Human Library Event - Speak Your Mind: Conversations on Youth Mental Health

 

This October, join us at Azure Beach Library as we hold our first Human Library Event to celebrate Mental Health Month for Youth!

Image credit: The People Speak!

What is Mental Health Month?
Mental Health Month is celebrated in October every year and provides people with an opportunity to learn more about mental health and encourages them to seek help when they need it.

What is this event about?
In accordance with the rise of mental health cases affecting the youth today, Azure Beach Library has decided to hold a Human Library Event to help spread awareness on various mental health issues in today’s youth.

Partnering up with the Human Library Organisation, Azure Beach Library has invited 6 people (known as “Books” in this event) who have either lived experiences or are mental health experts in the following topics:
•    Anxiety
•    Depression
•    Body dysmorphia
•    Eating disorders
•    Schizophrenia
•    OCD

Young people coming to this event (those living with mental health issues, or friends and family of young people with mental health issues) will have the opportunity to “borrow” these Books and have a conversation with them in a safe, open and inclusive space.

Azure Beach Library hopes this event will challenge people’s views around mental health and erase negative stigma, as well as providing a safe space for the youth to seek help and access resources.

 

 

Date: Saturday 5 October 2024

Time: 10:30am - 1:45pm

Location: Azure Beach Library, in the Azure Room

Cost: Free

Booking information: Bookings are essential.

Please register via the Eventbrite link here, or contact Azure Beach Library here.

Please be advised you must be at least 16 years old to attend this event as this event may contain mature/sensitive content.

• For more information about Mental Health Month, please see: https://mentalhealthmonth.wayahead.org.au/
• For more information about The Human Library Organisation, please see: https://humanlibrary.org/
• For additional information and resources, please see: https://headspace.org.au/

Kassandra Pasqual

Reducing the stigma of mental health

Reducing the stigma of mental health

This October is mental health awareness month. To raise awareness of mental health in young people the Azure beach library will be running a mental health human library event. Joining us will be 4 volunteers from the human library to discuss their experiences and journey with mental health. Our four volunteers are all from different walks of life and have different experiences with their mental health journey.

This event will be catered for please advise of any dietary needs when booking.

When - 9/10/2022 12PM-3PM

Where - Library courtyard of Azure Beach Library

To book please visit the Azure Beach Library website

Please be aware that mental health can be a tough topic and this event may discuss culturally sensitive topics.

For further information on mental health and where to get help you can visit the following sites:

Lifeline Australia - 13 11 14 - Crisis Support. Suicide Prevention.

headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation

Jordan Steele

Mental Health Matters

   

Azure Beach Human Library Event

Mental Health Matters

Note: for TAFE Education/study/assessment purposes only

 

As part of the Azure Beach Public Library's objective of creating awareness for  Mental Health in the community, we invite you to a special event during the month of Mental Health. 

When:  10 October 2022

Time:  11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Cost: Free (Light refreshments would be provided)

Where:  Azure Beach Public Library Room 

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Some Statistics:

The planet is suffering from a major problem i.e. "Mental Health" which is the main cause of other health issues such as high blood pressure, heart problems, and other chronic diseases. This also impacts the individual's social life, behaviour, decision-making power, interpersonal relationships, and perception, and it likewise determines how an individual handles daily situations and handles stress. These days majority of the population is, directly or indirectly, suffering from some sort of mental health condition.

According to WHO, 1 out of 5, approx 21% of the Australian population, aged between 16 and 85 experienced some form of Mental Health issues.

What is a Living/Human Library?

A Living Library is where you, as a reader, borrow a 'book' about a certain topic. This 'book' doesn't have pages, it's a person who has a large amount of knowledge on the subject they are talking about. The 'books' available on the day come from different backgrounds and have become experts on Mental Health Issues and Well Being. These experienced human books are from well-professional backgrounds who have already helped thousands of individuals to come out of Mental Health problems.

This Event:

This program is to reduce social stigma around mental health and encourage honest conversations.

The event's activities:

• Hear and learn from the experiences of our Human Books on mental health.
• Relaxing activities such as fun art music, and singing activities to involve yourself.
• Learn skills and techniques from professionals to improve mental health, and stress in day-to-day activities.

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To book a session please either contact: 

Phone: (02) 9000 0000

Email: events@azurebeachpubliclibrary.com.au 

Online Booking: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/

Useful links

The Human Library website is https://humanlibrary.org/

The Australian human library website https://humanlibrary.org/  

For any further questions please contact kanchan.taneja@azurbeachpubliclibrary.gov.au

Prepared by Kanchan Taneja for TAFE Education/study/assessment purposes only

My experience is not a tale … Don’t let my experience to be misunderstood

 

                               Human library in mental health for youth

Introduction 

The hardest thing is to acknowledge issues in mental health especially in youth. In this time of age of pandemic the number of youth mental health is in increasing by the numbers.

  Whether they ignore their symptoms or not knowing what is mental health in early symptoms. Lots of students have to do their study online without any connection to their peers neither with their teachers physically. Any connection will be through internet and no physical connection except within family member at home.  

This is becoming a problem in their mental health as they needs the physical connection with their peers not only with their direct family. Many has lost their life because of this situation. They are not knowing what to do and where to get help. 

Human Library! Human Library! 

In this event our Human libraries are a person or persons who have had an experience in mental health or someone who is professional with in particular topic of the event and sharing these experience in their life or with their knowledge to the reader. They will giving the you information about their real life journey and knowledge of mental health in youth. 

Presenting you with the topic of youth with mental health and how to overcoming it. As a book, our human libraries can provide you their experiences and you ask any appropriate questions related to mental health and on how they managed their issue.  You can also can ask about any help from the human libraries' professionals what help are available in our area.

How to book our event? Please go to our website www.azurebeachcouncil.com.au  or directly to one of our branch’s library.  

Where: will be held at the Azure Library Courtyard

When: 10 October 2022 10am - 12 pm  

Links:

https://www.aihw.gov.au › reports › australias-health › mental-health

https://www.metroassist.org.au

Our Human Library:

Dr Christina Roberts is from Blah Psychologist who is specialist in children mental health with years of experience.

  

Rebecca Wright is one of the youth who have been suffering with PTSD for about four years and overcome it recently with the help of Dr Christina.

Elijah George is one of our human libraries' speaker with depression experience and developed help by reaching out Metro Assist as a young child. 

William Dominic is one of a social worker specialist in youth mental health from Metro Assist Agency

Angelica Ryan is one of the youth as a human library's speaker.  She overcome anxiety and depression.  She reached out Metro Assist with help about 4 years ago. 

Windi Tran 

Human library books----connect people to people

 Human  library "book"