Future-Ready Mental Health: Designing Initiatives for the Next 25 Years

Country

Jordan

Presenter/Author

Mohammad Issa

type

OnSite

Professional Affiliation

Creativity Lab for Empowerment and Innovation

Presentation method

Workshop

Future-Ready Mental Health: Designing Initiatives for the Next 25 Years

This workshop explores the use of future design strategies, foresight methodologies, and participatory labs to develop innovative mental health initiatives anticipating challenges that may emerge over the next 25 years. Participants will engage in trend analysis, scenario building, and prototyping, integrating human-centered design principles with creative arts therapies and group-based approaches. The workshop emphasizes building adaptive, sustainable, and culturally responsive projects, equipping mental health practitioners, creative arts facilitators, and community leaders with the skills to anticipate emerging psychological needs, design scalable solutions, and sustain their initiatives technically and financially. By combining foresight thinking, design innovation, and participatory m