger age. Sleep is just as important as diet and exercise and the amount of sleep you need depends on your...
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (9 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In this program we'll learn the connection between anxiety and depression, the habits that contribute to anxiety that you can break and what to tell yourself the next time you are depressed. Anxiety is the most common mental health disorder in the U.S. affecting forty million adults. About half of those that are diagnosed with anxiety disorders also suffer from depression. Experiencing occasional anxiety and worry is normal but people with anxiety...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxi, 360 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in which too many families struggle alone to manage afflicted...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
ix, 271 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"As parents, we worry about our children-about their physical health, performance at school, the types of friends they have, and, of course, their mental health. Every day seems to bring new and expanding issues and disorders and troubling statistics about the rise of mental illness in children and teens. It's usually obvious what to do for physical injuries like broken bones, but when it comes to our children's mental health, the answers are much...
26) Bastards' Road
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Walking 6000 miles, Marine Veteran Jonathan Hancock confronts unprocessed trauma from war. Jon’s insight and humor gives a uniquely positive approach to the post-war topic. A hopeful story of resilience meant to inspire all audiences.
27) Root Cause
Publisher
Play TV
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (73 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
ROOT CAUSE is a feature length documentary based on one man’s extraordinary true story – a 10 year long journey to find the ROOT CAUSE of his panic attacks, anxiety, chronic fatigue, nausea, dizziness, agitation and insomnia. Interviews with expert health professionals from all over the world, provides incredible insight into how an infected root canal can affect other health functions of the body. Featuring leaders in their fields like Dr. Mercola,...
28) Free the Mind
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (79 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In 1992 Professor Richard Davidson, one of the world's leading neuroscientists, met the Dalai Lama, who encouraged him to apply the same rigorous methods he used to study depression and anxiety to the study of compassion and kindness, those qualities cultivated by Tibetan meditation practice. The results of Davidson's studies at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, are portrayed in FREE THE MIND as they...
Publisher
Syndicado
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
According to the World Health Organization, anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental illnesses on the globe at the moment. Is this a disease of modernity? Or is our highly competitive and material culture itself undermining our nerves? THE AGE OF ANXIETY examines what anxiety is, and how and why it is being re-defined by medical and pharmaceutical industries.
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
THE MINDFULNESS MOVEMENT profiles the growing number of people who believe mindfulness - a peaceful quality of attention developed by focusing on the present moment in a non-judgmental way – can create a healthier, happier world.
31) Drops of Joy
Publisher
Maria Farinha Filmes
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (79 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Childhood games are a part of our social, intellectual and emotional formation. Through them we socialize, define ourselves, and internalize many of the cultural habits of adult life. We all played in our childhood, and were free and happy while playing. But do we still keep this joyful spirit and playful culture alive within us? Would the child we once were be proud of the adult we became? DROPS OF JOY is a manifesto on the importance of sustaining...
32) Angel of Nanjing
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (67 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
The Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing is the most popular place in the world to commit suicide, with over 5 attempts per week. For the past 11 years, blue-collar worker Chen Si has been patrolling this bridge every day, watching out for desperate people who've gone there to end their lives. With no formal training, he has saved over 300 people since he began; earning him the nickname the 'ANGEL OF NANJING'.
Author
Description
First published in 1899, "The Interpretation of Dreams" has come be regarded as Sigmund Freud's most significant work, one in which he would introduce his theory of the unconscious. According to Freud, dreams are forms of wish fulfillment, a sort of conflict resolution through subconscious processing of past and present troubles. Freud reasoned that the thoughts of the unconscious mind, being unruly and disturbing, were censored by the preconscious...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
When Ginger Zee opened her life to readers in Natural Disaster, the response was enormous. She put a very relatable if surprising face on depression and has helped lessen the stigma surrounding mental health issues. But Ginger tells us, Natural Disaster was "Ginger Lite" and only scratched the surface. In this moving follow-up, Ginger shares her truest self. She spent most of her life shielding her vulnerabilities from the world all while being a...
36) Released
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines what happens to the hundreds of thousands of mentally ill prisoners when they leave prison and why they return at such alarming rates. Includes the intimate stories of the released, interviews with parole officers, social workers, and psychiatrists.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xxv, 325 p., plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)
Description
Offers a program which focuses on preventing memory loss and maintaining a healthy brain, presenting guidelines for nutrition and physical activities, along with diagrams of interactive mental exercises.
Author
Series
Description
A collection of poetry and short prose focused on understanding how past wounds impact our present relationships. The author describes how intense emotions accumulate in our subconscious and condition us to act and react in certain ways. In a spare, poetic style, he guides readers through the excavation and release of the past that is required for growth.
Author
Publisher
Zando
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xxii, 409 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"Written with authority and compassion, this is the essential resource for individuals and families seeking expert guidance on diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, featuring inspiring, true stories from real people in their own words. Millions of people in the United States are affected by mental illness every year, and the Covid-19 pandemic only further exposed the shortcomings of the American mental health system. Too many are confused, afraid, and...
40) Bum's Paradise
Publisher
Les Blank Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
BUM'S PARADISE depicts the lives of men and women who lived in the Albany, California Landfill. It follows them through their eviction. The film emphasizes their concepts of community as well as the amazing art that they created. Instead of being a documentary about homelessness, Bums' Paradise considers the question: What if the homeless -- the indigent, the bums -- told their own stories?
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