2024-07-08 06:55:34
The campaign “You can be me” consists of 5 audio shorts that aim to raise awareness about the mental health of young people over 13 years old with the help of the community closest to them and starting from educational institutions. The briefs are made by professional artists with scripts approved by the scientific board in collaboration with Angelini Pharma.
This is the purpose of this campaign destigmatize and break taboos on mental health disorders affecting the youth population. He also tried to promote debate and the exchange of personal experiences.
The campaign includes materials for teaching staff of educational institutions who want to implement this initiative in their program, because the support of teachers is important in this work and reinforces the message of short films.
The current state of adolescent mental health
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the depression, anxiety and behavioral disorders They are among the leading causes of youth illness and disability worldwide.
Inside Spainhim 59.3% of the population of between 15 and 29 years admitted to mental health problems and Suicide has become the leading cause of death in this group of residents, according to Fad Juventud.
“Being able to talk openly with young people about aspects related to mental health is important to be able to detect problems in time, avoid stigma and facilitate access to mental health professionals,” points out Dr. Carles Masip, psychiatrist at Hospital del Mar. Barcelona and part of the Scientific Committee that approved the manuscripts.
Advertising purpose
This process was born as a small microtheater activity “You can be me” presented at the María Auxiliadora School (Madrid) and then they decided to extend it in the form of short films to reach young people from the another educational institution.
The scientific committee that approved these manuscripts are two psychiatrists: Dr. Carles Masip, psychiatrist at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, and Dr. Sandra Rubio, psychiatrist at the Transition Department of CSM Puente de Vallecas.
The Angelini Pharma campaign aims to raise awareness impact on the quality of life of the patient and the surrounding area, which is why they have provided both teachers and students with a series of tools described in Manual.
Problems affecting the young population
“The mental health of our young people is going through a silent but very deep crisis that requires immediate action. Through ‘Be Me’, we seek to awaken the collective consciousness by showing that these struggles are much more common than we think and to empower the whole community to engage in dialogue and find solutions,” said Olga. Insua, the director general said. of Angelini Pharma Spain and Portugal.
Short films show the realities of different young people in which they suffer from depression, anxiety, cannabis-induced psychosis, eating disorders, bullying and self-harm.
Anxiety and depression
The chaos of worry is common among young people from 10 to 19 years oldwhile sugar It is always visible around 15 years, according to the WHO organization. Both pathologies show symptoms that affect mood, and even depression can lead to suicide.
The short shows how these mental disorders can develop due to many factors in the school environment such as stress, social acceptance, family problems or insecurity about the future, among others. The signs they show often social isolation, sudden changes in behavior, sleep problems and concentration problems.
Cannabis-induced psychosis
Cannabis is a psychoactive drug associated with a very low risk perception since it is usually classified as a “soft” drug. It is about those the most non-contradicted drug in the world In fact, 1 in 3 Spanish teenagers between 14 and 18 years old eat it, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
Regular use of such substances can cause psychosisA mental disorder characterized by suffering from delusions, hallucinations and thought disorders that stop it agreement from reality. Its repeated use increases the risk of suffering from psychosis throughout life more than five times and, the earlier use begins, the risk increases.
school bullying
According to a UNESCO report, 1 in 3 young people suffer from bullying school, that in the context of young people, bullying is defined as behavior involving verbal, psychological, physical or social abuse of a child towards another young person in an educational institution.
The guide for teachers indicates that it is it is difficult to eradicate such violence practiced by people in the process of building their own identity. Regarding the victim, the person attacked develops a feeling of insecurity in themselves, insecurity and even encourages symptoms of anxiety, depression or other disorders such as eating behavior.
Furthermore, terrorism is a form of violence that affects more people than the victim and perpetrator, making participants to all viewers.
Eating disorders (ED)
The origin of these disorders is often found in genetic, physiological, behavioral, psychological and social factors. This strange relationship with food is symptomatic and a the reality of environmental complaints of a young person suffering from low self-esteem, anxiety, depression or even depression. Likewise, they tend to arouse feelings of loneliness and incomprehension, as well as us lost control and a feeling of helplessness.
Apart from the mental space, these disorders can be transmitted serious physical damage in the heart, digestive system, bones, teeth and mouth, in addition to causing other diseases such as diabetes or osteoporosis.
Self harm
The last short of the campaign shows a boy who repeatedly and deliberately inflicts pain on himself, but without an obvious suicidal intention. This type of self-harm is the most common among young people, as shown by a study by the Spanish Society of Pediatric Emergencies that shows that 28% of children have harmed themselves at some point, especially young girls. Apart from, Hospitalizations due to self-harm in Spain in the population between 10 and 24 years of age triple in the past two years according to data from the Ministry of Health.
These injuries are typical of the way young people play Control over yourself when they feel that certain aspects of their lives are out of control. Although the cause is not suicide, it is a future risk factor.
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