Psycom

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Description of the organisation

Funded in 1992 by 5 Parisian psychiatric centres, Psycom is an association of sanitary cooperation. It aims to dismantle prejudices and stereotypes on mental health by democratising this topic amongst various audiences. Psycom promotes a global vision of mental health through reliable, accessible and independent information on what it is and how to deal with it. The association also seeks to understand how prejudices on mental health are built in order to develop adapted tools to fight against the discrimination of people living with mental health disorders.

Good practice

The numerous free resources available on the website organised in informative, call-to-action and prevention sections. It offers various downloadable and printable open-source materials that can be used in different contexts, such as teaching, professional and leisure environments. Psycom gathers a large number of ready-to-use tools addressed to children and teenagers, such as:

• Pedagogical kits
• Posters on prejudices versus reality
• Informative leaflets
• Comics
• Contacts references

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Resources

Pedagogical kit: https://www.psycom.org/agir/la-promotion-de-la-sante-mentale/kit-cosmos-mental/

Deconstructed stereotypes

Posters to deconstruct stereotypes: https://www.psycom.org/agir/laction-anti-stigmatisation/mythes-et-realites/

“The prejudices’ tree”: https://www.psycom.org/agir/laction-anti-stigmatisation/arbre-aux-idees-recues/

More information

Mental health and young adults: https://www.psycom.org/comprendre/la-sante-mentale/la-sante-mentale-des-jeunes/