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My Story and Me

With the help of young people, we’re developing a new mental health storytelling intervention.

We’re creating a storytelling intervention to help young women and girls aged 12–24 to understand and talk about their mental health.

We use the terms ‘girl’ and ‘young woman’ inclusively. Those who are non-binary and feel the topic is relevant are also encouraged to get involved.

Participants are asked to create a five-minute story on three topics:

  1. Who am I?

  2. What is my mental health story?

  3. How do I like my mental health to be supported?

We are creating a platform where young women and girls can view the videos and create their own video.

Project lead: Julian Edbrooke-Childs

Funder: The first phase of this project was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Public Health Research programme (NIHR135162).

Collaborators: Pod, UCL

Duration: Ongoing

Involvement opportunities: We will share opportunities to get involved with My Story and Me on our current research participation opportunities page.

Project partners: Project partners include King’s College London, the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, The University of Manchester, Centre for Mental Health, Centre of Women’s Mental Health, Oxford University and Gendered Intelligence.