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This multi-stakeholder analysis created a concept map of ideas on how to improve pediatric mental health education. Ideas were rated for importance and feasibility.

In this program, three consumers are specific in providing advice to helpers about ways to interact with consumers that assist them in coping and growth.

The "fight-or-flight" response is your body's built-in response to stress. When faced with a challenging or threatening situation, your body produces adrenaline, which increases your heart and breathing rate and improves your response time. Many things, called stressors, can trigger this response. A stressor can be a physical danger, a high-pressure activity, or even performing in public. In most cases, your body relaxes and the adrenalin fades once...

In this intimate and touching portrait, filmmaker Pierre Goupil (Celui qui voit les heures, La vérité est un mensonge) speaks of his experience living with bipolar disorder, revealing his uneasy relationship with his illness and his journey as an artist in a society that struggles to accept those on the fringe. He has spent more than 25 years trying to cope with his illness, stubbornly refusing to fit into the box of normality. Today, the chemical...

Smartphones, televisions, computers, gaming consoles or digital tablets are now unavoidable in our day to day lives. This everyday intrusion has sparked numerous controversies - hysteria becomes collective. Are we damaging our brain with these damned screens?What will the effects of this unprecedented exposition in the history of mankind be? This scientific movie will distinguish between verified truths and falsehoods as well as the merely possible...

Directed by Erin Lee Carr (*At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal, Mommy Dead and Dearest*), I LOVE YOU, NOW DIE: THE COMMONWEALTH VS. MICHELLE CARTER is a captivating two-part documentary about the recent texting suicide case that captured national interest, raising difficult questions about technology, mental health, and whether or not one teenager can be held responsible for the suicide of another. In July 2014, 18-year-old Conrad...

This is the powerful story of 16-year-old Misha Heselwood, and her successful fight to regain her life after being seriously injured. The program begins with Misha's hospitalization with severe brain injuries suffered in a car accident and follows Misha, her family, and the medical staff over a nine-month period, charting her recovery from coma as she re-learns how to walk, talk, eat, and eventually regain self-reliance and independence. The program...

A chronic condition is a long-term or permanent illness with no known cure. This program provides a framework for dealing with chronic illnesses-such as stroke, emphysema, or rheumatoid arthritis-whether viewers are seeking general knowledge, attending to their own health concerns, or caring for a loved one. The program explores ways for family members and other caregivers to participate in the development of a realistic chronic care plan. Valuable...

Long-term healthcare is in crisis in America. This Fred Friendly Seminar moderated by Dateline NBC correspondent John Hockenberry takes a hard look at the inadequacies of a medical system dangerously skewed away from the treatment of chronic health conditions. Role-playing three interrelated scenarios, Charles Cutler, of the American Association of Health Plans; Richard Bringewatt, of the National Chronic Care Consortium; Suzanne Mintz, of the National...