Mental Health Awareness

1 in 4 of us will suffer from a Mental Health issue (recently published by MIND) however despite the fact that all of us will come into contact with this, frighteningly few of us even understand it basically, could recognise it, or put it into context in society. Maggi Rose Training has developed a fun, contemporary and revelationary course especially for children and young adults, educating through experiential and multimedia formats, creating healthy and realistic perspectives on this unnecessarily taboo subject.

Length of Course

• 1 full day or 2 x ½ day sessions

Sample of Content

• What is Mental Illness and why is it important
• Different kinds of Mental Illness– role playing, recognising it and prevalence in the public
• Reflections on music, lyrics and art inspired and written by Mental Illness sufferers.
• Celebrity and Mental Illness—what comes first and who has suffered?
• Famous historical and contemporary artists, scientists, and thinkers—does Mental Illness exist?
• What help is available, practical methods of dealing with Mental Illness.
• Internal and ex factors that create or contribute to stress.

Return on investment

• Improved recognition, identification and appropriate views on Mental Illness issues for self and pthers.
• Myths explained and exploded!
• Handling Mental Illness in their own environments.
• Understanding of it’s place and acceptance in society.
• Awareness of Mental Illness as a potentially disabling and discriminatory condition, both at work and in society.
• Early indicators of stress can be identified and managed