Think Positive

Improving student mental wellbeing and tackling the stigma attached to mental illness.

Jannik

Supporting students: Mental Health Journeys

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Jannik

Jannik

Age: 25

Course of Study: Mechanical Engineering Masters

Your relationship to student:

Personal info:

Jannik is 25 and has moved here to study. He is an international student and will be returning home once he has completed his course. He lives in a private rented flat with one other person who works full-time. He doesn't know many people in Scotland but chats online with his friends back home when he can. He also has additional support needs arising from Asperger's Syndrme and dyspraxia.

Health:

Jannik experiences low mood and anxiety.

Issue student presents to you:

Jannik didn't perform very well in his latest assessment- when you give him his mark he seems extremely disappointed.

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NUS Scotland’s Think Positive Self-Management resource is a useful document to help students identify ways to support their own mental health and to enable staff to support them too. You can find the resource here: thinkpositive.scot/resources/

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