Mental health: Vienna fights against youth crises and bullying!

Mental health: Vienna fights against youth crises and bullying!

Wien, Österreich - The mental health of children and adolescents has suffered significantly through the challenges of recent years. According to press.wien.gv.at are social isolation because of the pandemia and current wars just a few of the factors that are in one Intermediated psychological constitution contributed to young people. Educational and youth councilor Bettina Emmerling explains that the most common mental disorders in this age group are anxiety disorders, depression and ADHD.

In addition, there is an increase in bullying, the abusive use of social media and school pressure, which continues to complicain the Situation. Emmerling therefore demands an intensification of prevention offers in schools, especially through initiatives such as "days of mental health".

prevention programs to strengthen resilience

In order to counteract the situation, a program of the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth was launched, which was started on September 12, 2023 under the motto "Say what - do what helps" at a school in Berlin. BMFSFJ.de reports that over 100 schools in Germany participate in this model program "Mental Health Coaches". The coaches, which come from either social pedagogy or psychology, should help the students to recognize psychological problems at an early stage and actively use help.

A central goal of the program is to show young people ways how they can strengthen their mental health. The mental health coaches offer preventive offers that include group offers and individual consultations. Thanks to financial support of up to ten million euros for 2023, this measure will be rolled out across the board in all 16 federal states.

research and identification of risk groups

In order to further promote mental health of young people, the Prohead initiative relies on computer -aided studies in schools that aim to increase the help of help young people. health research-bmbf.de emphasizes that early diagnosis and therapy are often decisive, since mental disorders are often in emotional and social development phase be manifest.

The project aims to achieve 15,000 students from the age of 12. Each participant is discussed individually after a school -based screening. The initiative also promotes access to professional help among psychiatrists and therapists and offers specific programs for risk groups.

By combining school support and targeted prevention programs, it becomes clear that mental health must not be a luxury, but is a fundamental right for all children and adolescents. The City of Vienna and the Federal Government focus on a holistic strategy to strengthen mental health of young people and to combat mental illnesses.