Friday (17/6) the Center for Public Mental Health (CPMH) in collaboration with the Faculty of Psychology UGM held an Online Lecture (KulOn) with the topic “A to Z of Mental Health”. The resource persons of the event were Nurul Kusuma Hidayati, M.Psi., Psychologist and Wirdatul Anisa, M.Psi., Psychologist.
The online lecture event which was attended by various groups, such as students, psychology students, psychiatrists, teachers, and even housewives, was held at 13.00 WIB. The event this time was also broadcast live through the CPMH UGM YouTube Channel, besides being accessible through the online meeting application. “Different from the previous KulOn event concept, today we just want QnA. So, it’s in the form of a talk show,” said Nurul at the beginning of the event.
Previously, KulOn always prepared slide presentation containing material, for now the concept being carried out is to answer incoming questions from participants before the event started. The incoming questions will be selected and answered one by one by the resource persons. Incoming questions are collected through the registration link and the QnA feature available on the Instagram application.
Starting with the most basic questions that come in, namely why should you understand mental health and what is the difference between mental health and mentally healthy. “Mentally healthy is the same as mental health. It’s just a matter of terms, but what is meant is the same,” explained Wirdatul. Furthermore, understanding mental health becomes necessary because mental health is the same as physical health. That is, mental health is an important thing because there is no such thing as health, without mental health.
“So, people with mental disorders does not mean that they are not mentally healthy. Because whether a person’s mental condition is healthy is not seen from the presence or absence of mental disorders, “explained Wirdatul. Connected by Nurul who said that when talking about mental health, he was talking about a continuum. “Sometimes we are in the green (healthy) area, sometimes we are in the middle or slightly red (sick)”.
This time KulOn closed with a question asked about how to create a mentally healthy ecosystem in the educational environment. “When we talk about ecosystems, we talk about systems. It means, when we talk about the system, we will discuss the important lines that are needed,” explained Nurul. According to Nurul, one of the things that can be done to create a healthy ecosystem for the mental is to increase mental health literacy. This can be done through organized seminars or distributed pamphlets.