"COOL MIND"- A Study of Mental Health in Schools

This project proposes to act on two fronts: in the study and mapping of the mental health of students and, in the support and guidance to the participating public schools regarding the prevention and coping of socio-emotional and mental demands present frequently in the lives of these students. In addition, it intends to discuss next future care measures and interventions in the face of situations of imminent risk/emergency, such as preventing suicide.

Only as reinforcement of the activities carried out, we remember the actions associated with the project:

A) Alpha Mental Health Symposium - 2nd Alpha Lumen International Mental Health Meeting - October 2021

B) Support to professionals of the State School Benedito Matarazzo - November 2021

C) Application of the tests - first phase in July 2021 - second phase in April and May 2022

In early 2022, Alpha Lumen held a meeting specifically planned and directed to the professionals of the Public School "Matarazzo", involved in the project. This was a specific approach to prepare professionals, aiming to reinforce their skills and perceptions about the behavior of young students, which can be translated into indications of any emotional problems that deserve an intervention or even just probing to identify any problems.

Mapping of applied tests

 Objectives: To develop and validate methods of screening symptoms and depressive tendencies in adolescents in the form of a serious, digital, and scientific game, applicable in the school environment.

Specific Objectives:

• Check the internal consistency of the digital version of the tests for adolescents.

• Perform the analysis by hypothesis.

• Determine the test-retest reliability of the digital version for adolescents.

• Develop and validate a method of tracking depressive trends in adolescents based on the choice of images of preference.

• Validate computerized cognitive assessment methods for screening depressive conditions in adolescents.

The average number of female children who had an indicative score of severe or moderate depression is much higher than the average of male children.

Mandatorily and, in compliance with the rules agreed with the research university that evaluates the entire project, the data of the participants, the digital tests, and those performed on paper, signed by the guardians and students, are confidential and, together with all the data of development of the work linked to the project are under total secrecy, via custody and responsibility of the Alpha Lumen Institute.