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Interview with our president: «The Foundation's relationship with organizations defending mental health has grown»

Josep Vilajoana i Celaya, doctor in psychology and psychotherapist, has been president of the Catalan Mental Health Congress Foundation for six years. With experience in drug addiction, health, and aging, Vilajoana is a specialist in health and wellness coaching and in the work-life balance. He has been dean of the College [...]

Interview with our president: «The Foundation's relationship with organizations defending mental health has grown»2026-09-09T14:27:50+02:00

The National Mental Health Pact: opportunities and challenges

The pandemic crisis did nothing more than accentuate and worsen the suffering and distress of the population as well as the shortcomings of the care system itself, structured mainly around the public healthcare system. Thus, the increase in so-called pathologies and mental disorders and the alarming figures recorded regarding suicides, among others, highlighted [...]

The National Mental Health Pact: opportunities and challenges2026-09-07T11:41:09+02:00

The FCCSM Thinkers Group addresses anxieties caused by armed conflicts around the world.

The FCCSM Think Tank Addresses Anxieties Caused by Armed Conflicts Worldwide The Think Tank, created in 2010, is made up of individuals with a mental health diagnosis, their families, and mental health professionals. The Think Tank, affiliated with the Catalan Mental Health Congress Foundation (FCCSM), [...]

The FCCSM Thinkers Group addresses anxieties caused by armed conflicts around the world.2025-06-25T12:53:17+02:00

Open letter from a small group in Barcelona to everyone suffering from the pain of war

Open letter from a small group in Barcelona to everyone suffering from the pain of war Dear brothers, we are a small collective called the Thinkers Group, affiliated with the Catalan Mental Health Congress Foundation. We meet once a month for 90 minutes, and have been doing so for 14 years, to discuss the discomforts [...]

Open letter from a small group in Barcelona to everyone suffering from the pain of war2025-06-25T12:51:55+02:00

Tenth edition of The Other International Festival of Performing Arts and Mental Health

On May 31, June 1 and 2, the tenth edition of L'Altre Festival, the International Festival of Performing Arts and Mental Health, will be held in Barcelona. The first festival of theater, dance, music, poetry and new performing arts formats with shows that give visibility to those artistic proposals created and/or starring people with mental [...]

Tenth edition of The Other International Festival of Performing Arts and Mental Health2026-09-10T08:30:25+02:00

Workshop on violent extremism in adolescence and youth

La Jornada sobre extremismes violents en l’adolescència i la joventut, celebrada a Barcelona el 28 de juny de 2024, va abordar la radicalització violenta com un fenomen d’alta complexitat que afecta especialment adolescents i joves. La jornada va posar el focus en la interacció de factors individuals, socials i polítics que poden intervenir en [...]

Workshop on violent extremism in adolescence and youth2026-08-31T13:45:16+02:00

Community Mental Health

El 26 de gener de 2024 s'ha celebrat al Col·legi de Metges de Barcelona l'11a Jornada Xarxa a Debat organitzada per la Fundació Congrés Català de Salut Mental i l’Associació Catalana de Professionals de Salut Mental – AEN Catalunya. L’Associació Catalana de Professionals de la Salut Mental (AEN-Catalunya) i la Fundació Congrés Català de [...]

Community Mental Health2026-09-10T20:03:56+02:00

Israel-Palestine Conflict: The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

In the face of the grave and unsustainable humanitarian crisis in Gaza, within the context of a long and extremely complex conflict between Israel and Palestine, we, from the Catalan Congress of Mental Health Foundation, an organization in the field of mental health, wish to express our condolences and solidarity with all those affected. Palestinians and Israelis, victims of a colossal mistake such as war.

Israel-Palestine Conflict: The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza2026-08-19T21:04:58+02:00

VIII Catalan Congress of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2024

El 8è Congrés Català de Salut Mental de la Infància i l’Adolescència es va celebrar els dies 14 i 15 de març de 2024 a Barcelona, sota el lema “Salut Mental Comunitària en Infància i Adolescència avui. Visions, experiències i reptes”. El Congrés va reflexionar sobre la influència dels factors socials, culturals [...]

VIII Catalan Congress of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 20242026-09-13T07:14:58+02:00