Episode 323: We are mentally ill
Content warning: This episode contains frank and graphic talk about mental health, mental illness, and suicide. If you’re thinking about suicide or are worried about a friend or a loved one, the Suicide Crisis Helpline is available 24/7/365 at 9-8-8. You can also find links to international suicide prevention and mental health support services in the footnotes below. You matter. You’re not alone.
In honour of World Mental Health Day on October 10, Sabrina Rani Furminger is joined by Alice Ride from Set Protect, a company with a mission to help the entertainment industry better handle issues of mental health and wellness. Their frank and in-depth discussion covers the challenges faced by film workers navigating mental illness in the film and television industry, the importance of authentic on-screen representation of mental health issues, and how to be a good ally to people experiencing poor mental health. Says Sabrina: “We need to do everything we can to ensure we don’t lose anyone else.”
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MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES
Suicide Crisis Hotline: https://988.ca/
https://www.calltimementalhealth.com/
https://suicideprevention.ca/need-help/im-having-thoughts-of-suicide/
https://cmha.ca/resources/
IN CANADA: https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/
IN THE UNITED STATES: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
INTERNATIONAL: https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/
http://www.vch.ca/your-care/mental-health-substance-use/accessing-mental-health-substance-use-services
RELATED LINKS
https://www.setprotect.ca/
Set Protect’s “Being Scene” episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Set.Protect
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-mental-health-day/2024
https://www.yvrscreenscene.com/home/2019/4/29/special-episode-talking-mental-health-with-enid-raye-adams
https://www.yvrscreenscene.com/home/2021/9/24/episode-187-mental-health-in-bcfilm-with-heather-perluzzo
SOCIAL MEDIA
https://www.instagram.com/set.protect/
https://www.facebook.com/setprotect
http://www.facebook.com/yvrscreenscene
http://www.instagram.com/yvrscreenscene
http://www.instagram.com/sabrinarmf
http://www.twitter.com/sabrinarmf
http://www.twitter.com/yvrscreenscene
CREDITS
Host and executive producer: Sabrina Rani Furminger
Editor: Simon Furminger
Producer: Paul Furminger
Patreon ad reader: Mariana Furminger
Original music: Dane Deviller