Mental Health & COVID-19 webinar series: Mental Health in the Media
Event date: -
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
In April 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, MHPSS.net and United for Global Mental Health launched a webinar series designed to provide policy makers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.
Since then, we have seen increased interest in global mental health more generally and so have expanded the topics covered by the webinars beyond just COVID-19.
Questions can be submitted in advance by email. The sessions are recorded, and summary notes produced. Any questions please contact: webinars@unitedgmh.org.
This session will look at how mental health is represented in the media, how this influences attitudes and how the media can be used for mental health campaigning. Speakers include:
- Sarah Johnson, Commissioning Editor and Writer, The Guardian
- Kari Cobham, Senior Associate Director, Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism and Media, The Carter Center
- Alex Bushill, Head of Media & PR, Mind
- Yves Zuñiga, Deputy Director of Policy and Partnerships, #MentalHealthPH and Speak Your Mind campaigner
- Wannie Ngaujah, Journalist, Radio Democracy 981, Documentary Filmmaker and Speak Your Mind campaigner
Register for this free session here: https://register.gotowebinar.c...t/799026500992947211
Key messages from this week's speakers:
Yves Zuñiga: Media organisations have a huge role to play on suicide prevention, and what you know can save lives. Information and proper portrayal can zero in on how best to prevent suicides in the future.
Alex Bushill: We can learn one lesson about mental health that even if we think we are invincible our mental health is as important as physical health. After COVID-19 I hope we don’t lose sight of how important our mental health is. The nation has really learned how important it is for all of us.
Kari Cobham: We can shape the future of mental health beyond the pandemic. The world has changed. We have a new normal. We can continue to shift conversations forward in a more positive and less stigmatising way.
Wannie Ngaujah: As a journalist I want to form a coalition of other journalists who have an interest and passion on mental health and use this to advocate for inclusion of mental health.
You can watch the recording here. Additional notes are available here.