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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Conference on Violent Extremism in Adolescence and Youth, held in Barcelona on June 28, 2024, addressed violent radicalization as a highly complex phenomenon that particularly affects adolescents and youth. The conference focused on the interaction of individual, social, and political factors that may intervene in [...]
On January 26, 2024, the 11th Xarxa a Debat Conference, organized by the Catalan Mental Health Congress Foundation and the Catalan Association of Mental Health Professionals – AEN Catalonia, was held at the College of Physicians of Barcelona. The Catalan Association of Mental Health Professionals (AEN-Catalonia) and the Catalan Mental Health Congress Foundation [...]
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.
The community as a space of care and protection where every life begins to imagine itself. The 8th Catalan Congress on Child and Adolescent Mental Health was held on March 14 and 15, 2024, in Barcelona, under the slogan “Community Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence Today. [...]
The conference «For a Mental Health in Accordance with Rights. From Rhetoric to Practice», held on March 24, 2023, addressed the need to place people's rights at the center of mental health care. Organized by the Clinical Ethics Committee (CEA) of the FCCSM, the meeting provided [...]
Psychiatrist. Since 1995 he has practiced in the public network of the IAS, in the regions of Girona. Since 2003 he has been the Medical Director of the Mental Health and Addictions Network of the Girona regions. He also holds a diploma in mental health management from EADA. Member of the Mental Health Advisory Council of the [...]
