Materials

OpenMindsOpenDoors creates brochures and audio visual materials for use in educating and engaging audiences on the impact of stigma. The following is a list of those materials. Some materials can be tailored for your organization. For copies please contact us.

AUDIO-VISUAL

Anti-Stigma audiotape
This seven minute piece highlights the key campaign messages with feedback from consumers in the state.
Available in the following formats: CD-ROM and VHS (limited).
Click here (and then allow to "run") to view.

Community Integration audiotape
People with mental illnesses are best served in community settings through an array of services and supports. This five minute piece provides interviews with people who were housed in institutions and are now enjoying recovery in the community.  Available in the following formats: CD-ROM, VHS (limited), and (soon) DVD .
Click here to view.

PRINT

Campaign Brochure
This details the basic messages associated with the campaign. Click here to download.

Statement of Support
Get engaged in the issue of stigma and discrimination by simply signing your name and circulating to others. Click here to sign and/or to download for circulation.  We have also created a postcard for mental health organizations to collect signatures. Click here to view the print layout and to view a personalized card.

Leader Forum Guide
Bring together people in your community that are leaders - local business, faith leaders, police officers, the media - and educate them on how mental health affects them and the community. Click here for information on organizing a town hall meeting or Leader Forum and to download a copy of the guide.

Employer Guide
The guide details how a supportive environment can benefit business by reducing absenteeism, increasing productivity and attracting a diversified workforce.  It profiles companies from across the state that have successfully implemented many of the guide's recommendations and includes a list of local mental health service organizations. Click here to download.

Employer Guide for Providers
Specific to providers with related case studies from other providers.  Click here to download.

Presentations
We provide general and specific presentations for various audiences (employers, housing, providers, etc.) Contact us if you would like a copy. (Please put "OMOD" in the subject heading.)

Fact Sheets (Employment, Recovery, Violence Myth)
These facts can be used in presentations or in dialogue with a specific audience.

• Click here for the Employment fact sheet.
• Click here for the Recovery fact sheet.
• Click here for the Violence Myth fact sheet.