Resources for You and Your Family

RESOURCES FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

Local: (insert local resource/contact info) ______

National: (depending on the focus of the event, perhaps suggest some resources like these) NAMI (www.nami.org) Breaking the Silence: Mental Health America (www.nmha.org) Mental Illness and the Family ACTIVE MINDS (www.activeminds.org) Jed Foundation (www.jedfoundation.org) Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (www.dbsalliance.org) HOMETOWN TOWN HALL Suicide Prevention Action Network of USA 45 Main Street, Hometown (www.spanusa.org) October 15, 2009 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 7:30-9:30 pm (www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org) NARSAD (www.narsad.org) Campaign for Mental Health Reform (www.mhreform.org) World Federation for Mental Health (www.wfmh.com) National Mental Health Awareness Campaign (www.nostigma.org)

Funding for MINDS ON THE EDGE provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world. Additional Funding for outreach initiatives provided by the van Ameringen Foundation. MINDS ON THE EDGE: Facing Mental Illness

MINDS ON THE EDGE: Facing Mental Illness connects the dots Breaking the Silence: between agonizing dilemmas facing individuals and families who are living with mental illness, medical practices that can be Mental Illness and the Family obstacles to treatment, and public policies that all too often lead to prison rather than providing support for recovery.

The program explores the heart-wrenching situation of parents Welcome: [Name], [Title] desperate to help their daughter get treatment when she develops [Name], [Title] mental illness in college. When she resists, what are their options? The program panelists also engage the challenging issue of the merry-go-round of homelessness and jail that has become all too common for many individuals living with schizophrenia, bipolar Screening: MINDS ON THE EDGE: disorder and other serious mental illnesses. Facing Mental Illness

Produced by the Fred Friendly Seminars for broadcast on public television, the program features Supreme Court Justice Breyer, Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel, and other experts in medicine, law, Panel Discussion: [name], [title] and social policy regarding mental illness. [name], [title] [name], [title] Learn more about the program panelists, challenging issues raised by the program, and best practices that can support recovery. Moderated by: [name], [title]

www.mindsontheedge.org. Question & Answers

Spread the word! Closing Remarks: [name],[title] MINDS ON THE EDGE premieres on [Name of PBS station]at [day], [date], at [time].