The first three chapters of “ConoceRte” are now available, an innovative Aragonese podcast on youth mental health

Thanks to the coordination of the IIS Aragón, this project is part of the Research Group on Digital Communication and Information (GICID) of UNIZAR, in collaboration with ASAPME Aragón and sponsored by Johnson & Johnson, with the aim of making mental health treatment in young people and adolescents visible and normal. The first three chapters are now available.

A few weeks ago it was released 'ConoceRte', an innovative Aragonese podcast that addresses the challenges of youth mental health Thanks to the coordination of the Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragon), this project is part of the Research Group on Digital Communication and Information (GICID) of the University of Zaragoza, in collaboration with ASAPME Aragon, and the sponsorship of Johnson & Johnson.

The project was born as a mental health care promotion tool for adolescents and young people, in a close and direct way. 'ConoceRTe' has 10 programs where topics are briefly and concisely addressed (lasting between 4 and 6 minutes) such as self-image and identity, self-esteem, sport, how to deal with stress and anxiety before exams, social networks, academic pressure, uncertainty and future work, acceptance of changes in life, suicide, how to ask for help in moments of loneliness or how to ask for help. In fact, the first three chapters are already available:

1. Self-image and identity
2. Self-esteem and mental health
3. Sport and mental health

All chapters are available on Spotify via the following link: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IzylRnENb3COXuOAh1tST.