On the morning of October 10, the 2024 World Mental Health Day Huangpu District theme event was held at No. 601 Waima Road.
With the theme of "Co-construction, Co-governance and Sharing, Together, Healthy and Reassuring", the event was splendid, from the warm-up performance "Heart Window" to "Jingwei TalkShow (Talk Show)", from the performance of children's and adolescents' psychological sitcom to the online release of the "Hi Jingwei Xinyu" full-life cycle mental health science popularization platform, and then to the launch ceremony of the "Heart Pair" mental health special line cruise train and a series of decompression games and interactive experiences, which attracted many citizens to actively participate.
This event not only showcased the innovative achievements of Huangpu District in the construction of mental health service system in recent years, but also conveyed the importance of caring for mental health to the public through rich and diverse interactive and popular science content.
Comprehensive promotion and optimization
Build a mental health service system
In the opening speech of the event, Pan Yunjie, Secretary of the Huangpu District Health Party Working Committee, introduced in detail the strategic layout of Huangpu District in the field of mental health in recent years.
She pointed out that Huangpu District continues to deepen the joint construction of the community, pays attention to key groups, always adheres to the principle of inclusiveness and accessibility, pays close attention to the two aspects of "prevention" and "treatment", and integrates regional medical resources. At the same time, we will continue to strengthen the construction of specialties, optimize the development of platforms, and deepen the construction of the "five-in" brand, so as to provide a solid guarantee for the mental health and mental health of the whole population.
Cai Jun, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Shanghai Mental Health Center, stressed that mental health is an important part of overall health in megacities.
He pointed out that the scope of mental health services has been expanded from the treatment of severe mental disorders to the full cycle of mental health management, aiming to provide diversified mental health services and popularize relevant knowledge. Cai Jun called for further building a comprehensive mental health service system, optimizing the full-cycle service process, and creating a comprehensive mental health work pattern, so as to effectively improve the mental health literacy of the whole people and promote the construction of a healthy Shanghai to achieve new results.
Science popularization and interaction go hand in hand
Mental health education is vividly presented
The highlights of the event were numerous, and a series of links that were both popular science and interesting attracted many citizens to participate.
First of all, the event was written, played, sung and performed by five leading actors from Huangpu District Jingwei Center and Huangpu District Health Promotion Center.
In the following session, "Jingwei Talkshow" invited mental health professionals to interact with the audience through a light-hearted and humorous dialogue to share mental health knowledge and ways to cope with stress.
In a relaxed atmosphere, the Huangpu District mental health science popularization platform "Hi Jingwei Xinyu" was officially launched, and the platform showed how to provide citizens with mental health services covering the whole life cycle through a guide video. This innovative measure marks a new step in the digitization and systematization of mental health services in Huangpu District.
After that, the psychological sitcom "Looking for Love" brought by the students of Shanghai Shangwen Middle School vividly showed the inner world of teenagers, which aroused strong resonance among the audience. After the sitcom, the organizer awarded a license to the school and a letter of appointment to the distinguished experts for the "Acting for Healing the Heart" mental health creation and rehearsal project, and promoted the wide popularization of mental health content through the cooperation between experts and schools.
The launch ceremony of the "Heart Pair" mental health special line parade train was also held at the event. This parade will take on the important task of disseminating mental health science, traveling to all corners of Huangpu to send warmth and care to the citizens. In the video played at the scene, the young volunteers explored the parade, symbolizing that the parade project is about to become a new bridge connecting mental health knowledge with the public.
Practical advice for de-stressing
Empower mental health self-management
During the event, Xu Qi, an attending psychiatrist from the Huangpu District Mental Health Center and a national second-level psychological counselor, shared simple and easy ways to reduce stress.
She advocated that modern people should cultivate hobbies, especially in intense work or study, and can use small tools to relax quickly, such as the popular "pinching", "when feeling stressed, the use of small objects such as pinching can effectively help relax the body." ”
When these tools are not at hand, Xu also points out that stress can be relieved by simply taking deep breaths, "Deep breathing in a '3-2-1' rhythm – inhale for three seconds, hold your breath for three seconds, and exhale for three seconds, which allows your body to adjust quickly and help relieve anxiety." ”
This technique is easy to use and can be used for self-regulation in a variety of emergency situations.
For teenagers, Xu Qi recommends physical activity to release emotions: "Teenagers are more flexible in their bodies, and in addition to taking deep breaths, they can also regulate their emotions by standing up and moving their limbs, head and torso. For example, clenching your fists for three seconds and then slowly relaxing them can effectively relieve stress in conjunction with your breathing. ”
These tips are simple to use and suitable for teens to apply at any time between classes or in their daily lives.
The experience area is entertaining and educational
Effectively disseminate mental health knowledge
In addition to the wonderful performances and ceremonies, the event also set up a number of interactive areas, aiming to allow citizens to enhance their mental health awareness through participating experiences.
The "Voices of the Heart" in the Inner Exploration Interactive Zone guides the audience to share their inner troubles and help them relieve emotional stress through reflection. The "Wishing Tree" has become a place for many citizens to write their inner expectations, which is warm and quiet.
The decompression games in the health science popularization area also brought a relaxed experience to the public, such as sandbag games to combat bad mood, maze roll-ons and other small games, which conveyed the skills of coping with stress in a simple form, entertaining and educational, so that the knowledge of mental health can be spread imperceptibly.
The photo booth was also welcomed, and citizens took photos in the photo zone with the Huangpu River as the background, which not only commemorated this caring and warm event, but also deeply implanted the image of "Healthy Huangpu" in everyone's hearts.
The theme activity of World Mental Health Day is a microcosm of Huangpu District's achievements in the construction of mental health service system, and also lays the foundation for future work.
The reporter learned from Huangpu District that Huangpu District will continue to strengthen the innovation and development of mental health services, promote more high-quality mental health science content to take root, and help citizens achieve self-management and growth of mental health.
In the future, Huangpu District will adhere to the concept of co-construction, co-governance and sharing, continue to integrate medical resources, improve the level of mental health services, and ensure that mental health services benefit more citizens, so that everyone can feel the care and warmth of their hearts in every bit of life.