Breaking the Stigma Around Farmers Mental Health
A short film created within the Safe Habitus project
Published on: December 5, 2025
We present a short film about mental health among farmers, caring for it and overcoming stigma, which was created as part of the international project Safe Habitus, whose partner is also the Sociomedical Institute ZRC SAZU. It features researchers Dr. Duška Knežević Hočevar and Dr. Majda Černič Istenič as experts – the latter also participated in the filming as a location manager. Tthe script was written by Agata Tomažič. You can watch the short film, in which Gregor Mlakar from the Svatnšk farm talks about his experience of burnout, at this link.