A term coined by Hana Cohen in the wake of Covid pandemic, which combines terms Mental & Health.
NOUN - MEALTH is the physical embodiment of Hana’s vision and concern of mental health of children and young adults, & refers to the “Safe Haven” where participants can express their emotions free of any judgement.
PURPOSE - The ultimate purpose of MEALTH is to destigmatize the notion of therapy from society.
VERB - When a children/young adult gets his/her concerns addressed, they’re MEALTHED’
MEALTH was initiated to support children & young adults
suffering from mental health conditions,
while destigmatizing therapy within
our society.
Offer range of services to cater mental instability caused by recent pandemic/ covid-19
Offer unique therapeutic experience to children and young adults, to destigmatize therapy
Endorsed by numerous celebrities to ensure participation and cooperation from participants
Participant’s presence doesn’t help them, thus, Mealth will engage & enable participants to recover
MEALTH offers unique architecture, a human feel & connection with the outdoor instead of online therapy
Offer unique therapeutic experience to children and young adults, to destigmatize therapy
Endorsed by numerous celebrities to ensure participation and cooperation from participants
Participant’s presence doesn’t help them, thus, Mealth will engage & enable participants to recover
- ENDORSEMENT -
In order to promote services offered by MEALTH, we will take celebrities and influencer’s onboard. However, they will not be just poster faces, instead we will will approach those who opened up about their own battles as their voices is what will guide our future generations to seek help.
Justin Bieber was struggling with mental health for a decade before he realized what it was. He admitted that he avoided the pain by getting numb under the influence of alcohol & other substances. Mental illness is treatable and nothing to be ashamed of. Thanks to many celebrities who have been open with their own battles, we can all benefit from learning more about mental illness and how to cope.
There were times where I was really, really suicidal… I was just suffering, right? So, I’m just like, man, I would rather not feel this than feel this.
- OUR VISION -
To humanize the therapy experience by creating a physical safe heaven for children & young adults, which is neither online nor digital.
WHY OUR VISION LACKS
With the current pandemic all students are attending their classes online, even for leisure they’re online leading to higher screen time. Without a safe heaven, we’re just pushing them down the same hole with online therapy!
Some of the challenges children and young adults face during the COVID-19 pandemic & on daily basis which leads to PTSD & substance abuse relate to:
Having to physically distance from family, friends, and worship community
Virtual learning environments, technology access and connectivity issues
Missed well-child and doctors visits, limited access to mental, and occupational health services.
CHANGES IN THEIR ROUTINES
BREAKS IN CONTINUITY OF HEALTH CARE
MISSED SIGNIFICANT LIFE EVENTS
BREAKS IN CONTINUITY OF LEARNING
Grief of missing celebrations, vacation plans, and/or milestone life events
- OUR AIM -
- We want to Offer a safe heaven where children can express themselves freely without feeling judged.
- MEALTH’s focus is not on therapy sessions alone, we aim at providing a unique experience to participants.
- The experience of getting out of their homes and visiting our facility will be therapeutic experience in itself.
- MEALTH will focus on positivity, and hence the entire interior will be focused on ensuring the same.
- Participants can take & upload photos from the facility & even purchase merchandise.
- We aim at destigmatizing therapy by involving influencers & celebrities suffering from mental health.
- MEALTH will become part of the new normal, as once the pandemic is over there will be new standards & habits.
- MEALTH is not a virtual therapy session, instead we aim at reducing the screen time of children & young adults as it leads to severe mental health conditions.
There are 42Million children & young adults in the US, and the data is worrisome, as we are pushing them towards substance abuse by ignoring their mental health concerns
3.5M
EXPERIENCED MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE IN 2020.
1.9M
DID NOT RECEIVE TREATMENT AFTER REPORTING MDE.
0.9M
RESORTED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE DUE TO LACK OF TREATMENT.
At MEALTH our services will initially include serving following mental health related participants.
Participants can select feelings they wish to speak to therapist about.
SAD
SCARED
CURIOUS
CONFUSED
- OUR FACILITY-
Our 1st state of the art facility will be launched in Miami, Florida. The place will be unconventional and would be unique and different from traditional places.
Merchandise will be sold at the MERCH Counter, proceeds from the merch sale will go towards Mental Health Treatments of those who cannot afford, as no child should be left behind. MEALTH will collaborate with Justin Bieber & other influencers to release limited edition merch, which will be a joint venture, allowing participants to acquire their favorite brand merch.