Perspectives of GenMH

On 30th September 2024, Generation Mental Health hosted a powerful webinar on suicide awareness and prevention, bringing together twenty participants with unique perspectives on mental health. The session, though intimate, resonated deeply, offering participants a space to discuss the critical role of media in shaping public perception of suicide, and how narratives of hope and recovery can drive change.

One of our summer interns, Sarah Eisenberg, shares her reflections on her internship, and how her understanding of the term 'advocacy' has evolved through her experience.

The time that I spent working as the Director of Partnerships for the 2020 Generation Mental Health Conference was a life-changing experience that altered my view of the world like no other. Each week beginning in May, we would meet up to discuss the importance of mental health and plan our conference - which always seemed like some sort of a pipe dream to me. Would we really pull it off? Would people want to hear what we had to say? We would discuss our own struggles and mental health challenges as well as discuss what our ideal event may look like.

Jahin Tanvir shares with us how exploring his extra-curricular interest in mental health has propelled him from a range of ambassador and vo

In the United Kingdom, it has been reported that 4 out of 5 adults are worried about the effects that COVID-19 is having on their well-being

What inspired you to work in the mental health field? It was the urge to understand and help people that drove me to become a psychologist. Mental suffering is, paradoxically, something that everyone experiences, but at the same time people consider it mystifying and feel very little qualified to do anything about it - in themselves or in others. I wanted to know more about the mystery that lies within us, and learn how to do something about it in these cases when it brought people anguish and sadness.   What inspired you to work in the mental health field?

Check out our latest addition to the 'Perspectives on Global Mental Health' campaign.   We hear from Jemma Moody who's career in global mental health has taken her from her home of Australia, to a range of diverse areas of the world! She acknowledges the need for the field of global mental health to be adaptive to the diverse needs of different cultures and communities globally.

Continuing our 'Perspectives on Global Mental Health' campaign, we hear from Matthew Jackman, an inspiring rising member of the global mental health workforce. Based in Australia, Matthew discusses how his own experiences have impacted his career aspirations, and shares with us his understanding of what global mental health means.