AIMH - Environment & Mental Health (specifically ADHD): Community Perspective

PROJECT DESCRIPTION/DESCRIPTION DU PROJET: For us at AIMH, we are passionate about mental health, community and the environment. This project brings together these 3 elements, as they relate to your specific community. We are also committed to making precision medicine a living reality for children who have ADHD. The community-based project outlined below will help us refine our predictive models, with the important role that environment plays in mental health. There are 4 unique interlocking elements to the project. KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES/TÂCHES ASSOCIÉES AU PROJET: Literature review on environmental factors as they specifically relate to ADHD in children, and to your community. Here, we can zoom the lens in and out, for either a more narrow or broader definition of community. Review of newspaper reports on/by community action groups working with environmental issues or programs. Contacting the spokespersons of these community action groups for their perspective on how environment is playing a role on mental health. Determining how many clinics there are in the community, working on mental health problems in general, and ADHD in particular. Contact the spokesperson in these clinics for their perspective on the interaction between environment and mental health issues, both in the short term given the pandemic, and outside the pandemic. IDEAL ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES/RÔLES/RESPONSABILITÉS:* Reading articles in regular press (cannot be social media posts that are not screened before publication) or scientific literature. Communication with community groups and mental health clinics. Writing a report FINAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES/LIVRABLES DU PROJET: The team will write up a report summarizing the four project activities. IN WHAT LANGUAGE WILL THIS PROJECT BE PROVIDED/DANS QUELLE LANGUE CE PROJET SERA-T-IL FOURNI : (English/Français): Please note, you can select both EN + FR/Veuillez noter que vous pouvez sélectionner les deux EN + FR Can be carried out in both EN + FR, but would require to have the final report in EN All projects will begin on a first come, first serve basis, which cohorts are you + your team ABLE to participate in? Please list all that apply. Please note that flexibility will be key in ensuring we are able to secure a student team for your project. / Tous les projets commenceront selon le principe du premier arrivé, premier servi, à quelles cohortes êtes-vous + votre équipe CAPABLE de participer ? Veuillez énumérer tout ce qui s'applique. Veuillez noter que la flexibilité sera la clé pour nous assurer que nous sommes en mesure de sécuriser une équipe d'étudiants pour votre projet. January cohort - January 3 to February 18 / Cohorte de janvier - 3 janvier au 18 février February cohort - February 7 to March 25 / Cohorte de février - 7 février au 25 mars TIME COMMITMENT PER STUDENT/TEMPS DE TRAVAIL PAR ÉTUDIANT: [please indicate either 30 hours, 50 hours, or 70 hours/veuillez indiquer 30, 50 ou 70 heures]: 30 hours WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS YOUR PROJECT COULD ACCOMMODATE?/QUEL EST LE NOMBRE MAXIMUM D'ÉTUDIANTS QUE VOTRE PROJET PEUT ACCUEILLIR? * Please note we cannot guarantee this number of students for your project, but we will do our best to accommodate this request/Veuillez noter que nous ne pouvons garantir ce nombre d'étudiants pour votre projet; nous ferons de notre mieux pour répondre à votre requête. 5 PROJECT MENTOR NAME/NOM DU MENTOR DU PROJET: Sarojini Sengupta EMAIL ADDRESS/ADRESSE E-MAIL: sarojinidsengupta@gmail.com