Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction
Life Unscripted has one goal - to break down stigma by sharing the inspiring stories of people living with mental illness and addiction. Shame and fear often stop people who really need help from reaching out. COVID 19 has created a mental health and addiction pandemic. For many, anxiety is now part everyday life. Alcohol and drug use has increased as people try to cope. Host Janice Arnoldi has lived with bi-polar (manic depression) disorder for more than 30 years. She has a half hour radio show and speaks regulary to groups about mental illness.
Life Unscripted - Stories of Mental Health and Addiction
Pathstone Mental Health Teaches Kids With Anger
Kids can express anger in many ways – sometimes it’s a temper tantrum or getting angry at home or at school. A lot of this can be managed by the family, others may need some therapy, but some children need more intentsive anger management skills. Pathstone Mental Health has a live-in program at its Rotary House that helps kids find ways to deal with their anger. Christine Harvey heads up the program and talks about the problems kids face.