The role of peer to peer support in youth mental health
In our rapidly changing world, mental health has become an increasingly significant issue. Sometimes, we need a friend or someone to share our struggles with. Peer support offers a valuable source of understanding and empathy,...
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Mental health and teenagers: how is it seen?
In Europe, 20% of teenagers suffer from mental health disorders (according to the WHO), a worrying issue that we cannot ignore. Yet, despite these numbers and the analysis, one must ask how mental health is...
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Cyclothymic Disorder: Shedding Light on a Misunderstood Condition
Ketevani Japharashvili is a charming, calm, and artistic, 22-year-old young lady that came from Sakartvelo to become a Volunteer in Druskininkai Youth Activity Centre. She was very open from the beginning about her mental health...
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Breaking the Silence: Fighting Mental Health Stigmatisation amongst Youth
In an era marked by an increasing awareness of mental health issues, youth find themselves at a crossroads, torn between the desire to speak up and the fear of being stigmatised. Stigmatisation, with its roots...
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Breaking Taboos outside the Wall: A Wonderful Week in Saint-Nazaire
In the third week of April, we spent four amazing days in Saint-Nazaire, a charming yet lesser-known town in the West of France. Our partners mentioned they had been waiting for months to see the...
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Adolescents and Social Media: A Controversial Relationship
Social media were developed with a social and creative purpose. However, they can also become a dangerous place to be, especially for young people and their mental health. Is it possible to find a compromise?...
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How to bath in the forest?
Sonata Leknickaite – forest bathing guide. This peaceful 27-year-old young woman, during the interview with Druskininkai Youth Activity Centre, agreed to share more about forest bathing, its benefits and applicability in everyday life. Although forest...
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Youth Mental Health: How to Understand, Notice and Not Ignore
Mental health is becoming an increasingly relevant and important topic, especially when it comes to young people. We often focus on physical health, forgetting that mental health is integral to our overall well-being. Physical health...
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Young people and well-being: Interview with a psychologist
Iwona Nowak has been working as psychologist, therapist, trainer, consultant, teacher. She is an expert in the fields of psychology, psychotherapy, neurodidactics, psychological-pedagogical support and educational management. Her interests include: brain-friendly learning, neurobiology, psychotherapy, management,...
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Bibliotherapy: the power of books on mental health
Anyone who believes himself to be one of a kind and as monstrous as anyone else, can find, at the turn of a page, an authorisation to be what he is, a recognition of himself,...
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