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YAMHA Erasmus+ project
LGBTIQ Youth affirmative mental health approaches is a Key Action 2 project which aiming at strengthening capacities of partner organisations (Slovakia, Netherlands, Ireland, Greece and Croatia) in the field, creating network of EU community of practises, upskilling youth workers and mental health professionals from the field and exchanging good practises through the development of innovative project results based on the concept of affirmative or inclusive mental health as a tool for working with LGBTIQ youth mental health in Europe.
Namely, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other self-identified queer (LGBTQ) youth have higher rates of mental health issues than people in the general population. This could be due to neglect, lack of support, discrimination, trauma, abuse, etc that could potentially lead to poor mental health, suicide, substance abuse, anti-social behaviour, at risk sexual encounters, depression, stress, anxiety etc.
EU support network
To tackle some of these issues and to create a support network, community of practices and peer support networks this project would like to explore affirmative mental health approaches in working with LGBTIQ youth mental health that could potentially lead to regaining strength, power, self-esteem, and self-acceptance within this cohort. YAMHA project would like to explore what is out there within the EU context, how different EU organisations could collaborate, grow together, learn from each other and of course to create resources that capture all these practises at one place.
Alongside building an international community of practics and sharing knowledge it would be of advantage to capture case studies of the work that partners, and other local LGBTIQ organisations have been implementing so far. Therefore, project resources or intellectual outputs developed will be presented as a Guidebook and series of educational/tool presenting animated videos that would be disseminated across EU and available for use for the organisations interested in LGBTIQ youth affirmative mental health.
Guidebook:
YAMHA Erasmus+ project
LGBTIQ Youth affirmative mental health approaches is a Key Action 2 project which aiming at strengthening capacities of partner organisations (Slovakia, Netherlands, Ireland, Greece and Croatia) in the field, creating network of EU community of practises, upskilling youth workers and mental health professionals from the field and exchanging good practises through the development of innovative project results based on the concept of affirmative or inclusive mental health as a tool for working with LGBTIQ youth mental health in Europe.
Namely, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other self-identified queer (LGBTQ) youth have higher rates of mental health issues than people in the general population. This could be due to neglect, lack of support, discrimination, trauma, abuse, etc that could potentially lead to poor mental health, suicide, substance abuse, anti-social behaviour, at risk sexual encounters, depression, stress, anxiety etc.
EU support network
To tackle some of these issues and to create a support network, community of practices and peer support networks this project would like to explore affirmative mental health approaches in working with LGBTIQ youth mental health that could potentially lead to regaining strength, power, self-esteem, and self-acceptance within this cohort. YAMHA project would like to explore what is out there within the EU context, how different EU organisations could collaborate, grow together, learn from each other and of course to create resources that capture all these practises at one place.
Alongside building an international community of practics and sharing knowledge it would be of advantage to capture case studies of the work that partners, and other local LGBTIQ organisations have been implementing so far. Therefore, project resources or intellectual outputs developed will be presented as a Guidebook and series of educational/tool presenting animated videos that would be disseminated across EU and available for use for the organisations interested in LGBTIQ youth affirmative mental health.
Guidebook:
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LTTA Training outlines
To help people working with LGBTIQ youth and provide them with valuable resources to increase their reach within the community the LTTA Training Outlines have been developed as an addition to the Guidebook.
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YAMHA Erasmus+ projekt
Mentalno zdravlje i afirmativni pristupi u radu s LGBTIQ+ mladima je Erasmus+ projekt koji za cilj ima ojačati kapacitete partnerskih organizacija iz Slovačke, Nizozemske, Irske, Grčke i Hrvatske u polju mentalnog zdravlja i afirmativnih pristupa u radu s LGBTIQ+ mladima te kreiranje EU mreže stručnjaka_inja, usavršavanje profesionalaca iz oblasti mentalnog zdravlja koji rade s LGBTIQ+ mladima. Nastojanja ovog projekta su razmjene dobrih praksi kroz razvoj inovativnih pristupa temeljenih na konceptu afirmativnog ili inkluzivnog mentalnog zdravlja kao alata za rad s mentalnim zdravljem LGBTIQ+ mladih u Europi.
Naime, lezbijke, homoseksualci, biseksualci, transrodne i druge samoidentificirane queer (LGBTQ) mlade osobe imaju višu stopu problema s mentalnim zdravljem od ljudi u općoj populaciji. To može biti posljedica zanemarivanja, nedostatka podrške, diskriminacije, traume, zlostavljanja itd. što može dovesti do lošeg mentalnog zdravlja, samoubojstva, zlouporabe supstanci, antisocijalnog ponašanja, rizičnih seksualnih praksi, depresije, stresa, anksioznosti itd.
EU mreža podrške
Stoga se ovaj projekt bavi upravo ovim pitanjima kako bi kreirali EU mrežu podrške, zajednicu čiji fokus je na afirmativnim praksama u polju mentalnog zdravlja kao i mrežu vršnjačke podrške koji bi potencijalno mogli dovesti do povratka snage, moći, samopoštovanja, i samoprihvaćanje unutar ove skupine. Projekt YAMHA nastoji istražiti što postoji unutar EU konteksta, kako različite organizacije na EU razini mogu surađivati, rasti zajedno, učiti jedni od drugih i, naravno, kreirati resurse koji obuhvaćaju sve te prakse na jednom mjestu.Uz izgradnju međunarodne zajednice i razmjenu znanja, bit će od koristi istražiti i prezentirati neke studije slučaja koje partneri i druge lokalne LGBTIQ organizacije provode. Stoga će projektni resursi tj. inovativni rezultati biti predstavljeni kao Vodič i serija edukativnih animiranih video zapisa o načinima kako koristiti različite afirmativne pristupe koji će biti distribuirani diljem EU i dostupni za korištenje organizacijama zainteresiranima za afirmativne pristupe mentalnom zdravlju LGBTIQ mladih.
YAMHA Erasmus+ projekt
Mentalno zdravlje i afirmativni pristupi u radu s LGBTIQ+ mladima je Erasmus+ projekt koji za cilj ima ojačati kapacitete partnerskih organizacija iz Slovačke, Nizozemske, Irske, Grčke i Hrvatske u polju mentalnog zdravlja i afirmativnih pristupa u radu s LGBTIQ+ mladima te kreiranje EU mreže stručnjaka_inja, usavršavanje profesionalaca iz oblasti mentalnog zdravlja koji rade s LGBTIQ+ mladima. Nastojanja ovog projekta su razmjene dobrih praksi kroz razvoj inovativnih pristupa temeljenih na konceptu afirmativnog ili inkluzivnog mentalnog zdravlja kao alata za rad s mentalnim zdravljem LGBTIQ+ mladih u Europi.
Naime, lezbijke, homoseksualci, biseksualci, transrodne i druge samoidentificirane queer (LGBTQ) mlade osobe imaju višu stopu problema s mentalnim zdravljem od ljudi u općoj populaciji. To može biti posljedica zanemarivanja, nedostatka podrške, diskriminacije, traume, zlostavljanja itd. što može dovesti do lošeg mentalnog zdravlja, samoubojstva, zlouporabe supstanci, antisocijalnog ponašanja, rizičnih seksualnih praksi, depresije, stresa, anksioznosti itd.
EU mreža podrške
Stoga se ovaj projekt bavi upravo ovim pitanjima kako bi kreirali EU mrežu podrške, zajednicu čiji fokus je na afirmativnim praksama u polju mentalnog zdravlja kao i mrežu vršnjačke podrške koji bi potencijalno mogli dovesti do povratka snage, moći, samopoštovanja, i samoprihvaćanje unutar ove skupine. Projekt YAMHA nastoji istražiti što postoji unutar EU konteksta, kako različite organizacije na EU razini mogu surađivati, rasti zajedno, učiti jedni od drugih i, naravno, kreirati resurse koji obuhvaćaju sve te prakse na jednom mjestu.Uz izgradnju međunarodne zajednice i razmjenu znanja, bit će od koristi istražiti i prezentirati neke studije slučaja koje partneri i druge lokalne LGBTIQ organizacije provode. Stoga će projektni resursi tj. inovativni rezultati biti predstavljeni kao Vodič i serija edukativnih animiranih video zapisa o načinima kako koristiti različite afirmativne pristupe koji će biti distribuirani diljem EU i dostupni za korištenje organizacijama zainteresiranima za afirmativne pristupe mentalnom zdravlju LGBTIQ mladih.
