Reflecting young people's views on mental health
There is concern about high suicide rates for young people in New Zealand. But the challenge is that while young people suffer psychological distress at higher rates than other groups, they make least use of formal support services. One of the reasons for their poor use of support services may be that is that there is a gap between the priorities that young people have today and way that many services are designed. The Mirror Project aims to understand young people's views about mental health and what kinds of support work best for them.
This research is conducted under the auspices of the University of Auckland.
New Research:
Read our new open access articles:
Gibson, K., & Stubbing, J. (2024). Commentary: What young people want from psychotherapy. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice.
Adeane, E. & Gibson, K. (2023). Using web-based content to connect young people with real-life mental health support: Qualitative interview study. JMIR: Formative Research, 7(10, e38296.
Van Wyk, J. & Gibson, K. (2022). An Analysis of Young Clients' Communications About Their Suicidality on a Text Message Helpline: I'm Scared of What I Might Do to Myself.” Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 925830.
A new book summarizing the research of the Mirror Project is now out! Find out about what young people want from mental health services
Gibson, K. (2021) What young people want from mental health services: A youth informed approach for the digital age. London & New York: Routledge. You can get a 20% discount using the code in the flier below - available only until the end of 2021.
A new article looking at how young people would design their ideal mental health service.
We also recently put out an article about a new method of interviewing young people using WhatsApp Instant Messenger;
the research
Find out more about The Mirror Project: Reflecting Young People’s Views on Mental Health
