Welcome to the 20th Anniversary President's Greeting The Foundation is already 20 years old! Over these twenty years, various people, some of whom are no longer with us, have carried the Foundation's vision as far as possible, and sometimes, a little further. Therefore, I want to share my gratitude to all [...]
Added to our 20th anniversary celebration is an event that will mark this year, 2020, and likely many more years, with emotions tinged with pain, perplexity, fear, sadness, and ultimately the deepest sense of fragility: the COVID-19 pandemic. I remember months before the Foundation was established (14 [...]
The current health emergency situation due to COVID-19 is having an enormous impact on various levels. Added to the uncertainty of its epidemiological evolution is the concern about the economic situation related to the lockdown implemented to control it, which entails a radical change in habits and forms of relationship. Already in previous epidemics [...]
COVID-19 Crisis: Alleviating the Effects on Mental Health The current COVID-19 health emergency situation is having a huge impact on various levels. Added to the uncertainty of its epidemiological evolution is concern about the economic situation related to the lockdown implemented to control it, which entails a [...]
Josep Vilajoana i Celaya is a coach psychologist and psychotherapist. He has experience in drug addiction, health, and aging. He is a specialist in health and wellness coaching and in work-life balance. In addition to making his debut as president of the Catalan Congress of Mental Health Foundation, he is second vice president of the Council [...]
The assembly of the Catalan Mental Health Congress Foundation, held on June 14th, has renewed the entity's Board of Directors and part of its Board of Trustees. Josep Vilajoana, a psychologist coach and former dean of the Official College of Psychology of Catalonia, assumes the presidency of the Foundation and leads a team composed of Ada Ruiz, vice-president, Anna [...]
From the very beginning of the Catalan Mental Health Congress Foundation, we have strived to maintain a debate and take a stance (internally and externally) at various events that have taken place in our immediate surroundings or in the world. We have tried to be consistent with a line of thought that upholds respect for life, [...]
Kaleidoscope of the Psychiatric Reform in Catalonia On June 1 and 2, 2018, the "Kaleidoscope of the Psychiatric Reform in Catalonia" conference was held at the Nou Barris district headquarters. The conference was organized by the Historical Archive of Roquetes-Nou Barris, the Memorial del Mental, and the Catalan Congress Foundation [...]
Post-Congress Journey for the 6th Catalan Congress of Mental Health. March 2, 2018. List of speakers: Jorge Barudy, neuropsychiatrist, child psychiatrist, and family therapist. Director and founder of the EXIL Association. Ester Boixadera, psychocorporal therapist. Center for Psychocorporal Therapy – Bioenergetic Analysis. Margarita Boladeras, emeritus professor of Moral and Political Philosophy at the University of [...]
Post-Congress Day Following the 6th Catalan Congress on Mental Health After the 6th Catalan Congress on Mental Health, held on June 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2017, under the theme “MIGRATIONS, EXILE, AND REFUGE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND MENTAL HEALTH,” a one-day conference was held in Barcelona on March 2nd, 2018, in order to [...]
