Mental Health Awareness: Educational movies on mental illness, mentally ill

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Here are educational movies on mental health to understand mental illness. These films show how Hollywood has shaped perception of mental illness and mentally ill people. Movies, whether independent films, documentaries or Hollywood blockbusters, have a powerful impact on how people understand concepts. Whether information is accurate, exaggerated or false, if it's portrayed in movie form people tend to accept and believe it more readily. Some of the most pervasive areas of movie influence over information is in the area of mental illness, psychiatric hospitals and institutional behavior. Watch these educational movies for Mental Health Awareness Month to boost sensitivity to the mentally ill.  Mental Health Awareness: Educational movies on mental illness, mentally ill | Examiner.com

Best movies for moms and daughters, to watch with your mom on Mothers Day

Need some great movies for moms and daughters to enjoy with your mom on Mothers Day? Maybe you've lost your mother and need some heart therapy. Whether you're a mom, grandma, adoptive mom, foster mom, surrogate mom, primary care-giver, aunt, step-mom, godmother or you were born of a mother, watch these movies for moms and daughters. You'll laugh and cry--sometimes both at once.  Best movies for moms and daughters, to watch with your mom on Mothers Day | Examiner.com