MentBest

PROTECTING MENTAL HEALTH IN TIMES OF CHANGE

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A new important research project on #mentalhealth funded by the @HorizonEU 2020 #research and #innovation programme https://t.co/F5YtJYe9nq

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Last week in Limerick, community facilitators completed a Train the Trainer programme in mental health awareness and suicide prevention. Now they are equipped to bring that training back to their own communities.
Organised by @NSRF_Ireland, Limerick Alliance for Mental Health Support and UCC School of Public Health, as part of #MENTBEST.

#MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention #GatekeeperTraining

Read more: https://t.co/GrhImYKLUu

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Over 100 construction workers in Limerick took part in mental health awareness training on 23rd April; tackling depression and suicidal behaviour in the construction sector, one of the highest-risk sectors for mental health.

Delivered by Prof. Ella Arensman, Dr Andrew Dyer & Dr Caleb Leduc, supported by #MENTBEST, #LimerickAlliance & #PROSPERH

#MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention #WorkplaceWellbeing #ConstructionIndustry

Read more: https://t.co/FTAcoUtH2J

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We are wrapping the 7th Mental Health Dialogues webinar. Thank you to everyone who join us today!

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From our team, Menbest, psychologist Rainer Mere says communities reaching to the project proactively is a good way to measure the impact of communicating the project and sustain it.

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From project ASPbelong Dr. Laura Taylor says that "we have a ton of engagement content and curate that into short video content".

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From our team, Menbest, psychologist Rainer Mere: "you cannot go off the script, you have to check regularly with your partners"

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From our team, Menbest, psychologist Rainer Mere says that it is important to have cultural context depending on the country you are implementing your project but until an extend because the intervation has to be the same.

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From our team, Menbest, psychologist Rainer Mere says that keeping everyone in the same page is a constant effort.

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From Reconnected project Dr. Naim Fanaj: "we create a central communication and dissemination guide" for their 11 partners.

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From project IMPROVA Faith Thompson says that it is important to take time to set the context and the background more than just the trial data.

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From project IMPROVA Faith Thompson says that people want something easy to read more than the trial data or pure results.

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From Reconnected project Dr. Naim Fanaj says that to share intermediate and foundational results are important on how to effectively communicate work in progress

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From project BootStRaP PhD student Sofia Venturini about successful dissemination: their most effective tool was to create a community around an agenda, activities and events that led to create a parliamentary group

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From project IMPROVA Faith Thompson on communicating mental health science states that their policy round-tables can be considered successful because students showed initiative to scale-up the project

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From project IMPROVA Faith Thompson on communicating mental health science: "success is very difficult to think at the moment because for us it is about scale up"

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From project Advance science communicator Joyce Anne Quinto says using influencers on mental health projects sometimes doesn't translate in more recruitment and engagement with the projects.

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From project SMILE Dr. Habib Nasser on what mistakes happen on communicating science says that the funds and resources dedicated to disseminate science are often taken as secondary