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NPR/WJCT/Podcast Interview with Dara Sanandaji ("Hope for the Mentally Ill")
Delve into a subject that affects millions of people around the world: psychotic disorders. Millions of people in the United States are affected by mental illness each year. One in 20 Americans have lived with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression. Yet, there is hope. While psychotic disorders pose a severe health risk, symptoms can improve with comprehensive treatment. Psychosis prognosis is also favorable, particularly with early intervention after the first psychotic episode.
Panel Discussion/Q&A from NAMICon 2023
Visit the link to watch an insightful panel interview at NAMICon, featuring a distinguished mental health advocate. Discover innovative ideas and expert perspectives on advancing mental health care. This is a must-watch for anyone passionate about mental health advocacy.
Interview with Dara Sanandaji on the PsychU platform
Tune into the PsychU platform to watch an engaging interview with Dara, a prominent figure in mental health advocacy. This session is packed with valuable insights into mental health challenges and innovative approaches to care. A must-see for anyone committed to understanding and improving mental health.
Wit&Reason Podcast Interview with Dara Sanandaji and Freddie Bell
The media doesn't have a great track record for accurately or even compassionately representing mental illness. But today, we have the pleasure to talk with close friends, writers, and producers, Dara Sanandaji and Freddie Bell. Dara shares what it's like to live and function in today's world with mental illness and has partnered up with Freddie to create "Breaking the Silence" a refreshingly open and honest documentary about Dara's process with Bipolar Disorder with psychotic features, now streaming on Amazon video.
Reach MD Interview with Dr. Morris Goldman and Dara Sanandaji
A diagnosis of schizophrenia can be distressing, making clinical interventions crucial for both the patient and their family. With the assistance of an appropriate treatment plan and peer support, the patient can gain empowerment to take control of their life and pursue long-term goals. Joining Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Ashley Baker to discuss next steps following a schizophrenia diagnosis is Dr. Morris Goldman, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, and Dara Sanandaji, Peer Support Supervisor at the Recovery from Early Psychosis Program.
New Hope Film Festival Review
This intensely personal documentary explores mental illness in an innovative way through the eyes of the filmmaker himself, because writer, director and producer Dara Sanandaji is the subject of his own film. Creating a movie about yourself is a professional and cinematic risk, to be sure, but Sanandaji pulls off the feat through extensive analysis and considerable use of expert testimony.
Independent Film Media Review
Mental illness is bad enough, but so is the possibility that many will endure the pain by themselves. That said, Dara Sanandaji knows on both counts and has an assurance in his film. "You're not alone in your suffering. You're not alone in your confusion, and you're not alone in your desire to turn things around," his voice-over opens the award-winning 57 minute documentary. Thus breaking the solitude, he goes a step further. "In short, my friends, this film is for you." The filmmaker dedicates, and because we can all be touched by the disease, no one else is meant to be left out either.