So important to qualitatively explore the understanding of concepts like thoughts, feelings and behaviours in a specific cultural context to know how to adapt #cbtworks @DrEhrenreich Jessica Schleider, PhD Dr Jo Daniels Dr Peter Phiri Shamiri Institute Katherine Venturo-Conerly Akash

New paper 📑! Congratulations to Suzanne Human 🇿🇦 for leading this one - excellent work! 🙌 Wellcome Maria Loades Hermine #cbt #anxiety #depression #mentalhealth #prevention #earlyintervention #intervention

…tfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… 4 Steps To My Future (4STMF): protocol paper out! Can we deliver a universal school-based prevention programme in SA schools? We aim to find out. Wellcome Maria Loades Suzanne Human 🇿🇦 Hermine Community Keepers

As researchers in #child and #adolescent #mentalhealth we strive to conduct #rigorous #science, that’s #acceptable, #feasible, #contextspecific & #culturallyrelevant this takes time, as do much needed #RCTs - in the interim- msgs like these fill our ❤️ small changes =big results!

Happy world mental health day- lets make mh ann wellbeing a global priority for ALL Bronwynè Coetzee 🇿🇦 & I argue here Andrew Dunne @bathpsychology Stellenbosch University news24.com/news24/opinion…

💚World Mental Health Day 2022🌎- Making mental health and well-being a priority for all- through prevention and early intervention - read our piece here 💚 news24.com/news24/opinion… Research at Stellenbosch University Maria Loades Community Keepers Suzanne Human 🇿🇦 4 Steps to my Future (4STMF) Hermine

On my way to the South African Mental Health Conference in Johannesburg! Excited about the opportunity to represent Community Keepers and 4 Steps to my Future (4STMF) at the conference!

South Africa has a new mental health policy framework & strategic plan as of the end of March 2023! Increased focus on promotion, prevention and recovery, in addition to treatment & partnerships with all stakeholders, including people with lived experience #TalkAboutMentalHealth

It was so exciting to speak about 4 Steps to my Future (4STMF) at the #SAMentalHealth conference today! Bronwynè Coetzee 🇿🇦 Maria Loades Community Keepers

Lessons learned from conducting mental health intervention research in schools in the global south: Our experiences in South Africa and Kenya” now published available at doi.org/10.1177/135910… #LMIC with Bronwynè Coetzee 🇿🇦 Suzanne Human 🇿🇦 Shamiri Institute Katherine Venturo-Conerly 4 Steps to my Future (4STMF)

Congratulations @communitykeepers – Mr Gerrit Laning, (CEO) for receiving Non-Governmental Organisation Award. For their project to enhance resilience and promote mental health and well-being amongst SA learners, their parents, teachers and community. South32 #NSTFawards2023

4 Steps to my Future (4STMF) is a #universal #school-based #mentalhealth and #wellbeing programme - locally developed and successfully piloted in #SouthAfrica amongst primary school-aged children. Our findings are open access acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Research at Stellenbosch University Dep. Basic Education

In this #OpenAccess paper, Bronwynè Coetzee 🇿🇦 et al. sought to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a universally delivered classroom-based programme for the promotion of #MentalHealth in young adolescents (4 Steps to my Future (4STMF)). Read the full paper here: bit.ly/3XUTfSS .

In this #OpenAccess The CAMH journal paper, Bronwynè Coetzee 🇿🇦 et al. sought to determine the feasibility & acceptability of a universally delivered classroom-based programme for the promotion of #MentalHealth in young adolescents (4 Steps to my Future (4STMF)). Read the full paper at bit.ly/3XUTfSS .

In this #OpenAccess paper, Bronwynè Coetzee 🇿🇦 et al. sought to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a universally delivered classroom-based programme for the promotion of #MentalHealth in young adolescents (4 Steps to my Future (4STMF)). Read the full paper here: bit.ly/3XUTfSS .

In this interesting #OpenAccess paper, Bronwynè Coetzee 🇿🇦 et al. sought to determine the feasibility & acceptability of a universally delivered classroom-based programme for the promotion of #MentalHealth in young adolescents (4 Steps to my Future (4STMF)). Full paper: bit.ly/3XUTfSS .