Luxembourg Mental Health Weeks Focus on Children & Young People

The fourth edition of Luxembourg's Mental Health Weeks (Semaines de la Santé Mentale) event is taking place from Monday 7 to Sunday 20 October 2024.

The focus this year is on the mental health of children and young people, under the slogan: "Empowering young people, shaping futures".

The Ministry of Health recalled that, as in previous editions, all municipalities, organisations, schools, companies, cultural institutions and individuals have the opportunity to become a partner by organising an action during this period. Through such mobilisation, about 80 actions have been planned for this October.

The main objectives of this edition are to: raise awareness among children, young people and those around them about mental health and mental disorders; raise public awareness about the importance of healthy development from a young age and maintaining balanced mental health throughout one's life; promote and strengthen networking and collaboration among various actors involved in mental health.

The Ligue Luxembourgeoise d'Hygiène Mentale (D'Ligue) and its information and prevention centre have been organising the Mental Health Weeks in Luxembourg every two years since 2018.

Programme highlights for English speakers include:

- the launch of UNICEF Luxembourg's online campaign #NetEleng ("not alone"; in Luxembourgish and English), aimed at breaking the taboo around mental health issues, particularly in the school environment, on Thursday 10 October 2024;

- "Lines of Thought: Mindful Drawing" one-hour group sessions on various dates at MUDAM (available in English, French, German and Luxembourgish).

The municipality of Niederanven is also hosting an "Artists for Mental Health" concert at the "A Schommesch" centre on Friday 18 October 2024 at 20:00 (doors open at 19:00). The lineup includes Maz Universe (hip hop), Tali (pop) and CHAiLD (pop), as well as a Géisskan Kollektiv Poetry Slam.

The official Mental Health Weeks programme is available on the dedicated website at https://www.semainesantementale.lu/en/view-activities/.