Honest Open Proud for Adolescents With Mental Illness

"five lessons in three modules, two for each two-hour session~1. Considering pros and cons of disclosing:~ * hurtful and helpful attitudes about mental illness~ * identify beliefs participants hold about themselves~ * explore five-step process to challenge their personally hurtful beliefs~ * weigh pros and cons of coming out in order to facilitate a decision on whether to disclose~2. Different ways to disclose:~ * different levels of (non-) disclosure and how to weigh the cons and pros~ * disclosure via social media versus disclosing face to face~ * how to find people that are better to disclose to than others and how to 'test them out'~ * participants will discuss how others might respond to their disclosure and how that will affect them~3. Telling your story:~ * how to tell one's story in a personally meaningful way, how to identify peers who might help with the coming out process, to review how telling one's story felt"