[Hidden-tech] Fwd: WFCR Documentary this week

[Amy Zuckerman]

>>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>My cousin-in-law, Helle Thorning of Columbia Presbytarian Hospital, 
>>alerted me to this documentary coming up this week on WFRC. She's 
>>interviewed, so I will definitely tune in. It may be of interest to those 
>>with a social service bent or who have struggled with this issue.
>>
>>best,
>>
>>Amy Zuckerman
>>hidden-tech founder, co-chair
>>
>>
>>>>DATELINE: June 2, 2006; Amherst, Mass.
>>>>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>>>
>>>>CONTACT:
>>>>Jorge Luis González
>>>>413-545-1684 or jorge at wfcr.org
>>>>
>>>>    WFCR TO BROADCAST LOCALLY-PRODUCED DOCUMENTARY:
>>>>    "A BURDEN TO BE WELL: SISTERS AND BROTHERS OF THE MENTALLY ILL"
>>>>
>>>>June 2, 2006; Amherst, Mass. - 88.5FM WFCR, NPR News and Music for
>>>>Western New England, will broadcast a half-hour documentary, "A Burden
>>>>to Be Well: Sisters and Brothers of the Mentally Ill." The
>>>>documentary, produced and reported by Karen Brown, examines the plight
>>>>of families coping with mental illness, and in particular siblings who
>>>>are considered "the healthy ones."  The documentary will air on 88.5
>>>>FM WFCR twice: Thursday, June 8, at 6 P.M. and Saturday, June 17 at
>>>>10:30 A.M.  During the week of June 13, several features that tie into
>>>>the documentary will air on WFCR's "Morning Edition."
>>>>
>>>>Until recently, there's been little said about the sisters and
>>>>brothers of the mentally ill. A body of research on "well-sibling
>>>>syndrome" is starting to emerge, along with a growing number of
>>>>personal memoirs. Brown's documentary focuses on two sets of siblings,
>>>>each struggling with mental illness from different stages of life. She
>>>>also speaks with experts and siblings on the way mental illness
>>>>affects its closest bystanders -- from survivor's guilt to the burden
>>>>of caretaking.
>>>>
>>>>WFCR's General Manager Martin Miller said, "This work shines a light
>>>>into recesses of our culture that too often go unreported.  The
>>>>documentary work that Karen has done has illuminated some difficult
>>>>and poorly understood health care issues such as the plight of
>>>>refugees caught in a health care system they barely understand and the
>>>>devastation wrought by bipolar illness in young people."
>>>>
>>>>"A Burden to Be Well" will be augmented by a companion web page that
>>>>will include additional resources on mental illness and siblings.  The
>>>>documentary, as well as the related features, will be available as
>>>>audio on demand at WFCR.org.
>>>>
>>>>Karen Brown is an award-winning producer and reporter for WFCR. Her
>>>>2004 documentary "The Wild Child: Coping with a Bipolar Youth" won a
>>>>national Edward R. Murrow Award, among other honors.  She received the
>>>>inaugural Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize for young journalists from
>>>>WBUR and Boston University. This year, Brown was honored with a
>>>>Rosalyn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health, which helped make "A
>>>>Burden to Be Well" possible.
>>>>
>>>>-30-
>>>>
>>>>88.5 FM WFCR, NPR News and Music for Western New England, is an
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>>>>Radio International serving over 155,900 listeners in Massachusetts,
>>>>Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire with regional news and
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>>>>support of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges, and
>>>>the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  For more information about
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