FACEYOUTH Mental Health Awareness & Stigma Reduction Seminar for Young People and Parents.

Guest Presenters

● Priyanka P.S - Consultant Psychotherapist

● Tega Omogor - Transformational Life Coach and Counsellor

DISCUSS POINTS:

● Better understanding of Mental Health

● Psychological interventions for stress-related mental health in young people, even beyond the specifics of a pandemic to other chronic stressors such as periods of economic hardship or major health issues.

● Mental health first aid and substance abuse

● Promote discussions about mental health to reduce stigma for young people with mental illnesses.

Excerpts from the FACEYOUTH Mental Health Awareness & Stigma Reduction Seminar for Young People and Parents.

If you or your loved ones are affected by some of the issues raised during the Duke and the Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah, I’d like to let you know that there are many organisations around the world to support you.

There’s a comprehensive list of suicide hotlines, crisis lines, and helplines from all around the world on our website at

FACEYOUTH, just search for the mental health resource center. In times of need, reach for the phone. You have nothing to lose. Calling a helpline, crisis line, and or a suicide hotline is a great way to be heard and get support or sound advice on how to tackle approach your problems. When help is needed, this is an excellent place to start.

People with mental health problems say that their problems are made worse by the social stigma and discrimination they experience - from society, but also from families, friends and employers.

Nearly nine out of ten people with mental health problems say that stigma and discrimination have a negative effect on their lives and the experience can make their difficulties worse and make it harder to recover.

It’s February 16th, and while some people may have woken up the morning after Valentine’s Day in a haze of romantic bliss, others will have spent the day asking their pets where it all went wrong. Do not feel pressured to “keep up with the Jones”. Of course you want to feel loved, and of course it hurts when you don’t get the same energy you give out in return.

Just remember that everyone is on a different level of understanding. Try to believe that when someone is hard on you it may have very little to do with you at all. Life goes on and remember that you are more than enough!

We hosted a very special guest, a certified music therapist, singer and songwriter @EbuKanary talk to us about music therapy. How music can evoke emotional responses to relax or stimulate people, or help them heal.

It's Children's Mental Health Week - 1st to 7th February 2021.

This year's theme is 'Express Yourself' and is focused on getting children and adults to find creative ways to share their thoughts, feelings and emotions through activities like music, art, dance or photography.

The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought many challenges to peoples lives. In particular, it has affected the mental health of many, especially young and vulnerable people.

According to the WHO, Close to 800 000 people die due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds. Suicide is a global phenomenon and occurs throughout the lifespan. On this episode we’d be discussing losing someone to suicide and how to explain suicide to young people. Please let us know your thoughts and if you’d like to share your story or a friend’s story.

I’m super excited to bring the ‘Young minds matter-Therapy Tuesday’ podcast to you. So many of us have dealt with mental and emotional trauma in our lives. Yet so few of us feel comfortable or even safe talking about it out loud.

The aim of this podcast is to encourage and help young people have emotional, vulnerable conversations to show that it’s OK to struggle with the conflicts of being who you want to be versus who society expects you to be.