Mental Health Promotion of adolescents and young people (2000-2001)
The mental health of adolescents and young people is affected by a variety of key factors, including family environment, school, economic and social hardship, abuse and the use of alcohol and drugs.
The project "Mental Health Promotion of Adolescents and Young People" was partly financed by the European Commission. Preparatory work on the project began in March 2000 and the project was completed in September 2001. It was organised in the framework of the EU Community Action Plan for Health Promotion, Information, Education and Training; a four-year programme started in 1996.
Objectives
The objectives of the project were:- To raise public awareness for mental health promotion and prevention for adolescents and young people;
- To initiate and support activities in mental health promotion addressing issues of specific concern in adolescents and young people;
- To identify, clarify and categorise examples of good initiatives in member states;
- To organise the exchange of information and experience in mental health promotion in the member states;
- To encourage the general dissemination of projects and experiences for transnational use;
- To advise the European Union on matters relating to the promotion of mental health among adolescents and young people.
About 50 projects were collected and covered the following settings: schools, youth centres, counselling centres, mental health centres etc.
The target group included the general population of adolescents and young people, but also children in loss and grief, young people with risky behaviour, parents of adolescents, difficult students, young offenders, young people trying to leave racist or other extreme groups, adolescent mothers, etc.
The final product of this project is a Directory of projects in Europe: Directory Mental Health Promotion of Adolescents &Young People (pdf). It should be read as a continuation and in conjunction with its predecessor “Mental Health Promotion for Children up to 6 Years” published in January 2000.
For more information, please contact MHE, e-mail: info@mhe-sme.org.
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