Empowerment and Peer Group Support through CARE Program for Young People with Depression in Indonesia
摘要
The main goal of treating depression is to help patients return to a state of complete health and functioning in their daily lives. The CARE (Coping, Affirmation, Resilience, and Empowerment) Program was established to empower young people with depression to improve their self-management, self-regulation, and coping with depression and stressful life events. This chapter discusses the development of the CARE Program and some lesson learned. The CARE Program was designed and developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and due to several restrictions and feasibility, all sessions were conducted online. Although the CARE Program had many benefits in improving participants’ conditions, for some participants, the lack of self-motivation and living conditions remained unchanged, despite their efforts to cope with depression and practice self-care. Factors such as self-stigma, self-efficacy, level of mental health literacy, medication adherence, participants’ living conditions, and persistent stressful life events might have influenced the outcomes of the study.