The 2nd Conference “La Xarxa a Debat”, held on October 27, 2006, focused on the “Ideological, theoretical, and political aspects that have contributed to the shaping of the Catalan mental health model”.

The conference started from the transformation initiated in the year 1981, which allowed progress in configuring its own mental health network in Catalonia.

The goal was to make a overall assessment of the network's evolution, identify the factors that had determined its configuration and propose future perspectives.

The debate incorporated the current political conjuncture and the different visions for the future of the public mental health service.

The perspectives of the political parties representatives in the Parliament of Catalonia.

The contributions of professionals with a long history of participation and commitment to the public network were also collected.

The conference addressed both the political and ideological aspects as well as the issues technical and professional linked to the Catalan model.

The need to contextualize the debate and analyze the key concepts that had guided the development of the network was raised.

The meeting fostered the exchange between political leaders, professionals, and institutions linked to mental health.

In short, the event proposed review the past and the present to think about the future of the public mental health network in Catalonia.