Mental health plays an important role in a person's health and wellbeing. Young adults are particularly vulnerable to mental health issues. Between 2020-22, 38.8% of people aged 16-24 experienced a mental health episode within 12 months. In that same period, 26% of people aged 16-24 experienced high or very high psychological distress.
What is Mental Health Month?
Mental Health Month is observed annually in Australia during October. The entire month serves as an encouragement to think deeply about personal mental health and wellbeing, regardless of lived experiences.
What is a human library?
A human library is a library of people serving as books to be borrowed and have conversations. Every human book represents a group of society that is subject to prejudice and stigma bringing their personal stories to share. The goal for the human library is to build a safe haven for people to have open conversation about difficult topics without judgement.
Event outline
As part of Azure Beach Council's vision of encouraging connections, collaborations and partnerships, Azure Beach Library has organised a Human Library event in partnership with the Human Library Organisation. In the event, there will be three books sharing their experience with mental health issues. Readers will have 20 minute sessions to discuss, listen and ask questions surrounding mental health. The goal of the event is to cultivate a positive environment in the Azure Beach community about sharing mental health struggles, creating healthy brains along the way.
Throughout the event, it will be strongly encouraged people becomes allies through the Mental Health Month website.
Ways to be an ally. Click here
Date: 10th October 2024
Time: 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm
Venue: Azure Beach Library - Cove Meeting Room
Cost: Free
Booking information: Registrations are essential. Please register for the event here.
For further information regarding this event, please contact us through:
Phone: (02) 9171 9717
Email: hello@azurebeachpubliclibrary.gov.au
Daniel Lee
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Image credit: Lifeline - https://lifelinedirect.org.au/westernmelbourne/news/october-is-mental-health-month
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