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All of these videos are available for checking out at the NAMI offices, 4233 West Beltline Hwy, Madison, WI. If the video is currently checked out, a notice of that should appear in red. Some of the videos are available for purchase on Amazon.com; if you use the link on this page to buy the video, NAMI Wisconsin receives a small percentage of the purchase price, at no additional cost to you.

AIDS and You: We're All in This Together

Video - 1994 [American Psychiatric Association, NMI]
35 mins.
Designed to introduce consumers, families, and health care providers to the special issues around HIV/AIDS among people with serious mental illness, as well as to encourage responsible behaviors to prevent HIV transmission.

Bonnie Tapes: Mental Illness in the Family, The

Video - 1997 [The Mental Illness Education Project, Inc.]
26 mins.
Conversations about one woman’s struggle with schizophrenia and its impact on her family.

Bonnie Tapes: My Sister is Mentally Ill, The

Video - 1997 [The Mental Illness Education Project, Inc.]
22 mins.
From a sibling’s point of view – the impact of having a sister with a mental illness.

Bonnie Tapes: Recovering from Mental Illness, The

Video [The Mental Illness Education Project, Inc.]
27 mins.
From Bonnie’s point of view – her experiences, perceptions, and the impact of schizophrenia on her life and her family’s.

Breaking the Dark Horse: A Family Copes with Manic Depression

Video - 1994 [Writer's Group Productions]
33 mins.
The subject of this documentary manages a valuable and productive life, despite rapid cycling manic depression, partially because of a supportive family. Their accounts will be helpful to family and co-workers, as well as those who volunteer and work in the mental health field.
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Childhood Mental Illness

Video - 1992 [AMI of Alabama]
26 mins.
Need for information and support is the common denominator stressed by those who have dealt with mental illness among their youngest family members.

Civil Commitment: An Overview of Standards and Procedures

Video - 1994
39 mins.
Deals with our state's civil law and gives useful information about alternatives to commitment, with attorneys Greenley and Rock Pledl as well as a consumer and family members.

Civil Committment: Clinical, Legal and Consumer Perspectives

Video
26 mins.
Wisconsin's Chapter 51 law is examined in this excellent two-part series produced by Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy. Presented by Dr. William Knoedler, WCA attorney Dianne Greenley, consumer Mary Rose Yarley and Dr. Ron Diamond.

Claire's Story

Video - 1994 [Mental Health Association, Summit County, Ohio]
47 mins.
A video with teaching handbook deals with childhood major depression, which the National Institute of Mental Health says affects about one student for every classroom of students. It is aimed at students, parents, teachers, counselors, administrators, and mental health professionals.

Community Options Program (in Wisconsin)

Video - 1990 [Christian Science Monitor]
6 mins.
A Christian Science Monitor TV segment shows how resources are utilized to assist those who might otherwise require full-time institutional or nursing home care.

Dark Glasses & Kaleidoscopes: Living with Manic Depression

Video - 1999 [National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Associati]
33 mins.
Join host Tony Dow for an exploration of the symptoms and treatment of manic depression through honest, emotional testimony of people who live with the illness.

Day for Night: Recognizing Teenage Depression

Video - 1999 [Depression & Related Affective Disorders Associati]
26 mins.
Offers an in-depth look at he signs, symptoms, and treatment of teenage depression through interviews with teens who are dealing with clinical depression and bipolar disorder, as well as the teens' families and friends, and health professionals.

Depression: Beyond the Blues

Video - 1993
60 mins.
From a 1993 "Good Morning America" ABC series. Dr. Tim Johnson, with guest experts and victims including actress Patty Duke, explores myths and facts of depression and focuses on causes, depression in childhood, suicide, treatment and drug therapy, and prognosis. If you saw this in five segments, you may especially appreciate this cohesive portrayal.

Depression: Beyond the Darkness

Video - 1992
44 mins.
In this ABC 20/20 television special, Hugh Downs leads us through the stories of several patients, including novelist William Styron, who have felt the overwhelming hopelessness of depression. One or a combination of treatments they chose - talk therapy, drugs, hospitalization, or electro-convulsive procedure - are detailed.

Depression: The Storm Within

Video - 1991 [American Psychiatric Association]
28 mins.
Stories of several patients, including children, whose lives are altered by depression. A psychotherapist likens depression's effects to a hurricane which devastates and leaves people powerless. Just as storms come and go and recovery takes place, so are healing and new beginnings possible for those suffering depression. Produced by American Psychiatric Association with Upjohn grant.
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Dialogues with Madwomen

Video - 1994 [Point of View]
87 mins.
Filmmaker Allie Light portrays seven women, including herself, who have experienced multiple personality, manic depression, and schizophrenia, and who struggle for survival.

Eight Leading Experts Answer the Five Most Common Questions about Chronic Depression

Video - 1998 [National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Associati]
What's the difference between feeling "down" or "blue," and chronic depression? What's the latest, state-of-the-art treatment for depression? These question plus others are answered by the nation's leading depression experts, presented in easy to understand terms.

Faces of Anxiety, The

Video - 1990 [American Psychiatric Association]
28 mins.
Anxiety disorder may be manifested in a number of ways - anger, physical symptoms, poor performance, impulsive acts and risk-taking, unwarranted fears, or inability to make decisions. A therapist describes this very real biological medical disease affecting 25 million and talks about techniques to control and relieve stress.

Families Coping with Mental Ilness

Video
43 mins.
Ten people discuss having a relative with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Includes: What it is like when your child or sibling becomes mentally ill, Avoidable mistakes, Down-to-earth suggestions for people with a mentally ill family member, A basic theme; Setting limits so as to be able to have your own life, and The ongoing impact of having a mentally ill family member. Both a 22 minute version and a 43 minute version.

Fear Not: Phobias

Video - 1994 [Good Morning America]
30 mins.
An ABC "Good Morning America" series. Professionals and recovering patients describe phobias: fear of heights, driving, flying, social situations, school anxiety (children), and the many manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder. With behavior modification and medication, 90% who seek help can recover, although many of the 13 million who suffer are afraid to air their fears.

Hospitals Without Walls: A Program for Assertive Community Treatment

Video [Duke University]
48 mins.
(with study guide). This production of Duke University Department of Psychiatry takes an indepth look at a PACT model in Charleston, SC and highlights the scope and function of dayto-day team activities.

House, A Home: House-Buying for People with Disabilities, A

Video - 1998 [Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities]

I'm Still Here: The Truth About Schizophrenia

Video - 1996
67 mins.
NARSAD version.

Involving Families in Mental Health Services: A Video Introduction

Video - 1995 [Center for Improving Mental Health Systems]
58 mins.
Strategies by which families can best be involved in mental health services for their loved ones. Guidebook included. This video and guidebook complement the manual, "Involving Families in Mental Health Services: Competencies for Mental Health Workers."

It Can Happen Here

Video - 1987 [Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, BU]
17 mins.
College level consumers, whose problems represent an alphabet of mental illness, describe how a novel program at Boston University helped them choose, develop, and implement career plans. After four semesters they graduated with improved social skills and vocational goals.

Larry King Live

Video - 1997 [Larry King Live]
Larry King talks with people who have suffered with depression, and the doctors who treat it. The video touches on the shame and discrimination that is still associated with the disease.

Learning to Live with Bipolar Disorder

Video - 2000 [NAMI]
15 mins.
This video features five people talking openly and frankly about living with bipolar disorder and striving for recovery.

Love Story: Living with Someone with Schizophrenia, A

Video - 1991
42 mins.
Dr. Frederick J. Frese and his wife Penny, two survivors, tell their story and describe the knowledge and wisdom they have gained as they set out to make a life together and understand the everyday realities of schizophrenia. A hopeful, informative video not to be missed.

Meeting at the Crossroads: Trauma Cross Training for Public Sector Agencies

Video - 2001 [Sidran Press]
27 mins.
Raises awareness of the importance of skill building and systems collaboration in services for persons with mental illness and/or substance abuse issues who have experienced trauma, and providing comprehensive and effective recovery-based treatment.

Mental Illness: A Challenge and Opportunity for God's People

Video - 1995 [Division of Church in Society, Evangelical Luthera]
39 mins.
A challenge to church congretations to react to mental illness experienced by some members and their families is presented by two families in the NAMI movement. Dylan Abraham and his mother have found satisfying work and reassurance in the church. Curt Johnson, a Lutheran pastor, and his wife, Ruth, cite good and bad examples of help. Underscores the role that congregations can play in helping people with mental illness and in diminishing stigma.

Mental Illnesses and the People who are Affected by Them

Video - 1992
50 mins.
An educational video for law enforcement officers. Professionals and consumers offer insights in the areas of manic depression and schizophrenia valuable also to lay persons. Produced by AMI of Rhode Island.

Moving On: Stories from the Recovery Road

Video - 2001 [Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy]
30 mins.
Listen to Pete, Diana, and Mona as they share their unique stories of recovery, expressing their innermost thoughts and feelings about mental illness. Closed-captioned.

My Brother's Keeper

Video - 1986 [National Sibling Network]
17 mins.
Describes steps to form sibling support groups and tells of emotions experienced by siblings. Good for both siblings and other family members.

Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

Video - 1995 [University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics]
60 mins.
A two-part description of these symptoms and the prognosis for their elimination, by scientist-researcher Nancy Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D.

Nobody Knows - The Church and Depression

Video - 1991 [Seraphim production with support of Minneapolis/St]
20 mins.
Patients, family members, doctors, and clergy discuss depression and medical and psychological advances in treating the illness as well as the church's role in understanding those afflicted.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Video - 1996
26 mins.
OCD is examined in this 1996 NBC Dateline segment. Attributed to an overly sensitive serotonin system, OCD can be managed with the help of drug or behavior modification therapy. Repetition of embarrassing rituals and hoarding are some of the OCD symptoms aired. One of those featured is Bill Ford who has since instituted an OCD treatment program at Milwaukee Psychiatric Hospital.

Oprah Winfrey Show

Video - 1993 [Oprah Winfrey Show]
43 mins.
E. Fuller Torrey, MD, Margaret Moorman, author of "My Sister's Keeper," and others discuss how they dealt with their siblings' mental illnesses. Moorman's sister offers her view of what it is like to be mentally ill.

Parent's Perspective - Diplomacy in Action

Video [Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.]
45 mins.
Features E. Collins, Ph.D., and R. Fisher-Collins, M.Ed., providing guidance to TS families on school advocacy issues, and concrete ideas to insure the sucess of the child's school experience.

Partners in Recovery: Creating Successful Practitioner-Consumer Alliances

Video - 2000 [Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse]
18 mins.
A compilation of interviews with mental health providers and people living with mental illness, discussing what worked and what did not work in building constructive, therapeutic relationships.

Peace of Mind

Video - 1992 [CNN]
50 mins.
From CNN's series, "News from Medicine Presents," a program of special interest to Wisconsinites for its focus on 60's Packer star, Lionel Aldridge, a schizophrenia victim; Bev Young, an AMI founder; and the state's PACT (Program for Assertive Community Treatment) approach. Interviewer Gary Schwitzer also presents a good overview of brain research.

Place for Madness, A

Video - 1994
Deinstitutionalization? Public television explores pros and cons of this emotional issue in a program centered in Northampton, MA, site of a vacated state mental hospital. Effects on the community are explored with former patients, their families, and the community at large.

Place to Come Back To, A

Video
29 mins.
Describes mental illness and stresses importance of outreach. It is designed to help religious congregations of all faiths.

Planning for Future Mental and Physical Health Care: Wisconsin Advance Directive and Power of Attorney Health Care

Video - 1997 [Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy]
17 mins.
This video explains why a consumer might want an advance directive and durable power of attorney, what can and cannot be done with this approach to health care decision-making, and explains how to fill out the document entitled, "Wisconsin Advance Directive and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care."

Que es una infermedad? (What is Mental Illness?)

Video - 1990 [AMI of Greater Chicago]
23 mins.
Spanish language video will help families newly coping with mental illness. Prepared by AMI of Greater Chicago.

Roads to Recovery

Video - 1985 [AMI of Minnesota]
28 mins.
The silence and stigma of mental illness are described by four recovered consumers, three with schizophrenia and one with depression.

Robert Boorstin on Mental Health

Video - 1995 [Primetime Live]
14 mins.
In this 1995 segment on Primetime Live, Mr. Boorstin, a presidential aide, talks openly about his struggle and control over bipolar illness.

Schizophrenia

Video - 1993 [Primetime Live]
13 mins.
Lori Schiller's illness surfaced at age 15, but she was afraid to tell anyone about the "voices" and other symptoms. She subsequently spent seven years in and out of institutions before the then-new drug, clozapine, gave her the first real promise of recovery and hope for a normal life. Her vivid account was told on ABC's Primetime Live.

Schizophrenia - Two Accounts

Video - 1992
70 mins.
Contrasting accounts of prognosis in schizophrenia treatment were depicted in two documentaries, one the optimistic report about Lori Schiller in the first 13 min., and then a 1992 Frontline presentation, "Broken Minds," 57 min. on the same tape. The later moves from the condition of the mentally ill homeless, discussion of lobotomy, a previously accepted form of treatment, and the failure of the Freud analytic school to provide remedy. It also focuses on two subjects of the NIMH twin study undertaken by E. Fuller Torrey, MD and others. Particularly poignant is the account of David Taggart, a severely paranoid young man whose outcome might have been different had he been prescribed clozapine as was Lori.

Schizophrenia: Stolen Lives, Stolen Minds

Video - 2000 [Discovery Channel]
52 mins.
Take a journey across 3 nations into the hearts and minds of people living with the heartbreaking disease. Hear personal testimonials of Dr. John Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and victim of schizophenia, identical twins whose lives have been shadowed by the schizophrenia of one of them, and others. Also visit the labs of world-renowned scientists desperately for clues to understand a disorder intrinsic to the human brain.

Schizophrenia: Surviving in the World of Normals and A Love Story: Living with Someone with Schizophrenia

Video - 1991
58 mins.
Dr. Frederick J. Frese and his wife Penny, two survivors, tell their story and describe the knowledge and wisdom they have gained as they set out to make a life together and understand the everyday realities of schizophrenia. A hopeful, informative video not to be missed.

Shattering the Mask of Mental Illness

Video - 1993 [Vail Place]
52 mins.
Several consumers explore the myths and facts of mental illness and its stigma that affects educational, vocational, and social opportunities of its victims with individual stories and a panel discussion.

Standing Up for Your Rights: The Patient Rights Grievance Procedure in Wisconsin

Video - 1998 [Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy]
15 mins.
Step-by-step grievance procedure in Wisconsin for individuals receiving services for mental illness, developmental disabilities, and alcohol or drug abuse.

Stigma...in Our Work, in Our Lives

Video [The Anti-Stigma Project of On Our Own of Maryland,]
30 mins.
In the filed of mental health and substance abuse, stigma has a damaging impact on services and outcomes. It undermines therapeutic, professional, and personal relationsips. Ini this video, 19 mental health consumers, family members, providers, and administrators share their candid perspectives on the effects of stigma in their work and in their lives.

Straight Talk About Mental Illness

Video - 1994 [NAMI]
17 mins.
In a classroom setting, a professional explores with students their concerns about major depression and schizophrenia, as well as symptoms and manifestations.

To Have and to Hold

Video - 1993 [AMI of Alabama]
30 mins.
Educational video that gives perspectives on the effects of mental illness on marriage from several sources - spouses, professionals, and courst system representatives.

Uncertain Journey: Families Coping with Serious Mental Illness

Video [Duke University Medical Center]
45 mins.
Describes the effects of serious mental illness from the family perspective. Viewers are sensitized to the family experience of serious mental illness through the stories of three families, each with a seriously mentally ill family member.

Understanding and Communicating With a Person Who is Experiencing Mania

Video - 1990
60 mins.
Mary Moller, MSN, RN, CS, describes stages of mania and suggests communication techniques. Very well done.

Understanding and Communicating With a Person Who is Hallucinating

Video - 1989
60 mins.
Mary Moller, MSN, RN, CS, focuses on hallucinations. Excellent presentation in easy to understand language. Explains how brain functions and offers proven techniques for helping a person going through this frightening experience.

Understanding Relapse: Managing the Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Video
63 mins.
Mary Moller, MSN, RN, CS, talks about relapse rates and explains keys to identifying early symptoms and preparing for relapse.

Understanding Schizophrenia, Depression and Addiction

Video [Adult Science Literacy Project for Mental and Addi]
60 mins.
A tool kit with three segments (20 min. each) on one cassette with presentation guides and fact sheets. Focus is on research into physiological and biochemical causes which can lead to destigmatization of these illnesses. Each segment can stand alone for group presentation.

When Mental Illness Invades the Family

Video [AMI of Huntsville, AL]
60 mins.
Presents ideas for families to learn better ways for communication. Also useful to clinical, residential, and agency staff.

When Mental Illness Invades the Minority Family

Video - 1991
20 mins.
Problems of a minority (African American) are compounded in the face of mental illness and the mental health care system. Developed by AMI of Alabama for minority families, and for nonminority persons, to increase awareness to minority mental health concerns.

When the Music Stops: The Reality of Serious Mental Illness

Video - 1987
20 mins.
One of the best short films on the market today. Clear and compassionate picture of clients, family members and psychiatrists. A Dupont production.

Women and Mental Illness

Video - 1999 [NAMI California]
116 mins.
Includes a companion issue of The Journal. A documentary special that explores what it means to be female and to have a mental illness. Narrated by Margot Kidder, an outspoken advocate with profound personal experiences.