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ter ozaveščanje splošne javnosti. V projektu MOČ so se 
zdravstveni delavci, delavci na področju socialnega varstva 
in policisti usposabljali za prepoznavanje težav v duševnem 
zdravju in tveganja za samomorilno vedenje, vzpostavljena 
je bila mreža svetovalnic, potekale so aktivnosti ozaveščanja 
in program za krepitev duševnega zdravja strokovnjakov. V 
projektu SUPER PSIHOLOG so se na področju duševnega 
zdravja usposabljali psihologi, razvit je bil sistem 
supervizirane prakse psihologov začetnikov. V projektih 
smo ugotovili, da imajo strokovnjaki, ki delujejo na področju 
duševnega zdravja, potrebo po dodatnih znanjih in veščinah. 
Pri njih je nujno še bolj sistematično razvijati znanja s tega 
področja in krepiti strokovno kompetentnost. Širšo javnost 
je treba ozaveščati o duševnih motnjah, pomenu kvalitetnih 
strokovnih storitev in razpoložljivih storitvah. V simpoziju 
bomo predstavili glavne ugotovitve projektov in smernice 
za usposabljanje strokovnjakov ter ozaveščanje javnosti.
Prispevki znotraj simpozija
MOČ – Help to people, knowledge to experts
Saška Roškar, Nuša Konec Juričič, Urška Kolar, Alenka Tančič 
Grum, Ksenija Lekić, Mojca Vatovec, Vita Poštuvan, Bogdan 
Dobnik
General goal of the project MOČ was to increase the level of 
mental health services in Slovenia. Furthermore, the project 
had two specific goals; to (i) increase the number of trained 
professionals for recognition of mental health distress and 
suicidal risk and (ii) upgrade the existing counselling services 
and establish new ones in deficient regions. A training 
programme for professionals aimed at recognition of mental 
health problems and suicidal behaviour was delivered at site. 
Furthermore, a mindfulness-based program was provided 
to the same group of professionals. New (6) psychological 
counselling services were established and new programmes 
were offered next to individual counselling in already existing 
counselling centres (3). A campaign was launched to raise 
awareness on mental health and suicide prevention. Training 
programme on mental health issues and suicide prevention was 
well received by primary health care and other professionals 
working with vulnerable population. Professionals expressed 
a desire in further training and attending mindfulness 
programmes. A great need for counselling services was shown; 
however attendance was greater in pre-existing counselling 
centres. The evaluation revealed that individuals are inclined 
to awareness campaigns on mental health, although not evenly 
throughout regions. More than half of the interviewed have 
already experienced mental distress, but only half of them 
have sought help. The recommendations deriving from the 
project are compatible with legislative documents in the field 
of mental health. It would be advisable to support, develop 
and keep the network of counselling centres; however reasons 
for smaller attendance in vulnerable regions need to be 
explored. Also, reasons for the gap between those in need of 
help and those seeking help should be investigated. Knowing 
the causes for the gap in treatment and search for help would 
offer opportunities to further develop measures in the field of 
mental health in Slovenia. 
Public Awareness Campaign on Mental Health and 
Suicide Prevention
Urška Kolar, Saška Roškar, Nuša Konec Juričič, Ksenija Lekić, 
Alenka Tančič Grum, Bogdan Dobnik, Vita Poštuvan, Mojca 
Vatovec, Mark Floyd Bračič
Stigmatizing attitudes toward depression are important barriers 
in obtaining professional help. Knowledge and understanding 
of depression should be promoted in society, hopefully 
leading to reduced stigma and increased help-seeking. For 
addressing the public appropriately, WHO’s Guidelines for 
Responsible Reporting on Suicide are available. In the project 
MOČ, we conceived from September until October 2015 a 
public awareness campaign addressing mental health issues 
and suicide prevention on multiple levels. It focused on the 
TV ad; other elements included leaflets, posters, and radio 
broadcasts. In accordance with WHO’s Guidelines, imagery 
showing suicidal methods, use of sensationalistic language 
and direct references to suicidal behaviour were avoided. The 
present research evaluated the public awareness campaign 
on a representative sample of adult Slovene population (N 
= 594) via an on-line questionnaire four months after the 
campaign had finished, measured attitudes towards seeking 
professional psychological help using standardized Inventory 
of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services 
(Mackenzie et al., 2004) and linked those attitudes to mental 
health indicators in Slovenia. Evaluation findings show that 
the campaign message and elements did not interfere with 
the likability of the campaign and understanding of the 
campaign message. The campaign encouraged individuals 
to seek additional information on mental health issues. 
Awareness campaign materials (TV ad, posters and leaflets) 
were more frequently noted in the North Eastern regions 
of Slovenia, where indicators of mental health are low, 
although individual elements of the campaign were noted to a 
different degree by different target groups. Results regarding 
attitudes toward seeking mental health services revealed that 
people in Slovenia are generally inclined towards seeking 
psychological help, however, there are important differences 
among different target groups which need to be addressed 
when designing public awareness messages. More than half 
of the interviewed have already experienced mental distress, 
although only half of the distressed have sought help. The 
reasons for this »treatment gap« should be studied in the 
future, which would enable us to develop new evidence based 
intervention strategies encouraging people to seek help.
SUPER PSIHOLOG 1: Usposabljanje psihologov za 
vodenje supervizirane prakse in skrb za duševno zdravje
Anja Podlesek, Katarina Kocbek, Vlasta Zabukovec, Vita 
Poštuvan, Mateja Štirn, Per A. Straumsheim, Tina Pirc
V projektu Supervizirana praksa psihologov: Razvoj 
programa usposabljanja mentorjev in modela supervizirane 
prakse – SUPER PSIHOLOG smo razvili celosten program 
usposabljanja mentorjev supervizirane prakse, ki vključuje tri 
module. V modulu 1 se mentorji usposobijo za prepoznavanje 
in razvijanje specifičnih strokovnih kompetenc pri psihologih 
Simpoziji / Symposia