A couple of months ago, the Executive Director of UNICEF, Henrietta Fore, spoke about the mental health impacts COVID-19 is having on youth around the world. We would like to share some of her words and messages with you, as they speak directly to the issues that are at the heart of YAM. “The COVID-19…Continue readingUNICEF on the mental health impacts of COVID-19
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Written by Agatha Mossakowska, YAM Trainer and Senior Project Officer at Black Dog Institute, working in the LifeSpan Suicide Prevention Trial team With YAM constantly expanding across areas in New South Wales, Australia, it was only fitting that our next Instructor course would make its way out of the capital cities and take place in…Continue readingSearching for koalas and Chris Hemsworth
Esther Perel is a world-renowned psychotherapist and all-around awesome person. She has so much wisdom about psychology and well-being, and as people who work with youth and mental health, her work is incredibly relevant to the YAM community. Her podcasts Where Should We Begin and How’s Work are bursting with insights and fascinating topics exploring…Continue readingEsther Perel on getting through the pandemic
Participation alert! This blog post is going to invite you to engage and write back – keep reading to find out how! Even though a lot of sites couldn’t do YAM as much as they wanted to last year, our YAM community is still as large as it’s ever been – and growing! Nearly 1,000…Continue readingWho are YOU?
Those of you with excellent taste in music would have recognised the Beatles’ song lyrics in this post’s title! But don’t worry, if you’re not a Beatles fan, we’ll still accept you 🙂 Either way, we in the YAM core team are so excited about the ways that YAM sites around the world have been…Continue readingCome together, right now, over YAM
Over a chilly week in August, eight eager participants from across New South Wales, Australia, attended the Black Dog Institute in Randwick to gain their qualification as Youth Aware of Mental Health Instructors. The course was expertly run by three highly experienced Trainers excited to get back to delivering YAM post-COVID lockdown. Each day began…Continue readingYAM course in Australia – back in action!
Recently members from our YAM teams across the world convened over zoom to discuss YAM during and after COVID-19. Due to our geographical spread we had to meet up on two separate calls. One with participants from our Australian YAM team and another call with our many Swedish YAM sites, representatives from our Indian and…Continue readingYouth, YAM, and COVID-19: a discussion with our YAM teams
Before becoming the YAM Program Manager at Montana State University, I was a high school teacher in Helena, MT for ten years. It was there, that my belief in helping young people talk about mental health, develop resilience, and know where to go for help grew and intensified, as we endured the crisis of six…Continue readingFrom High School teacher to YAM Program Manager
As we make our way through another day in this rapidly changing time, we at MHiM wanted to let you know that all of us are thinking of you and continue to be here for your questions and suggestions. Spread out around the world, many of you are in quarantine, self-quarantine, or “shelter-in-place,” while others…Continue readingYAM in COVID-19 times
2019 was a busy year for YAM in Australia! We have continued to implement the program in schools as part of the LifeSpan Suicide prevention Trial, trained 17 new Instructors, and had the team from Mental Health in Mind visit for a weeklong site visit! Since YAM was introduced to Australia in 2017 approximately 12,525…Continue readingYAM in OZ: an update