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 [...]
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 [...]
On this working day, we had Jaakko Seikkula, Sofia Cálcena, and Jordi Marfà to reflect on the Open Dialogue approach, recognized by the WHO as one of the best-regarded mental health practices for its respect for human rights and its focus on people's recovery. At the event, we will [...]
Luís Feduchi's presentation gifted us with words full of the generosity and humility of someone who doesn't seek to preach. With the drive and desire for knowledge and a vocation for public service. Aware that we approach truth, never conceived as absolute, not only through science but also through [...]
Presentation Self-harm and suicidal behaviors in young people are a harsh reality of our current society. In general, the right to suffer and feel unwell during adolescence is not legitimized or validated, but instead, we are alarmed by the way young people express their distress through their bodies. [...]
CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND MENTAL HEALTH Barcelona, October 26, 2023 Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica. La Rambla, 7, 08002 Barcelona. Hours: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Recognizing the importance and diversity of initiatives and experiences related to creativity, art, and mental health, but also their dispersion and in many [...]
Mental Health Rights Conference Conference organized by MENTAL HEALTH CATALONIA as a meeting point to discuss and reflect on the rights perspective in mental health, with the participation of, among others, Silvia Ventura, president of the Ethics Committee of the CCSM Foundation, April 21, 2023. Location: CaixaForum Macaya, Passeig Sant [...]
In March 2022, as a result of the evidence of the uncomfortable care reality in which patient rights are often violated or forgotten, the Ethics Committee for Care (CEA) of the Catalan Congress Foundation for Mental Health (FCCSM) presented the Conference: “Basic Rights in Psychiatric Hospitalizations” in order to reflect again and [...]
On December 16th, the Post 7th Catalan Mental Health Congress Conference, "DIGITAL SOCIETY AND MENTAL HEALTH,” was held at the College of Physicians of Barcelona. This conference on the digital environment and mental health was organized with the aim of sharing some data and reflections on the current situation in which [...]
HISTORICAL MEMORY AND MENTAL HEALTH An approach to the period 1930-1970 from the perspective of ethics, legality, and culture. The Democratic Memory Program of the Mental Health Sector (PMD-SM) is organizing this day of reflection and critical examination of the reality of mental health care in Catalonia since the Civil War [...]
