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EPSA-IPSF Joint Campaign
Mental Health Awareness Campaign
“Never give up on someone with a mental illness.
When “I” is replaced by “We”, illness becomes
wellness.” ― Shannon L. Alder
Public health campaigns are focusing on educating
the general public on how we can prevent and deal
with any disease. Also, through different activities,
we promote health and awareness at every possible
level.
Mental Health Awareness Campaign, a joint project
between EPSA and International Pharmaceutical
Students’ Federation (IPSF) started last year, having
the “Stress release activities” as the main subtopic.
This year, we will focus on “Depression” and how
we can fight its stigmata. Depression is described
by many scientists as a mental disorder that is
characterised by several symptoms that can affect
person’s thoughts, behavior, lifestyle, feelings and
the general well-being.
In collaboration with IPSF, we will prepare different
activities related to this topic that will be developed
in a week between 9th and 15th May. A special
highlight will be a webinar that will focus on how
a pharmacist can counsel a patient suffering from
depression. Furthermore, we prepared well-informed
and creative materials that will bring even more
attention to this topic.
The main aims of this public health campaign are to:
• Inform the general public about depression;
• Emphasize that it is a real disease;
• Share the ways of preventing the depression;
• Inform how we can fight the stigmata;
• Evaluate the role of the pharmacy/pharmacists
in this health matter.
Mental Health Awareness Campaign will be carried
out on different social platforms where we will share
our materials and facts about depression but we
strongly encourage our members to conduct this
public health campaign on the local level too, in
order to increase its impact and to reach as many
people as possible.
Elena Popa
EPSA Social Services and Public
Health Coordinator
pubsoc@epsa-online.org
Lara-Turiya Seitz
IPSF European Regional Office
Region Projects Officer
rpo@euro.ipsf.org
16 European Pharmaceutical Students’ Association