University of British Columbia Crazy Wise Vimeo Questions

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Crazy Wise Questions:

Please spend some time reflecting on these questions following the movie. You may choose to do this independently or through discussion with a classmate(s).

What factors do you think had the greatest impact resulting in the fluctuations of mental health and mental illness for Adam and Ekhaya?How were these factors created by or maintained by society?
In what ways do you think community supports (if available and provided) may have helped either Adam or Ekhaya?
Choose one of the following statements.
How have your personal values and beliefs impacted your response to this movie?

“If Adam had the same experience in an Eastern Culture with mentors and shamans, where there was acceptance and people could make room for difference – where one is not excluded or ostracized – his experience may have been formulated in a completely different way.” (Gabor Matte)

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“Medications are sometimes essential, but if you don’t first start with communities of support, then of course the brain is going to stop functioning so well because the brain is a social organ.” (Dan Siegel)

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“Crazywise adds a voice to the growing conversation that believes a psychological crisis can be an opportunity for growth and potentially transformational, not a disease with a cure.”

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What are your thoughts on your chosen statement? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

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