Mental Health Response

1. There is a need to promote and educate mental health in

Australia because it affects so many of us Australians today.
In a survey collected by Mindframe, about 1 in 5 Australians
will experience a mental health problem in their lifetime
(Mindframe, 2014). This is very worrying data as it shows
that about 4.6 million Australians will experience mental
health problems. This is a very large number of Australians
and it is important that we recognise these figures as they
provide people with information about mental health and
could help them with their own or their friends personal
struggles. This shows a great reason for why we should
promote awareness of mental health disorders.
2. The target audience of this website is people who may have
suffered a traumatic event. These people would be aged
anywhere between 35 to 65. I have chosen this age bracket
as people of these ages are old enough to experience a
traumatic event but are also young enough to use a website.
According to the US National Library of Medicine the most
common age group with PTSD is between 40 and 50
(Ditlevsen D. N. & Elklit A, 2010). This target audience
includes this age group and is good as these people can
directly relate to these symptoms and will be able to
diagnose themselves better to see if they have the disorder.
3. I think that social media is not a valid way to promote mental
health to my chosen age bracket. I think this is so because
the age group is between 35 to 65 which is a bit old for social
media. The majority of people on all social media platforms
are between 18 and 34 since 2014 (Becker.T, 2014). My age
group is between 35 and 65 and the age groups these people
fall into is just a bit too small. A much better method of
promotion of mental health is by television. The number of
hours watched by my target audience per week is around 35
to 50 hours per week (Marketing Charts staff, 2017). As you
can see by this data it would be much better to promote
mental health on the TV rather than social media.

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