{"id":14155,"date":"2019-11-21T15:10:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ounews.co\/?p=14155"},"modified":"2019-11-21T15:10:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:10:33","slug":"bbc-ou-documentary-wins-mind-media-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/around-ou\/tv-radio\/bbc-ou-documentary-wins-mind-media-award\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC\/ OU documentary wins Mind Media Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actor, David Harewood has won a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/news-campaigns\/mind-media-awards\/\">Mind Media Award<\/a> for his work in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/tv-radio-events\/tv\/david-harewood-psychosis-and-me\"><em>David Harewood:<\/em>\u00a0<em>Psychosis and Me<\/em><\/a>, a co-produced documentary by the BBC and The Open University\u2019s Broadcast and Partnerships team.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary, which aired in May, followed Harewood as he talked about the psychotic breakdown he had at 23 years-old. Piecing back together what happened to him, the one-off programme retold Harewood&#8217;s story, helping others better understand what it&#8217;s like to experience psychosis.<\/p>\n<p>Harewood was a winner in the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/news-campaigns\/mind-media-awards\/speaking-out-2019\/\">Speaking Out<\/a>&#8216; category, which is awarded to people who have made an impact by sharing their experiences of mental health problems. <em>Psychosis and Me\u00a0<\/em>was also shortlisted in the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/news-campaigns\/mind-media-awards\/documentary-shortlist-2019\/\">Documentary<\/a>&#8216; category, which recognises documentaries that observe and report on real life stories and situations.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Mind Media Awards, celebrates the best possible representations of mental health across TV, radio, print and online.<\/p>\n<p>OU Academic Consultant,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/people\/saom3\">Dr Sarah Vicary<\/a>, Associate Head of School for Wellbeing, Education &amp; Language Studies was involved in advising and shaping production, as well as helping to\u00a0curate free resources on the programme for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/tv-radio-events\/tv\/david-harewood-psychosis-and-me#\">OpenLearn<\/a>, including an interactive quiz to test your knowledge about the facts and misconceptions of psychosis \u2013 these are still available, so why not give them a go.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr. Sarah Vicary - Psychosis and Me\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i5pdMIKAQCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Find out more<\/h2>\n<p>To hear more from Dr Sarah Vicary on her role at the OU and how she hopes the documentary will inspire learning about mental health, view more from her interview\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/tv-radio-events\/tv\/dr-sarah-vicary-on-being-the-academic-consultant-david-harewood-psychosis-and-me\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For free learning resources visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/tv-radio-events\/tv\/david-harewood-psychosis-and-me#\">David Harewood: Psychosis and Me OpenLearn<\/a>\u00a0site<\/p>\n<p>About studying\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/find\/mental-health-nursing\">Mental Health Nursing<\/a>\u00a0at The Open University<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commissioned for The Open University by\u00a0<strong>Dr Caroline Ogilvie<\/strong>, Head of Broadcast and Partnerships<\/li>\n<li>OU Academic Consultant:\u00a0<strong>Dr Sarah Vicary<\/strong>\u00a0(WELS)<\/li>\n<li>OU Media Fellow:\u00a0<strong>Dr Mathijs Lucassen<\/strong>\u00a0(WELS)<\/li>\n<li>OU Broadcast Project Manager:\u00a0<strong>Amie Nimmo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>OU Digital Content Producer:<strong>\u00a0Daniel Browne<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>BBC Commissioning Editor:\u00a0<b>Fozia Khan<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Films for Record Executive Producer:\u00a0<strong>Emma Hindley<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Films for Record Producers and Directors:\u00a0<strong>Wendie Ottewill and Olivia Isaacs<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor, David Harewood has won a Mind Media Award for his work in David Harewood:\u00a0Psychosis and Me, a co-produced documentary by the BBC and The Open University\u2019s Broadcast and Partnerships team. 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