Eating Disorders Advice For Family, Friends
Helpful information for family and friends supporting people with eating disorders in recovery.
Useful tips, like not saying “just eat,” are practical and important to share. This short but very informative YouTube video made by Felicity McKee, a person recovering from an eating disorder, makes many insightful points about challenges in living in recovery.
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Source: Channel N - April 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Sandra Kiume Tags: All Documentary General brain family lived experience psychology recovery support treatment video Source Type: blogs
First Nations, Metis, & Rural HEADSTRONG Summit
The first First Nations, Métis and Rural HEADSTRONG Summit for youth mental health was hosted in October by the Mental Health Commission of Canada in Calgary, Alberta.
This short video encapsulates the event’s activities. Youth attending get inspired and inspire after presentations by elders, celebrities, and peers about mental health, wellness, and indigenous culture and identity.
Future events are planned and ultimately the HEADSTRONG initiative will impact thousands of people in Canada. The initial event in this video is a moving start. (Source: Channel N)
Source: Channel N - March 29, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Sandra Kiume Tags: All Documentary Events General brain Canada CanCon first nations indigenous inuit mental health mhcc school stigma video youth Source Type: blogs
Successful Valentine Campaign by IMAlive
This year, I was invited to be a part of a special Valentine’s campaign for people without partners. #ThereIsAlwaysMe was created by crisis chat site IMAlive, and promoted by PostSecret, @unsuicide, Torrey DeVitto, Jennifer Niven, and Kevin Brooks.
This short video shows highlights from the campaign results. People shared notes with inspiring messages to be found by strangers in schools, hospitals, and more, and then shared photos of those notes with the hashtag.
It was great to be a part of this uplifting campaign that remembers not everyone is partnered on Valentine’s Day, but w...
Source: Channel N - February 24, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Sandra Kiume Tags: All Documentary General Social video brain IM Alive Jennifer Niven Kevin Brooks psychology suicide Valentine Day Source Type: blogs
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Source: Channel N - February 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sandra Kiume Source Type: blogs
Eating Disorders Are Not A Choice
This excellent short video compiling interviews with people affected by eating disorders as well as clinicians, drives home the point that eating disorders are not a choice.
The well-produced video made by Sheena’s Place, a Toronto eating disorders support centre, also makes the point that eating disorders affect a diverse range of people of all ages, genders, and sizes.
This is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, a good time to share messages that inform about the realities of eating disorders and do some mythbusting. For more information, please visit the National Eating Disorders...
Source: Channel N - February 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Tags: All General Interview anorexia awareness brain bulimia CanCon choice eating disorders neuroscience psychology video Source Type: blogs
The Rise of Online Counselling
In the Shrink Rap Radio podcast, on a YouTube video, an episode delves into online counselling. Podcast host psychiatrist Roy interviews Clay Cockrell from the Online Counselling Directory and podcast.
The benefits and ethics of online counselling are established, and Cockrell, an expert in e-health, talks about the current status of the field and its future, and how more and more therapists are using the technology in their practices. Their clients are asking them to, for the convenience and access.
Watch more episodes of the Shrink Rap Radio podcast on their YouTube channel. (Source: Channel N)
Source: Channel N - January 25, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Sandra Kiume Tags: All General Interview brain mental health online counselling podcast psychology psychotherapy shrink rap radio video youtube Source Type: blogs
Inspiring Instructions for a Bad Day
“Instructions for a Bad Day” is a spoken word poem by Shane Koyczan, in a video produced by the Pink Shirt Day Student Collaboration, a high school anti-bullying initiative.
This inspiring and creative project combines Koyczan’s powerful reading with a visual narrative set in a high school. Using simple special effects, the students’ story complements the eloquent and moving poem.
Shane Koyczan is a poet from Vancouver, Canada best known for performing in the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and for creating the viral To This Day Project video (with over 20 million views).
Wat...
Source: Channel N - January 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Sandra Kiume Tags: All Art brain CanCon depression high school inspiration peer support poetry Shane Koyczan spoken word video Source Type: blogs
Study Confirms Pets Benefit Mental Health
A new scientific study published in the BioMedCentral Psychiatry journal confirms what many people already knew intuitively: people with mental illness benefit from pet ownership. This short animated video explains the findings.
The helpful nature of pets includes providing routine, exercise, and acceptance. Those surveyed rated their pets in a primary role of social importance and support. Dogs, cats, birds, and hamsters were all valuable as animal companions.
The journal article is open access. Read more: “Ontological security and connectivity provided by pets: a study in the self-management o...
Source: Channel N - January 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Sandra Kiume Tags: All Documentary General Online education animals brain pets psychology support therapeutic video Source Type: blogs
Guided Meditation Video For Coping With Grief
This comforting guided meditation video by Jason Stephenson includes soothing music and his calm voice guiding you through a process of coping with grief.
“Now is the time to focus on healing, not dogma,” he says, reassuring us that this approach isn’t about beliefs about afterlife, but instead a focus on our present emotions and honouring our loved ones.
With all the losses 2016 has brought, so many celebrities passing on as well as regular people, it’s helpful to take the time to process grief and comfort ourselves.
Instead of constant sadness, it’s good to think...
Source: Channel N - December 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Sandra Kiume Tags: All General Meditation brain coping grief guided meditation loss psychology video Source Type: blogs
Well-being As A Skill
In this short lecture video, Richard Davidson, founder of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, talks about the four constituents of well-being and how we can practice it as a skill.
Neuroplasticity, or the brain’s ability to adapt and learn, responds to life events and helps us grow. By practicing four components our brains and our wellness can improve.
Resilience in recovery from adversity is part of well-being and helps protect us from difficulties.
Outlook, or attitude, is another skill we can develop, and he discusses a research study about the practice.
Attention is the th...
Source: Channel N - December 23, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Sandra Kiume Tags: All Lecture brain meditation mindfulness neroplasticity neuroscience outlook psychology resilience video wellbeing wellness Source Type: blogs
