4.X.1. PechaKucha: Young people’s mental health issues and health-promoting support in Finland

Abstract Young people's mental health issues continue to increase in Finland and health-promoting support is needed to alleviate these. This workshop presents results from young people's experiences of bullying, cyberbullying and loneliness, as well as professional youth workers’ views on young people's school transitions in relation to loneliness, and what can be done to address this issue. This workshop also examines the views of school coaches working in Finnish schools on what kind of health-promoting support they can offer young people. All presentations aim to demonstrate research results on young people's experiences of mental health, the kind of needed support and how it can be provided according to both young people and professional youth workers. Key messages • This workshop provides evidence of young people’s experiences of mental health issues in relation to bullying and loneliness and offers suggestions for health-promoting support. • This workshop displays young people’s experiences of school transitions in relation to loneliness and how school coaches’ health promoting work can support mental health in schools.