"Peaasi. ee – e-consultation, web platform and digital solutions on mental health for Estonian youth" Anna-Kaisa Oidermaa, project manager NGO Peaasjad 03. 12. 2014. , Tallinn
NGO Peaasjad (Head Matters): since 2009. Mission: To improve young people’s mental health and reduce mental health stigma in Estonia. Team members: (mental health specialists; psychologists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, mental health nurse, occupational therapist. Youth work specialists; youth workers, trainers. Semiotician, public relations consultant, designer, et al) Web portal Peaasi. ee: Young people can be reached on the Internet.
Project: "Peaasi. ee – e-consultation, web platform and digital solutions on mental health for Estonian youth" Main goals: • to raise awareness of mental health topics among young people and people working with young people, decrease the stigmatisation of people with mental health problems; • support better access to mental health services by fostering help-seeking behaviour; • prevent and relieve mental health problems, facilitate early interventions. - Target group: young people 14 -26. Secondary target groups: teachers, youth workers, parents, mental health specialists, friends, family. - Main actions: e-counseling, interactive self-help tools, brain training exercises, starting conversations on mental health. - Funded by: The project is financed by Norway Grants 2009 -2014 Public Health Initiatives programme. The programme operator in Estonia is the Ministry of Social Affairs.
e-counseling • Counselors are specialists with clinical experience - Help to define the problem; - How, where and what kind of specialist to get help from; - Advice on what to do in the moment to increase mental well-being.
Interactive self-help tools • Based on cognitive-behavioral therapy and Peaasi. ee team members’ clinical experience • On the web or in the form of apps • For young people who have diagnoses of disorders • For young people who have any distressing symptoms • Address some of the most common problems (Fear Fighter, The Boss of Anger, Thought Tamer, etc)
Brain training exercises • Based on neuropsychology and cognitive remediation therapy • For young people who have deterioration in cognitive functions due to psychiatric illness (depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders) • For young people who want to improve cognitive functioning (memory, attention, etc)
Starting conversations, dialogues on mental health Raising awareness, helping to form attitudes, to find appropriate behaviours • With young people • With teachers • With youth workers • With parents • With media • With artists • With anyone who has mental health - Seminars, lectures, trainings, articles, web and social media. . .
Peaasi. ee Partners
anna-kaisa. oidermaa@peaasi. ee
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