"Peaasi.ee – e-consultation, web platform and
digital solutions on mental health for Estonian
youth"
Anna-Kaisa Oidermaa, project manager
NGO Peaasjad
03.12.2014.,Tallinn
NGO Peaasjad (Head Matters)
NGO Peaasjad (Head Matters): since 2009.
Mission: To improve young people’s mental health and
reduce mental health stigma in Estonia.
Team members: (mental health specialists;
psychologists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists,
psychotherapists, mental health nurse, occupational
therapist. Youth work specialists; youth workers,
trainers. Semiotician, public relations consultant,
designer, et al)
Web portal Peaasi.ee: Young people can be reached on
the Internet.
Project: "Peaasi.ee – e-consultation,
web platform and digital solutions on
mental health for Estonian youth"
Main goals:
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to raise awareness of mental health topics among young people and people working with
young people, decrease the stigmatisation of people with mental health problems;
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support better access to mental health services by fostering help-seeking behaviour;
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prevent and relieve mental health problems, facilitate early interventions.
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Target group: young people 14-26. Secondary target groups: teachers, youth workers,
parents, mental health specialists, friends, family.
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Main actions: e-counseling, interactive self-help tools, brain training exercises, starting
conversations on mental health.
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Funded by: The project is financed by Norway Grants 2009-2014 Public Health Initiatives
programme. The programme operator in Estonia is the Ministry of Social Affairs.
e-counseling
• Counselors are specialists with clinical experience
- Help to define the problem;
- How, where and what kind of specialist to get help
from;
- Advice on what to do in the moment to increase
mental well-being.
Interactive self-help tools
• Based on cognitive-behavioral therapy and Peaasi.ee team
members’ clinical experience
• On the web or in the form of apps
• For young people who have diagnoses of disorders
• For young people who have any distressing symptoms
• Address some of the most common problems (Fear
Fighter, The Boss of Anger, Thought Tamer, etc)
Brain training exercises
• Based on neuropsychology and cognitive remediation
therapy
• For young people who have deterioration in cognitive
functions due to psychiatric illness (depression,
schizophrenia, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders)
• For young people who want to improve cognitive
functioning (memory, attention, etc)
Starting conversations, dialogues on
mental health
Raising awareness, helping to form attitudes, to find appropriate
behaviours
• With young people
• With teachers
• With youth workers
• With parents
• With media
• With artists
• With anyone who has mental health
- Seminars, lectures, trainings, articles, web and social media...
Peaasi.ee Partners
anna-kaisa.oidermaa@peaasi.ee