Abstract Objective: to report an experience of actions to promote mental health of adolescents in the school context with the performance of occupational therapy. Methods: activity carried out in a public school with high school students, in the interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil in 2019, in five stages (Initial dynamics; Risk and protection factors; Psychic distress and coping strategies; Final dynamics; and Reception). The data obtained were recorded in field diaries and the analysis of speeches. Results: 79 adolescents, aged between 15 and 18 years old, from three different classes, participated in three meetings. The students got involved in an interactive way, identifying factors that could be harmful or favorable to their mental health, and listed coping strategies in the face of adverse situations in their daily lives. Conclusion: occupational therapy, in the light of psychosocial care, could help to promote adolescent mental health through dialogic and intersectoral strategies.
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