2767 – Creating an educational intervention to raise mental health awareness and tackle stigma in adolescents in the UK: ‘headucate’ - 09/07/13
Riassunto |
Introduction |
Against a backdrop of poor mental health education in UK schools a group of students from Norwich Medical School have formed a student society called ‘Headucate’ in order to create, deliver and evaluate an educational intervention for adolescents, initially to be delivered in Norfolk schools.
Objectives |
To create an educational intervention that:
• | Is the length of a standard lesson |
• | Is age appropriate and acceptable |
• | Contains appropriate signposting |
• | Contains content that challenges common myths and replaces them with knowledge |
• | Contains content that encourages empathy and understanding towards those with mental illnesses |
• | Is easily delivered in the same way each time so that its effectiveness can be evaluated |
Aim |
To create an intervention effective at tackling stigma and empowering adolescents to recognise signs of poor mental health and access services appropriately.
Methods |
Lesson plan created after consultation with psychiatrists, a psychologist, a GP, a university outreach professional, a teacher and secondary school age children, then trialled and revised.
Results |
Interactive workshop produced with 5 sections.
1) | Myth vs Fact activity that dispels prevalent myths |
2) | Scenario based activity to demonstrate that mental health is a spectrum |
3) | An interactive presentation covering the most common mental illnesses and their symptoms |
4) | An activity focusing on talking to those with mental illnesses, furthering the scenario from the previous activity |
5) | A question and answer session. Every student leaves with a leaflet containing appropriate signposting. |
Conclusion |
We have created an educational intervention ready to be delivered and evaluated.
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