PPT-Our mission: to transform how people think about mental illness, make help easier to find,

Our focus Identify gaps in mental health services and create free programming to fill those needs Help people find the services they need through compassionate expert guidance Educate the community about mental health issues to remove biases. Dr . Iram. . Sattar. GP. Aims. Myth busting. What does Islam say about mental illness?. Types of mental health problems. Causes. Treatment. What can you do to help someone with mental illness?. Where to turn for help? . Brittney Britt, Katie Rosenthal, . Miranda Ramirez, & Viviana Gonzalez. Honors 499: The World is Our Neighborhood // Fall 2015. The Truth About Stigma. 1 in 4. people worldwide will experience mental illness at some point in their life.. Mental illnesses. What do people look like?. How do we talk about it?. How do we think about it?. How does the media portray it?. Did you picture something like this?. The reality…. Let’s talk about it. Hope for Recovery from Psychiatric Illness. Break . the Stigma of Mental Illness. It is only natural for us to fear what we do not understand.. . Fear and uncertainty about mental illness can lead to assuming things that are not true, or stigma.. The Intersection Between Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System. Judge Roxanne Bailin. Retired. Law Enforcement. Pre-Trial Services. Jail. Plea Negotiations. Sentencing and Supervision.  . Identifying Intersections Between Criminal Justice and Mental Health. Equality Act 2010 makes it illegal to discriminate directly or indirectly against people with mental health problems in public services and functions, access to premises, work, education, associations and transport.. Elijah M . Marangu. Mental illness.. Or is it madness?. Mental illness.. Or is it madness?. Historical context. While . Philippe . Pinel. , a French Physician was . instrumental in . unchaining . people with mental illness, . A HISTORICAL THESIS. By: Edith Gonzalez. California State University, Long Beach. May 2012. Introduction. People who have mental illness encounter various challenges that complicate their lives caused from stigma on mental illness, such as lack of social support, housing, employment, and affecting their mental health treatment (. 12/4/2016. 1. By . English Abaga. November 24, 2016. Did you know?. 12/4/2016. 2. People . with mental illness face discrimination no matter the environment they are in, including workplace and healthcare facilities:. Mental . illnesses. What do people look like?. How do we talk about it?. How do we think about it?. How does the media portray it?. Did you picture something like this?. The reality…. Let’s talk about it. Major Mental Illness Overview David Mays, MD, PhD dvmays@wisc.edu The Million Dollar Question We believe that mental illness is a brain disorder, although there is evidence that our immune systems, our hormone levels, inflammation, heart disease, cancer, and even the bacteria in our gut can affect our moods and our ability to concentrate. underSTANDING. Mental Illness/Disorders. An Illness that affects the mind and reduces a person’s ability to function, to adjust to change, or to get along with others.. Recognizing Mental disorders or mental illness. bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression. .. . SYNERGY . brings together people with academic and lived expertise in severe mental illness to seize new scientific opportunities to make progress in this direction. . Tonya VanDeinse, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Veronica Cunningham, American Probation and Parole Association. Tracy Velázquez, Pew Charitable Trusts. August 2022. National Association of Sentencing Commissions.