📢 NEW RELEASE : The Helping Adolescents Thrive Toolkit, developed by WHO & @UNICEF, provides guidance for people working in the health, social services, education & justice sectors on how to promote & protect adolescent mental health.
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#MentalHealth conditions are among the leading causes of illness & disability among adolescents 👦👧, with suicide the 4⃣th most common cause of death in people aged 15-19 years.
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#MentalHealth promotion among young people is vitally needed, especially during the #COVID19 pandemic, to
😇 improve mental well-being
💪 help adolescents cope with difficulties
💚 reduce the risk of mental health conditions
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The Helping Adolescents Thrive Toolkit includes tools to help implement adolescent #MentalHealth programmes. It also features examples of programmes already introduced to benefit adolescents.
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The Helping Adolescents Thrive Toolkit covers
✅ the legal foundations for #MentalHealth programmes
✅ the features of environments that are conducive to well-being
✅ the provision of support to parents/other caregivers
✅ psychosocial interventions
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WHO & @UNICEF have launched a Comic Book & accompanying Teacher’s Guide, for use by teachers
school counsellors & #MentalHealth professionals to plan & facilitate classroom activities focused on socio-emotional learning of adolescents aged 10-14 yrs.
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The Helping Adolescents Thrive Comic Book is the first in a series and refers specifically to adolescents’ experiences during the #COVID19 pandemic.
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🗒️ The strategies recommended in the Helping Adolescents Thrive toolkit include school-based programmes that address negative behaviours at school & help ensure a conducive learning environment to student well-being.
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Psychosocial support should be provided to prevent #MentalHealth conditions & promote mental well-being 😇, not only among adolescents but also parents, other caregivers & teachers, especially those in vulnerable situations.
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Laws & policies can contribute to protecting adolescents’ #MentalHealth incl
- laws relating to education
- the criminalization of child marriage
- forced labour
- trafficking
- sexual abuse
- exploitation of children
- the decriminalization of suicide
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#SelfCare is vital to help adolescents stay physically & mentally well.
@PMNCH, @UNICEF & WHO have developed a video to show how young people can maintain #MentalHealth during the #COVID19 pandemic. 👀Take a look!
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