Nine PBS’s Mental Well-Being Initiative is a multigenerational, multiplatform approach to reaching youth, from infancy to eight years old, and their parents, caregivers, and educators to increase awareness and understanding of mental well-being. Nine PBS’s Mental Well-Being Initiative is supported by the Cigna Foundation’s Healthier Kids for Our Future grant in partnership with Behavior Health Response.
National content surrounding your well-being is the focus of Nine PBS World in July. You can stream these and other programs for free on the PBS App or Nine PBS Passport. Learn how you can support Nine PBS’s Mental Well-Being Initiative by becoming a Nine PBS member for extended streaming access to these programs and PBS’s robust library of streaming content through Nine PBS Passport.
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America Reframed: Any Given Day
Filmmaker Margaret Byrne and three Chicagoans face the complexities of living with mental illness, providing deeply personal insight into the necessity of caring relationships, especially when life is at its most difficult.
Crazy
This documentary follows Eric, a diagnosed schizophrenic, faced with a critical choice--whether to comply with traditional mental health treatment or follow his own path to wellness.
The Definition of Insanity
A team of dedicated Miami-Dade County public servants work to help people with mental illness navigate from lives of tragedy to possibility. The film reveals a humane criminal justice approach to mental illness.
I Go Home
This powerful documentary chronicles the role institutionalization played in the life of people with intellectual disabilities in 1960s America.
Local, USA: Decolonizing Mental Health
By focusing on the work of therapists and individuals of color, Decolonizing Mental Health calls for a redressal of the ways in which we define psychiatric illness while discussing what a more responsive mental health care system should look like.
The Mysteries of Mental Illness
This four-part series traces the evolution of this complex topic from its earliest days to present times. It explores dramatic attempts across generations to unravel the mysteries of mental illness and gives voice to contemporary Americans across a spectrum of experiences.
POV Shorts: Familial Healing
"I'm Free, Now You Are Free" is a story about the reunion and repair between Mike Africa Jr. and his mother Debbie Africa, a formerly incarcerated political prisoner. In "Seahorse,” a young Yezidi girl wrestles quietly with her traumatic memories of the Mediterranean Sea.
Contributed by Lynanne Feilen, Communications Manager
