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Interview with Stanley MacEachern

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dc.contributor.authorMacEachern, Stanley
dc.contributor.authorQuon, Anna
dc.creatorCanadian Mental Health Association Halifax-Dartmouth Branchen
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-20T15:03:13Z
dc.date.available2013-08-20T15:03:13Z
dc.date.created2010-08-20en
dc.descriptionFile consists of video recordings and an electronic transcript of an interview with Stanley MacEachern. The interview was conducted by Anna Quon at the Belmont House on August 20, 2010. This was the first interview conducted as part of the Canadian Mental Health Association Halifax-Dartmouth Branch's Our Voices Matter Project. The interview touches on a wide range of topics, including Stanley's childhood in Oshawa, Ontario, life in Nova Scotia, experiences with depression and medication, work and travels, and other aspects of his personal life.en_US
dc.descriptionStanley MacEachern is a former farmer who grew up in Mabou, Cape Breton, and who now lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Stanley has been hospitalized several times for bipolar disorder and lived on the street for a brief period. He was also institutionalized at one point in the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre. Today, Stanley leads a full life, working part time, running his own yard work and gardening service, serving on mental health-related committees, attending New Beginnings Clubhouse, and socializing with friends. He attributes his recovery from mental illness to his positive attitude, healthy lifestyle and spiritual practice.en_US
dc.format1 moving image (mpeg) (1 hr., 32 min., 44 sec.) : digital, col., sd.en_US
dc.format1 moving image (avi) (1 hr., 32 min., 44 sec.) : digital, col., sd.en_US
dc.format41 pages (PDF/A)en_US
dc.format1 optical disc (1 hr., 32 min., 44 sec.) : DVD+R, digital, col., sd.en_US
dc.identifier.citationInterview with Stanley MacEachern, Our Voices Matter Oral History Collection, MS-13-88, Box 1, OVMV0001DVD, Dalhousie University Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canadaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/35418
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCanadian Mental Health Association Halifax-Dartmouth Branchen_US
dc.subjectDartmouth (N.S.)en_US
dc.subjectMedical archivesen_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectOral history--Canadaen_US
dc.subjectSocial service--Nova Scotiaen_US
dc.subjectDepressed personsen_US
dc.subjectOshawa (Ont.)en_US
dc.titleInterview with Stanley MacEachernen_US
dc.typeMoving Imageen_US

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