Mental health prevention program for schools

The bachelor thesis deals with the contribution of the mental health prevention program for schools to the stigmatizing attitudes of pupils towards patients with mental illness and as enlightenment in the field of mental health and mental disorder. The aim is to create, realize and evaluate the intervention and its effects on the attitudes and knowledge of pupils. The theoretical part presents the issues of adolescence and mental health, stigmatization with emphasis on the school environment. The end of the theoretical part is devoted to the promotion of mental health, especially in the school environment. The empirical part uses a mixed research design and methodological tools: worksheet, questionnaire, observations and field diary. The research sample is represented by fourth-year pupils (18-20 years) of selected seminars at grammar schools. From the obtained data, a qualitative analysis of worksheets and a quantitative analysis of a questionnaire survey dealing with the degree of stigmatization of patients with mental illness by pupils was performed. The research shows that pupils have an idea about a patient with a mental illness, and they can also describe what a patient with a mental illness experiences. Furthermore, the research shows pedagogical relevance in the field of mental health with..