{"id":18595,"date":"2025-06-05T11:24:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T09:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/la.fccsm.net\/?p=18595"},"modified":"2026-04-19T09:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:13:15","slug":"6e-ccsm-conclusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/la.fccsm.net\/en\/congressos-salut-mental\/6e-congres-catala-de-salut-mental-2017\/6e-ccsm-conclusions\/","title":{"rendered":"6th CCSM \u2013 Conclusions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In June 2017, CosmoCaixa hosted the 6th Catalan Congress of Mental Health <\/strong>under the title \u2018Migration, Exile, and Refuge: Human Rights and Mental Health\u2019<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The objective of the Congress was build proposals capable of reducing the risks arising from migration <\/strong>to improve coexistence and citizen cohesion, thereby increasing the population's health and well-being.<\/p>\n

For some years now, migratory processes, the search for refuge from various adversities and hardships (wars, famine, political persecution, etc.), have been causes for concern and have revealed a high number of deficiencies. These situations carry a heavy burden of suffering for those who experience them and for the society that witnesses with perplexity and anguish a migratory movement of great intensity, causing many social values to be reevaluated. This affects health and community mental health.<\/p>\n

Despite this, there are still few studies on the impact of this social phenomenon.<\/p>\n

The interdisciplinary perspective accommodated a large number of individuals and groups with experiences and knowledge related to the dramatic situation we are experiencing in Europe with the refugee crisis<\/strong>. Faced with this reality, Congress tried to be another element of denunciation and mobilization<\/strong> to respond, in this case from The perspective of community mental health.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c0ngels Vives<\/strong>, president of the Catalan Congress of Mental Health Foundation and the Organizing Committee, remarked that \u00abit is we citizens and professionals who must think together about ways to provide care.\u00bb.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

For his part, the Minister of Health of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Antoni Com\u00edn<\/strong>, ...he claimed that \u201cwe will not be a mentally and spiritually healthy society until we treat each other en masse and ordinarily as brothers.\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mental health impact<\/strong><\/p>\n

Migratory processes involve a high burden of individual suffering <\/strong>at the same time, of\u2019Misunderstanding and inadequate responses <\/strong>in communities that could provide shelter. The search for refuge in situations of\u2019adversity and helplessness <\/strong>for various reasons \u2013 wars, famine, poverty, lack of freedoms... \u2013 reveal numerous fragilities, have a great impact on mental health, and highlight the need to act collectively, coordinated, and globally<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mental illness can only be overcome and mental health promoted if the right conditions are created for individuals to live in a state of well-being and to develop and carry out a productive and fulfilling life plan.<\/p>\n

The inaugural conference <\/span>\u2018Migration Policies and Their Impact on People's Well-being. A Crisis of Values?\u2019<\/strong> was in charge of <\/span>Nabil Sayed-Ahmad Beirut\u00ed, <\/strong>psychiatrist of Syrian origin, who presented the migratory phenomenon as something inherent to human nature and championed the \u201ccountless positive aspects\u201d it brings: loss of fear of the other, opportunities, knowledge, learning... Sayed-Ahmad embraced Amin Maalouf's perspective when he opted to speak of origins instead of roots: \u201cpeople don't have roots, we have feet and we walk.\u201d He did lament, however, that today's migrations, forced displacements that put mental health at risk, are the result of a certain globalization and economic reasons linked to the concentration of wealth.<\/span><\/p>\n

6th Congress Material<\/span><\/h3>\n