Connecting the Dots takes on the subject of mental health through the voices of young people around the world.
"Wolfe" is an intimate confessional from Nick, who learned through puberty that the imaginary friend in his head was real, and violent.
A day in the life of a pathetic clown, as his mental issues begin to consume him and cause his final performance to spiral out of control.
A comedy about depression, alcoholism, suicide and the other funniest parts of life. Gethard holds nothing back as he dives into his experiences with mental illness and psychiatry, finding hope in the strangest places. An adaption of his one-man off-Broadway show of the same name.
The lives of Jeff, Lauren and Lloyd—three very different people who share one common experience—have been transformed by speaking up for mental health. These inspiring stories depict what mental health in America really looks like and highlights just how important it is to speak up and seek help.
Tras sobrevivir a un accidente de avión en el que muere su mejor amigo, el arquitecto Max Klein sufre una transformación espiritual. En un estado de bendición en el que no tiene ningún miedo a la muerte, Max se encuentra incapaz de continuar con su antigua vida. La única persona que parece compartir su experiencia es Carla, una joven madre que perdió a su bebé en el accidente y que se ha hundido en la culpa.
La locura del rey Jorge (o Las locuras del rey Jorge, según algunas traducciones) es una película de 1994 dirigida por Nicholas Hytner y adaptada por Alan Bennett a partir de su propia obra de teatro, La locura del rey Jorge. Cuenta la historia del deterioro en la salud mental del rey Jorge III y el deterioro en la relación con su hijo, el Príncipe de Gales, y concentra su atención en el periodo alrededor de la crisis de la Regencia de 1788. La medicina moderna ha sugerido que los síntomas del rey eran síntomas de porfiria.
As a Man prepares to shoot himself he notices another man about to jump off a building and intervenes.
It offers a nuanced look at life in the women's ward of a psychiatric clinic, where most patients have been convicted of a crime.
When the Cows Come Home introduces audiences to Tilly and Maggie, a pair of cows that musician, journalist, artist and cow whisperer, Andrew Johnstone has befriended and subsequently saved from slaughter. The garrulous herdsman is enthusiastic to expound his views on animal husbandry, bovine communication and the vagaries of life in general, before the film walks us back through the events that have shaped the singular farmer-philosopher. From personal family tragedy to warring with Catholic school authorities, innovating in Hamilton’s nascent music scene to creating guerrilla art installations; Johnstone’s life has had a truly idiosyncratic trajectory. Mental health issues may have seen him retreat to life on the farm, but the film makes clear its subject’s restless inquisitiveness is far from being put out to pasture.
Three sailors are talked into trying LSD and marijuana--which, this film implies, are basically the same thing--and the effects of the drugs endanger the lives of their fellow sailors aboard ship.
The impact of lingering trauma on an a ex-serviceman, triggered by sounds of everyday life.
Bob es un oficinista gris, aburrido y tímido que siempre va con la cabeza gacha. Pero tras un hecho que ocurre en su lugar de trabajo, se convierte en un héroe. En un acto de furiosa violencia, aunque casi involuntario, salva la vida a Vanessa, la chica por la que suspiran todos en la oficina. A partir de este momento, los dos inician una relación peculiar, una que no está basada precisamente en el agradecimiento.
Kren's second film and the first he cut according to a strictly serial, sequence technique: in various frame sizes, the 48 portraits from the Szondi Test for "experimental diagnosis of human impulses" are shown in pre-specified lengths (between one and eight frames).
A teenager struggles with his identity after an unresolved family relationship.
A person who believes they're being watched all day, every day, struggles with their mental health and their grip on reality.
A one-hour documentary narrated by Donny Osmond that follows the lives of several extraordinary people who have been diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. Through personal interviews, viewers learn about the symptoms, emotions and challenges these people face and about the treatments available to help people on their road to recovery.
After several suicide attempts and psychiatric hospitalizations, 15 year old Belle takes exception to a streaming internet series depicting 13 reasons why a fictional teen commits suicide. Belle disrupts society’s mistaken beliefs about individuals with mental illness. She offers a distinctive lens through which we view suicide and our responses to it. The film chronicles Belle's story while interspersing stimulating vignettes, fueled by hope and resilience, from the lives of other youth struggling with mental illness and self-harm.
