What Do Young Adults and their Friends Want To Know About
Getting Help for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression?
Many young adults who experience stress, anxiety, depression are faced with very complex decisions about mental health care and often lack the information they need to pursue the right treatment. And the right treatment, based on sound evidence, can have a critical impact on a young adult’s health – especially when begun early.
Anxiety and Depression are the most common mental health problems today.
Mobilizing Minds is a national 5-year research project led by researchers, health professionals, young adults, community organizations and experts in knowledge mobilization (KM). We are working together to determine:
- What information young adults and their friends want about mental health
- Where they would be most likely to look for it
- How they would like to receive it
- Whom they might contact for information
- When it’s best to receive this information, and
- What kind of barriers might prevent them from getting the information they need in an optimal format.
Then, backed by scientific research, we will develop and evaluate products that are designed to get relevant mental health information to young adults and those who support them.
The Outcome… Youth-friendly mental health resources and decision aids that will assist young adults and those who support them make informed choices about mental health treatment options. Resources will be disseminated throughout Canada. The project’s findings will also be used to inform mental health policy and programming.
All phases of the project are informed by the voices of young adults and community organizations.
If you are a young adult (age 18-25) and would like to join our young adult advisory panel click here.
If you work for a community organization that has a vested interest in youth/young adults and/or mental health and would like to join our community advisory panel click here.