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Mental Health Awareness Day Video Clips

Below please find links to video clips of Gary Blau, PhD, Chief of the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch, CMHS, and Awareness Day Ambassador Howie Mandel to support your Awareness Day outreach. You can use these clips to:

start a conversation with television reporters and producers;
enhance the interactivity of your presentations about Awareness Day; and
add content to your Web site.

The first set of clips (#s 1-4) feature Dr. Blau speaking at the 2007 Awareness Day briefing on Capitol Hill. The second set of clips (#s 5 and 6) were taped this year and feature Awareness Day Ambassador Howie Mandel welcoming participants to the national event at the Lincoln Theatre. The third set (#s 7-12) are clips of Mandel recorded during last year's briefing. The length of each clip is provided beside the title in parentheses.

Please note that these may take some time to load depending on your Internet connection speed. They should play on any computer, any portable media player, as well as in some modern cell phones. If you encounter any problems playing them through your computer, consider downloading and installing the free cross-platform VLC media player, which can be accessed at www.videolan.org/vlc/.

Clip #1: Mental health is essential to overall health – Blau (:18)

Clip #2: Raising awareness about the importance of mental health services – Blau (:24)

Clip #3: The implementation of evidence-based practices – Blau (:15)

Clip #4: De-stigmatize mental health so people will seek help – Blau (:19)

Clip #5: Welcome Awareness Day participants – Mandel (1:30)

Clip #6: “Save the Date” for Awareness Day 2009 – Mandel (:25)

Clip #7: The challenges of stigma – Mandel (:40)

Clip #8: Dental health vs. mental health – Mandel (:45)

Clip #9: The sooner you get help the better – Mandel (:33)

Clip #10: No one wants to be labeled – Mandel (:27)

Clip #11: Good mental health means good overall health – Mandel (:16)

Clip #12: You are not alone – Mandel (:19)

To save MPEG versions to your computer, you’ll need to download a WinZip file that contains all the clips shown above.

To download the clips for audio visual vendors or online promotion, Flash versions of the clips are available at: