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| Written by Sarrah
Benoit -Argonaut |
| Friday,
24 March 2006 |
A traveling art display
relating to children’s mental health has paused in
Moscow for a week.
“The World Through Our
Eyes,” on tour throughout Idaho, can be viewed at
the Palouse Mall until Sunday.
Melissa Davlin/Argonaut The Idaho
Federation of Families for Children's Mental
Health has an informational display about
children's mental health at the Palouse Mall. The
display will be up until
Sunday.
The System of Care
traveling display is part of an anti-stigma
campaign launched by the Idaho Federation of
Families for Children’s Mental Health.
The
display measures 42 feet by 18 feet and includes
painted art, poetry and educational segments. Each
piece of art depicts life’s rewards and challenges
through the eyes of children with mental health
disorders.
Meg Harlow, the local
coordinator for the display, said the goal of the
display is to foster understanding within the
community about mental disorders in order to
generate compassion.
According to the Idaho
Department of Health and Welfare, more than 17,000
children in Idaho are affected by mental health
disorders. Some disorders can be so severe that
children have difficulty at home, at school and in
the community.
Mental health disorders may
include anxiety and panic disorders, phobias,
obsessive-compulsive disorders, bipolar disorders,
depression, schizophrenia and eating disorders,
according to the Idaho System of Care.
“We
wanted to generate a statewide anti-stigma
campaign and provide an outlet for everyone to
learn more about mental health disorders,” said
Chandra Story, a public information officer
specializing in health and wellness. “Stigmas can
be a mark of shame that prevent families from
getting the help they need.”
Stigmas associated
with mental health disorders can be some of the
most challenging, she said.
“Some families
don’t know where to go, and some of (their
obstacles are) problems navigating the system and
the criteria to get help,” Harlow said. “But
that’s what the federation is for. They find the
holes and help families fill them with
support.”
There are a variety of ways in
which a family can get support, Harlow
said.
“If a child needs medicines, they can get
help with that. Some children can receive help at
school,” she said. “There are even wrap-around
services that help support a child in and out of
school. It just depends on the child’s
needs.”
Story said she wants people to
understand that children with mental health
disorders have the same emotions and express
themselves in the same way as others.
Both
Harlow and Story said they strongly encourage
students to view the art display. It may not seem
relevant to their lives now, but in the future
they may know someone affected by a mental health
disorder, Story said.
“One in five families is
affected by mental health disorders, so someone
you know may have one someday,” she
said.
Senior Jessica Bowman has not seen
the art, but said she is interested in the concept
of a traveling children’s art display.
“I think
it comes down to bad advertising. I mean, I would
go see it if I knew about it,” she
said.
She said she thinks college students
probably haven’t viewed the display in the Palouse
Mall because they don’t care about it.
“I mean,
I don’t think (some students) see how the display
affects them,” she said. “It really depends on
their majors and what they like.”
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Moscow
46°F | |
Friday, April
14th
UI Law symposium
Doubletree
Riverside Hotel in Boise
8:30 a.m.
Aimee Phan, ‘Legacy of the Vietnam
War’
Niccolls 301
9:30 a.m.
Dissertation defense: Dana Perlman,
education
College of Education, Room 301
1
p.m.
Dissertation: Leah Evans-Janke,
history
Administration Building, Room 330
3
p.m.
Work and life workshop
SRC
Classroom
3 p.m.
Student recital:
Patrick Davis, saxophone
School of Music
Recital Hall
5 p.m.
‘UI
Voices’
UITV-8
7:30 p.m.
‘ASUI
Senate’
UITV-8
8 p.m.
Saturday, April
15th
Student recital: Teagan Kroon,
saxophone
School of Music Recital Hall
1
p.m.
Student recital: Danielle Earl,
soprano and George Kerrick, baritone
School of
Music Recital Hall
4 p.m.
Student
recital: Timothy Stoddard, baritone
School of
Music Recital Hall
8 p.m.
Monday, April,
17th
‘Clothesline Project’
Idaho
Commons Rotunda
8 a.m.
Dissertation: Dong Yu, computer
science
JEB 328
10 :30 a.m.
Alternative Transportation Day
Commons
Courtyard
11 a.m.
Dissertation:
Soojin Yang, MMBB
Ag Science, Room 62
1 p.m.
‘Robert and Floretta Austin
distinguished lecture in science’
Commons
Horizon Room
3:30 p.m.
Dissertation defense: Troy Tranter,
chemical engineering
JEB Room 111
4 p.m.
Journalism and mass media awards
reception
Commons Whitewater Room
5:30
p.m.
‘The World’
SUB Borah Theater
7
and 9:30 p.m.
‘Borah
Symposium’
UITV-8
8 p.m.
Student recital: Stuart Jordan,
composition
School of Music Recital Hall
8
p.m.
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