Hidden: Adam’s Story – An Interactive Film To Help You Help Young People

What is Hidden: Adam’s Story?

Hidden: Adam’s Story is a project funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration, Greater Manchester (ARC-GM) and Patient Safety Research Collaboration Greater Manchester (PSRC GM). Coproduced by young people with lived experience, it challenges audiences to walk in the shoes of a young person struggling with their mental health. This new interactive film captures the magic of the live show version, as performed in venues across Greater Manchester to audiences of young people, parents, educators and health and social care workers. It contains audio extracts made by young people with lived experience of mental health illness, together with filmed facilitation and a multi-role play character actor.

The film allows the opportunity to explore young people’s mental health issues from the perspective of a young person affected by mental health illness, as well as looking into the impact on their sibling, mother and keyworker. The film includes an interactive discussion on the barriers faced by those involved, and how we can help overcome these. The film’s aim is to strengthen communication and relationships between young people, their families and those who support them, improving outcomes in the pursuit of healthier and happier lives.

Hidden: Adam’s Story raises awareness of young people’s mental health, and promotes further reflection on what we might to do help.