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Not Crazy© Curriculum

What is this Program?

Not Crazy© was designed by the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) to help educate teenagers in the general population who may currently have, or may develop, psychiatric problems. This program has the following aims: 1) To provide resources to people working with teenagers in any capacity; 2) Help kids and parents identify early warning signs; 3) Reduce barriers to effective psychiatric care; 4) Help kids, parents, and teachers identify and use school and community resources; 5) To educate students, educators, administrators, and parents about culturally responsive care and culturally normative issues in psychiatry; 6) Reduce stigma around psychiatric issues; 7) To help teenagers talk to parents and other adults about these issues; 8) Decrease the duration of untreated symptoms by accelerating at-risk youth's access to care prior to, or in the earliest stages of, illness onset. For more information about the background, please click here: Project Background and Description

PRCH has developed a complete teacher's kit, which includes six teaching sessions. The program is easily inserted into any existing health, science, or psychology curriculum. It is available to any teacher or school interested in mental illness education, free of charge.

The information on the lessons below is introduction and background material only. Please contact Diann Wienke for information about implementing this curriculum in your school and for more details on lesson plans and supporting materials.

The Teachers' Kit includes:

Introduction