Call for Mental Health Advocates

Posted at 1:49 pm, January 29th, 2010 by martinlee
Posted in Community Service
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Mensa Singapore would like to cordially invite interested members
to sign up as a mental health advocates (age 18-30).

The Mental Health Advocate is a project that targets to engage patients
and raise awareness of the importance of mental well-being amongst youths.

It is supported by People’s Association Youth Movement Ci Yuan Youth
Group and Silver Ribbon (Singapore).

The project aims to:

1 Combat the stigma associated with mental health illnesses
and emotional instability

2 Encourage early detection and appropriate treatment of poor
mental health

3 Allow people with mental health illnesses to reintegrate
into our society

As a mental health advocate, you will:

- Undergo a 2-day mental health advocate-training workshop to
acquire basic concepts of mental health illnesses and learn to
recognize signs and symptoms of mental health illnesses through
role-plays, team building & group discussion.

- Get to champion this cause via interaction with the youth
and public, such as facilitating in workshops

- Get a chance to interact with patients and bring them out on outings.

Benefits:

Goodie Bag
Free T-shirt
Certificate of Commendation
Interaction with at risk patients
Whole loads of fun, time well spent & make new friends!

For more details, please refer to the attached files.

==> Mental health advocate

==> Mental health advocate sign up form

For general inquires, please email
mentalhealthadvocate.2010 {at} gmail(.)com or call Hui Ling @ +65 98501019.

As the saying goes Mens sana in corpore sano (A sound mind in a sound
body), we really hope to build a world of healthy people healthy minds
healthy bodies. So do join us in this meaningful cause.

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