Videos
Mental illness and Violence
Alex Handiside, Senior Policy Analyst, Mental Health Foundation and Brian Mckenna, Associate Professor, School Of Nursing, University Of Auckland explore the myths surrounding mental illness and violence; picking them apart and examining the personal impact that they have on public attitudes toward people with experience of mental illness.
Vaughan Meneses is General Manager of Outline NZ– a free, confidential telephone counselling service for the New Zealand’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) communities. He talks about homophobia, and how it affects the mental health and wellbeing of GLBT people, particularly those who already experience mental illness.
Ivan Yeo is a mental health promoter for the Mental Health Foundation’s Kai Xin Xing Dong/Like Minds, Like Mine programme. He shares his experience of increasing understanding about mental illness and combating discrimination within the Chinese and Korean communities.
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Media Savvy
We take an inside look at the media and how organisations working within mental health can better tell their stories. We interview experienced journalists, media practitioners and producers about what makes a good story for various media outlets, and about about how newsrooms work.
