The Faculty of Medicine at Beirut Arab University in cooperation with the Lebanese Medical Students' International Committee (LeMSIC), organized a Mental Health Awareness Campaign on the 8th of November 2016, in order to spread awareness about this public health topic.
The Standing Committee on Public Health (SCOPH) focused on the importance of prevention as a basis of a healthier life, emphasizing on the importance of this awareness in order to protect the population from the health consequence of these mental illnesses.
Four Issues were discussed that affect and tackle the four different mental health issues:
1) Depression and Suicide
2) Stress and Anxiety
3) Eating disorders
4) Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD)
These topics were chosen due to their importance as public health issues and to their frequency in the community. Infographics and educational posters were presented and distributed in order to elaborate more on the importance of these factors.
During this Campaign, educational games took place in order to deliver the information but in a fun way to the students.
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