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Cortica

Cortica Incubator

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022): Cortica II : Brainstorming on mental health

Biospheres: resilience measure aimed at social and professional integration in nature and into the real labor market for young people in

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26034/cortica.2022.3184
Submitted
September 7, 2022
Published
2022-09-20

Abstract

How to act on the motivation of young adults at risk for social conduct disorders to emancipate and take place in the society? There are many young adults caught in the spiral of social and professional marginalization at risk of chronic dependence on social protection systems (social assistance, AI and others). The problem is that these young adults are in situations of great difficulty of integration, that they do not see a way out of their complex situation and feel, just like the professionals who accompany them : despair and destitute. Through many successive failures, they lose hope and self-confidence. They don't see any meaning in the future. Often, to protect themselves or in connection with personal difficulties, they tend to cut themselves off from their own emotions that they will put at a distance by risky behaviors and consumption (drugs, alcohol). They activate defense mechanisms (limiting beliefs, behavioral disorders) and end up distancing themselves or being distanced from social integration systems (work, family, training, society) that reveal its flaws. When given the chance to talk, they say they need to be expected somewhere by someone, for a social or professional activity that is rewarding and valued, that provides a status and a social function. In short, these young people need belonging. This is why, often, they get closer to the marginal environments in which they have a place and are recognized by peers who share the same reality of "marginalization". Challenges: How to bring young adults at risk into social integration and becoming aware of their ability to act on themselves? Since 2020, the Fribourg Youth Foundation has been developing a specific support concept for them entitled: "mentoring with a high threshold of tolerance in nature and into the real labour market".

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