Our vision An Ireland where every young person s mental health is - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Our vision An Ireland where every young person ’s mental health is valued and supported. Our mission We advance the mental health of young people in Ireland (aged 12-25) by influencing change, strengthening communities, and delivering services through our evidence-informed early intervention and prevention approach.

Young people Sally is 15 and is attending her GP with her mother. Her mother advises that Sally has been complaining about stomach concerns, and has missed a number of days of school over the past fortnight. Sally has had a number of investigations for her stomach concerns, and no physical symptom has been identified. When the GP talks with Sally she tells him that she hates school and everyone in it, and that she feels highly anxious and sick when she thinks about going into school. She reports some mild sleep disturbance, some difficulty with concentration, and reports that her mood has been low for the past 3 weeks. Sally denies any suicidal ideation or self-harm. The GP has referred Sally to Jigsaw Dublin City.

Young people We deliver services Delivering services: a free, youth mental health service for young people aged 12-25 years experiencing mild to moderate mental difficulties.

Young people We deliver services We strengthen communities Strengthening communities: enabling communities to understand and support youth mental health through education, training and partnership working

Young people We deliver services We strengthen communities We influence change Influencing change: ensuring youth mental health is part of local policy and conversation

• Seeing all the different groups of ages outside in the waiting room was great ... to see that yous are doing such a great job. Keep it up because its a great service! • I liked that they listened to me and always offered/presented ways for me to deal with the way I was feeling. I gained so much from coming to Jigsaw. And am so thankful for its help. • I feel better prepared to deal with my problems in the future. • Very good. Very worthwhile. My daughter has been educated on her feelings and the understanding of them in a way as a parent I couldnt. • She is all round happier and she looks forwards instead of backwards.