Virginia Currents
Erase Stigma of Mental Illness | Ben’s Friends
Season 29 Episode 11 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness; Ben’s Friends: Addiction in the Restaurant Industry
This story inspired by NAMI Virginia (National Alliance on Mental Illness) hopes to help enlighten & end the stigma of mental illness with a personal, moving story of coping with bipolar disorder by an accomplished educator, Tammy Ozolins. We learn more about the high level of addiction within the restaurant industry and how a support group is giving them hope.
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Virginia Currents is a local public television program presented by VPM
Virginia Currents
Erase Stigma of Mental Illness | Ben’s Friends
Season 29 Episode 11 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
This story inspired by NAMI Virginia (National Alliance on Mental Illness) hopes to help enlighten & end the stigma of mental illness with a personal, moving story of coping with bipolar disorder by an accomplished educator, Tammy Ozolins. We learn more about the high level of addiction within the restaurant industry and how a support group is giving them hope.
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Ben’s Friends: Addiction in the Restaurant Industry
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S29 Ep11 | 8m 19s | Meet chefs who are standing against the rise of addiction in their industry. (8m 19s)
Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness
Video has Closed Captions
Clip: S29 Ep11 | 8m 56s | Watch an inspiring journey of breaking through the mental illness stigma (8m 56s)
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Clip: S29 Ep11 | 3m 25s | Virginia Currents features the restored Historic Academy Theatre in Lynchburg. (3m 25s)
If These Walls Could Talk: The Historic Academy Theatre
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Clip: S29 Ep11 | 24m 14s | Learn how this theatre survived fire, weather damage, segregation, & hard economic times. (24m 14s)
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