WeARTolerance

Ana Beato ( HEI-Lab)

COFAC (ULusófona)

Mental health-related stigma remains a significant barrier to help-seeking and well-being, particularly among youth populations. The invisibility of mental health problems highlights the critical need for increasing mental health literacy and reducing stigma towards people with mental health problems. Considering that psychoeducation combined with arts-based interventions have shown promise in achieving these purposes, the present study aimed to evaluate the impact of a program to reduce mental health-related stigma in adolescents, using a mixed-method design, divided into two phases.