Erasmus+Sport project: Dual Careers for Mental Health (DC4MH)
DC4MH aims to optimize mental health services within European Dual Career (DC) ‘elite sport and education’ organizations.
Objectives of the project:
Four working packages of the project aim to develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based mental health promotion recommendations and tools, centered around:
(a) Mental health structures in DC organizations,
(b) Mental health monitoring,
(c) Mental health literacy,
(d) Preventive psychological resilience-building strategies.
The recommendations and tools developed and implemented within this project will allow DC organizations to optimize their support services and facilitate a healthy combination of high-level sports and education.
About the project
Project period:
- 2021–2022
Funding:
- Erasmus
- European Commission
Participants:
A consortium of 28 experts on mental health and dual career representing 10 organizations from 6 EU Member States (Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden).
From Sweden: Halmstad University and the Swedish Sports Confederation.
Coordinator: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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