“Between 15 and 20 percent of children and youth suffer from some kind of mental health problem, yet only one in six actually get the help they so desperately need” (Canadian Teachers Federation, 2009, pg. 8).
The Beautiful Minds program was first developed in 1998 based on what was learned through the awareness group for youth, 15 and over, called Beyond the Cuckoo’s Nest. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the Canadian Mental Health Association (Ontario Division) and the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario collaborated to create the Beautiful Minds program in order to combat the stigma, and its resulting discrimination, of mental illness in the youth population. The objectives for developing this four component program were “to
The Beautiful Minds program was first developed in 1998 based on what was learned through the awareness group for youth, 15 and over, called Beyond the Cuckoo’s Nest. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the Canadian Mental Health Association (Ontario Division) and the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario collaborated to create the Beautiful Minds program in order to combat the stigma, and its resulting discrimination, of mental illness in the youth population. The objectives for developing this four component program were “to