Focus Areas

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mental health is now increasingly accepted as a fundamental aspect of overall well being and good health. However, especially for adolescents and youth, it remains stigmatised as a shameful condition or trivialised as a new age “millennial” trend. TYPF’s work on this issue spans across de-stigmatisation of mental health to ensure young people become more watchful about stress and mental health concerns and are able to identify and access support systems and services when required. TYPF actively addresses the intersections of self, identity formation and relationship issues with a diversity affirming and inclusive understanding of mental health needs and concerns. In that, the organisation goes beyond the typical understanding of education or career related stress and “bad habits and addictions” as the only aspect of mental health and wellbeing, and aims to address young people’s diverse and varying realities and needs more comprehensively.