Mental Health Literacy at Your Fingertips: First-ever Mental Health Literacy Resource Delivered on Smartphones.
Mental health is a growing challenge for organizations and schools. What if there were a way to foster early detection and help-seeking and make mental health an ongoing daily priority? Discover MyHealthMagazine, an online magazine and unique smartphone app developed by Professor Darcy Santor to increase mental-health literacy at school and in the workplace.
Who:
D. A. Santor, PhD, Full Professor, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa
What:
Mental Health Literacy at Your Fingertips
Where:
Social Sciences Building, Room 4007, 120 University, Ottawa
When:
Wednesday, May 8, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Why:
Refresh your mind! Satisfy your thirst for knowledge—this time minus the homework.
Professor's notes
Please note that the professor's notes are in the language of the lecture.
Mental health is a growing challenge for organizations and schools. It is estimated that an employee dealing with depression will lose an average of 27 work days each year, and that as many as 60 percent of student dropouts at university and college may be due to mental illness.
Meeting this challenge will depend in part on developing tools and resources that can be accessed by people in their workplaces and schools on a daily basis, in just minutes a day, ideally before they develop any sign of illness.
MyHealthMagazine is a revolutionary resource developed by uOttawa professor Darcy Santor. The magazine was developed to help people at schools and in workplaces increase their mental-health literacy and make decisions about their mental health. The online magazine and smartphone app contain a wealth of resources, including an online directory of helplines, information on what to do when things go wrong and a library of screening tools and interactive quizzes.
Professor Santor's 30-minute lecture during uOttawa Alumni Week will highlight the challenges associated with mental health, as well as the innovative solutions that this set of tools offers.
This is a free event. But space is limited. Register now.
This event is part of our Faculty of Social Sciences activities during uOttawa Alumni Week. Visit our home page to learn about other ways to refresh your mind, reconnect with friends and rediscover uOttawa!
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Information:
Christina Richard
Alumni Relations Officer
Faculty of Social Sciences
Tel.: 613-562-5800 ext. 3602
crichard@uOttawa.ca
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