Three people share their stories of living with mental illness. The video also outlines a 5-step plan communities of faith can adopt to begin programs intended to meet the needs of people who have mental illnesses in their families.

Mental illness strikes one in four families. When a family member has a mental illness, the whole family is affected. One’s faith can be a source of comfort and hope. Communities of faith respond to the needs of two families (one Christian and one Jewish) impacted by mental illness.

Over 20 million adults in the U.S., many of them persons of faith, suffer from depression. The video’s true stories about the hope of recovery counter stigma induced shame, myth and misinformaton that keep up to one-half of depressed people from seeking treatment. It also highlights the role people of faith can play in ministering to he needs of depressed people.

According to some studies, depression afflicts between 6% and 12% of American high school students. Depression in childen and adolescents is easily missed unless parents, teachers, and medical personnel recognize its signs and symptoms. Without the ability to recognize these symptoms, the first inkling a parent my have of the severity of a child’s illness is the tragedy of a completed suicide. Families and professionals review symptoms and recommend appropriate actions to take when it is suspected that a child or adolescent is at risk.

This video introduces students to the module, Counselling and Interpersonal Skills. It says what students will have learned by the end of the module.

The Top Ten Myths About HIV/AIDS

Becky Kuhn, M.D., co-founder of Global Lifeworks, debunks the following 10 myths about HIV: HIV doesn’t cause AIDS; because of ARV medications, we no longer need to be concerned about HIV/AIDS; if you have HIV and are sexually active, you no longer need to practice safer sex; you can’t contract HIV through oral sex; you can’t get HIV from one sexual encounter; a woman cannot spread HIV to another woman by having sex with her; if you are HIV positive but your viral load is undetectable, you cannot spread HIV; AIDS can be spread by kissing, hugging, or shaking hands; if you have HIV, you can cure it by having sex with a virgin; every individual with HIV will eventually develop AIDS. This video refutes misinformation from the “Lee Evans HIV Tests” video.

Postpartum Depression typically affects women within the first 4 weeks after a delivery. Loss of appetite, crying, and general sadness are all signs to look for with postpartum depression.

Women’s Health, Hormones, Sun & Postpartum Depression

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