An interactive session on Mental Health Literacy was conducted at Kerala Law Academy. The welcome address to the session was given by Prof Hareendran K, The principal of Kerala Law Academy. An interactive session on “Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Literacies for Mental Health and Wellbeing” was conducted by Prof. Raghavan for law students and faculty members of Kerala Law Academy. […]
Prof Raghavan conducted an interactive session with high school and higher secondary school students of Mannam Memorial School on Mental Health Literacy. Students were encouraged to contribute and express their views on topics around mental health and well-being. A misconception that mental health and the absence of mental illness were the same was expressed by a student while another student […]
MEHELP ESSAY COMPETITION Winners of Essay Competition Announcing the winners of the school essay writing competition. We organized an essay writing competition in English and Malayalam for students from class eight to class twelve in Kerala on the theme “How do Children and Teenagers in Kerala Construct Mental Health and Wellbeing?” The jury had shortlisted five essays for the award, […]
Launch of The MeHeLP Handbook: A guide to Mental Health The launch of the MeHeLP India foundation handbook was done by Prof Raghu Raghavan, Prof Hareendran K, Prof Anilkumar K, Arun V Unnithan and Dr. Dakshina Saraswathy at Kerala Law Academy Law college on World Mental Health Day, 2022 (10.October 2022).
An interactive session on “Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Literacies for Mental Health & Wellbeing” for school students at Sreenarayana Vidyapeetam. This included playing the short films the Recipe and the Verdict. Discussions with students generated a few talking points. One student said that mental health means having emotional stability when they said, “mental health means having emotional stability”. A Students […]
Two separate sessions were organised for the students and teachers on “Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Literacies for Mental Health & Wellbeing” which was followed by the distribution of the handbook and brochure. Students’ discussion was mainly facilitated by the short films and most of the discussion revolved around these themes. One of the students said, “that the viewpoint of society […]
Two separate interactive sessions on Mental health literacy were done for students and teachers at Sree Narayana Higher Secondary School, Vadakara. The students’ session was on “Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Literacies for Mental Health & Wellbeing”. These discussions covered topics like “mental health, the stigma around mental health, mental health literacy and how to build resilience”. Short films, The Recipe […]
An interactive session with high school and Higher Secondary students of Kannasa Mission School was conducted by Prof. Raghavan, on the topic “Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Literacies for Mental Health & Wellbeing”. This session covered topics discussed at Law academy but adapted so that school students can understand them. Three short films, the Recipe, the Verdict and The Destination were […]
An interactive session on “Culturally Appropriate Mental Health Literacies for Mental Health & Wellbeing” for the faculties and students at DUK was concluded by the distribution of the MeHeLP brochure and handbook to the participant. The welcome address was given by Ms Sabitha Rani. A student said, “wellbeing of a person is how we think and behave and when a […]