How do you know if a child needs help? With the Ommej app, children can answer questions to identify if they are in a risk zone. Ommej is now starting a collaboration with the organization Suicide Zero.

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We know that more and more children, almost every second young person, experience mental illness at some point during their upbringing and that the most common cause of death among young people is suicide. Suicide is a serious and tragic event that affects not only the person who takes their own life, but also their family, friends and society at large. To reduce the risk…

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A gloomy budget report from SKR was recently released which reminds us of the great challenges our municipalities and regions are facing. Economically tough times are expected in the coming years as a result of inflation and the approaching recession. To deal with the situation, municipalities and regions should take various measures adapted to local challenges, including streamlining and…

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There is no health without mental health, states the WHO. Mental illness costs Swedish society 5% of GDP annually, i.e. SEK 200 billion, and the trend curve continues to point upwards. Regarding the well-being of children and young people, Sweden ranks at the bottom of all EU countries and suicide continues to be the most common cause of death among young people. The conversation about the green transformative transition…

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The Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 12, establishes children's right to speak and be involved in all matters that concern them. At the same time, reviews by the UN Children's Rights Committee show that Sweden is lagging and that many municipalities and businesses lack structured guidelines for working based on children's rights. A children's rights perspective means that both individual employees and the entire organization work strategically to...

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Ommej and StudyBee begin collaboration - to improve young people's mental health With its large presence in children's lives, school is a significant resource that constitutes one of the most important and strongest protective factors for mental health. Therefore, Ommej and StudyBee start a collaboration that integrates Ommej's service directly into StudyBee. "The collaboration means an opportunity to make visible...

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