Josep Vilajoana i Celaya, a doctor of psychology and psychotherapist, has chaired the Catalan Congress of Mental Health Foundation for six years. With experience in drug dependence, health, and aging, Vilajoana is a specialist in coaching for health and well-being, and in work-life balance. He has been dean of the Official College [...]
The NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PACT: OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGES The pandemic crisis only accentuated and worsened the suffering and distress of the population, as well as the shortcomings of the care system itself, primarily structured around the public healthcare system. Thus, the increase in so-called mental pathologies and disorders and the figures [....]
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), [...]
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 [...]
The Other Festival International Performing Arts and Mental Health Barcelona, May 31, June 1 and 2 On May 31, June 1, and 2, the tenth edition of The Other Festival International Performing Arts and Mental Health will be celebrated in Barcelona. The first festival of theater, dance, music, poetry, and new performance formats [...]
The issue of violent radicalization in adolescence is an ailment of our times. A highly complex phenomenon involving individual, social, and political factors. The intention to think about this led us, at the end of 2017, after the attacks on Las Ramblas in Barcelona, to organize a working group from the [...]
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COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH: Towards emancipatory practices On January 26, 2024, the 11th Xarxa a Debat Conference was held at the College of Physicians of Barcelona, organized by the Congrés Català de Salut Mental Foundation and the Catalan Association of Mental Health Professionals – AEN Catalunya. The Catalan Association of Mental Health Professionals [...]
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.
Congress has been a forum for reflection on the resources, risk factors, prevention, early detection, and multidisciplinary approach to this problem in our youth.
