George Haag faces seven years in prison for allegedly trying to steal from the MAG. Everyone just wants him to get the help they think he needs.
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Full-hearted hip-hop
As Skitzo LuvHartd, Tyshawn Pettway makes vivid hip-hop that boldly addresses the Black experience and his diagnosis of schizophrenia.
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Greg Best offers ‘new sacred space’ from trauma on ‘Damage’ EP
Rochester musician Greg Best’s new EP chronicles his journey to mental wellness in the face of emotional trauma with honesty, intensity, and a dark pop-metal soundtrack.
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County unveils virtual Narcan training as overdoses tick up
County health officials said the practice of physical distancing has placed strains on residents’ mental health.
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Monroe County deputies field fewer domestic violence, theft calls in March amid pandemic
Calls to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office for domestic violence, mental health, and thefts fell in March, countering a trend across the country.
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Hunkering Down: Coping with the new normal of coronavirus
The coming days, weeks, months will be marked by self-imposed and involuntary quarantines and the new concept of “social distancing.” The new normal of COVID-19 will, for many people, take a mental toll.
Posted inMovies
Preview: The Reel Mind Theatre and Film Series
The annual series will return next week, continuing its mission to fight the social stigma of mental illness by shining a spotlight on topics far too many of us are content to sweep out of mind. This year’s four films focus on the difficult topic of suicide, highlighting stories of survivors that seek to spread a message of hope and recovery.
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Bridging mental health awareness with Free Comic Book Day
Local comic book writer and illustrator Nigel Carrington will hand out free previews of his new West African-influenced comic.
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‘Nosferatu’ exhibition connects film and mental health at MAG
Filmmaker Javier Téllez and his collaborators wanted to focus on those who are stigmatized and condemned to invisibility.
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URMC artist in residence fights stigmas with portraits
Charmaine Wheatley has set up camp at the UR’s Medical Center to paint portraits of individuals from two stigmatized communities: people living with mental illness, and people living with HIV
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Keeping the mentally ill out of prison
Ronnie Cox speaks in a soft, gentlemanly voice. His thinning, curly black hair is speckled with white, and his left hand wobbles with a slight tremor when he talks. Cox, who is 64, spent 16 years in prison. He was addicted to heroin and cocaine, and he contracted hepatitis C, a viral infection that often […]
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Film explores impact of when a rape results in motherhood
For all of our debates over the right for women to terminate unwanted pregnancies, there’s less conversation about women who decide to keep children conceived through rape. Filmmaker and Flower City Arts Center Artist-In-Residence Nicholle La Vann is creating a documentary about her own assault and her broken relationship with her daughter, in the effort […]
