MENTALITY – implementing mental health quality practices to shed light on mental health
MENTALITY – Mental Health Quality Practices (2023-2025) was an EU-funded project aiming to transfer and disseminate promising practices in mental health care. It has a specific focus on children, healthcare and other care workers, people with pre-existing mental health problems and psychosocial disabilities, migrants, and service providers.
The partners involved in the project are committed to sharing their expertise and working together to create sustainable solutions that will benefit people in vulnerable situations and promote positive mental health outcomes.
The partners involved in the project are committed to sharing their expertise and working together to create sustainable solutions that will benefit people in vulnerable situations and promote positive mental health outcomes.
Project resources
Policy report: insights from cross-country implementations in Europe
This MENTALITY policy report reflects on the lessons learned from implementing mental health practices under the EU-funded MENTALITY Project. These practices were implemented across Greece, Slovakia, Latvia, and Poland, each tailored to the unique challenges of their respective contexts.
The report summarises the methodology used, results, and insights gleaned from these interventions while providing actionable policy insights on local, national, and European level.
Capacity-building materials to aid the implementation of the practices
MENTALITY developed one factsheet per practice, aiming to help other health and social organisations and schools implement the best practices that were piloted. Please find the best practices below.
A HOPEFUL, HEALTHY, AND HAPPY LIVING AND LEARNING - GUIDE FOR TEACHERS
The Guide for Teachers supports educators in supporting children’s mental health. It specifically targets increased anxiety, depressive symptoms, social isolation, and difficulties experienced by schoolchildren (ages 4-18). It is a single toolkit covering a large variety of important mental health topics.
The Guide provides a unique and structured handbook with specific steps for teachers, supporting their overall work. Its different exercises make it extremely versatile and adaptable to the many situations and issues teachers and children may face.
Read the factsheet.
Read the infographics on the Guide's implementation in Greece and Slovakia.
DISCOVER YOUR POTENTIAL - SUPPORTING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF MIGRANTS
The Discover Your Potential workshops are designed to help newly arrived migrants tap into their own potential and resources to adapt to a new environment and labour market. The intervention also creates an opportunity for people with a migratory experience to engage with a group with similar lived experiences, thus stimulating their integration into the community and labour market.
By having mental health experts and migrants working together, the programme creates a sense of belonging and safety. These are paramount to good mental health and wellbeing but can be difficult to achieve for people with a migration background within a new cultural context.
Read the factsheet.
Read the infographic on the workshops' implemenation in Poland.
TEAM REFLECTION - EFFECTIVELY SUPPORTING PROFESSIONAL CARE TEAMS IN MANAGING STRESS
Team Reflection is an evidence-based intervention specifically tailored for social workers and healthcare workers who face high levels of stress and heavy workloads in their professional roles. By creating a safe space for open dialogue and providing practical tools for stress management, Team Reflection aims to mitigate the negative impacts of stress on individual professionals and the team as a whole.
Read the factsheet.
Read the infographic on the intervention's implemenation in Latvia.
INTERACTIVE MAP OF CENTRES PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
The interactive map of mental health support centres was originally developed in Poland. The MENTALITY project facilitated the adaptation and replication of this practice in Romania and Slovakia.
The dedicated interactive map identifies facilities offering free mental health support to individuals experiencing mental health distress and those in vulnerable situations, particularly during times of crisis.
Have a look at the explainer video below for more info, and read the infographic on the map's implemenation in Romania and Slovakia.
Events and recordings
- MENTALITY webinar: How to talk to your students about mental health: tools, practices and strategies (recording and report available)
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