Public Access TV Show:

Mental Health Matters - Alameda County, California

A public access TV show produced by the Rev. Barbara Meyers and filmed at the Comcast studio in Fremont, California. Focusing on issues of mental health, and producing one program per month, it can be watched both on Comcast cable television in Alameda County and Online. See the tables below. Notes on music and art: The composer of the music and the painters of the pictures used in the show lived with serious mental health problems. Music:Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky Paintings:The Parable of the Good Samaritan by Francesco Bassano, Old Man in Sorrow by Vincent van Gogh, The Erythraean Sibyl (Sistine Chapel) by Michelangelo

This show received the Alameda County Mental Health Board's 2008 Media Award.

Viewing Broadcast Programs Alameda County Comcast schedule City Channel Day and Time Fremont 29 Mondays 6:00pm Newark 27 Mondays 6:00pm Alameda 28 Mondays 6:30pm Hayward San Leandro San Lorenzo Union City 28 Wednesdays 9:30pm Castro Valley Dublin Livermore Pleasanton San Ramon Sunol 26 Thursdays 9:30pm Berkeley El Cerrito El Sobrante Emeryville Oakland Piedmont Richmond 26 Mondays 6:30pm

Viewing Programs Online Click on the subject area link. Date Recorded Subject March 2007 Mental Health Stigma September 2007 Suicide October 2007 Schizophrenia November 2007 Recovery December 2007 Bipolar Disorder January 2008 African American Mental Health February 2008 Peer Support and Self-Help March 2008 Children's Mental Health April 2008 Spirituality & Mental Health