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The Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health is currently working to develop educational programs, publications and tools to address teen mental health.
The Transitions: Student Reality Check booklet is the first publication of its kind and is a unique resource created to help students overcome many of the issues they face as they transition from high school to post-secondary education. The booklet provides advice on topics such as effective study strategies, peer pressure, financial responsibilities, mental illness, addictions, sexual health and suicide.
Above all Transitions will help students identify common mental health problems and provide them with information about where to access help if they need it.
For more info visit the ViewFinders website.
TakingITGlobal (TIG) is an international online social network and hub for civic participation. They provide opportunities for learning, capacity-building, cross-cultural awareness, and self-development through technology.
To help members understand mental health and mental illness better, the Chair has teamed up with TIG to create a place where members can learn, discuss, network and inspire each other to adress mental health issues.
Visit TIG's Mental Health page.
Working with the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and J. L. Ilsley High School, the Chair is engaged in a series of art workshops to build awareness of the complexities surrounding the adolescent brain and mental health issues.
The project will hopefully lead to an extended large-scale collaborative art project titled "Art and the Brain" in the year 2010.
(image credit: Guilherme Marconi)
The Chair currently contributes to Moods Magazine's "Moods on Campus" section.
Moods Magazine dedicated to providing awareness and information about mental illness, especially in the area of mood disorders. Their publication provides educational information in layperson terms to the general public, educational institutions, and to the workplace.
In 2007 the Chair partnered with the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network (DCFRN) to produce a radio script on maternal and child depression.
View the maternal depression radio script.
Since 2008 the Chair has partnered with the ViewFinders International Film Festival for Youth to put on a film and animation camp for young people focusing on mental health issues.