The events have been programmed on the occasion of International Mental Health Day, which is celebrated this Thursday with the slogan ‘Mental Health, with all the rights’.
Primary care nurses invite you to take part in the workshop ‘Active mental health, Mindfulness and Movement’.
The Regional Ministry of Health has organised various activities and workshops to improve the emotional well-being of the population to mark Mental Health Week, which will have as its epicentre the International Mental Health Day to be held on Thursday 10 October with the slogan ‘Mental Health, with all rights’.
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Health organises various activities to improve the emotional well-being of the population
Tomorrow, Wednesday, the social club of the Psychiatric Hospital is organising an open day of pottery and gardening workshops that will take place from 9 am until 1 pm. A day later, on Thursday, a physical exercise workshop with Mallorca Integra will be held on the same stage from 10 to 11 a.m. and then, from 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m., an activity consisting of decorating and personalising a cloth bag. Finally, on Friday the 11th of October, several volleyball, badminton and petanque tournaments will take place on the social club’s field from 10 am to 12 noon.
The Councillor for Health, Manuela García, and the Director General for Mental Health, Carme Bosch, will be attending the conference ‘Mental health also from biology’, which will be given by Dr. Nazareth Castellanos, a graduate in Theoretical Physics and a doctor in Neuroscience from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Madrid. It will take place at 6 p.m. at the Teatre Municipal Mar i Terra. Admission is free, although seating is limited.
‘Els poders que necessit’ (The powers you need)
From the 10th until the 31st of October, a group of adolescents being cared for by the Balearic Institute for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IBSMIA) have organised the activity ‘Els poders que necessit’ (The powers they need), which is based on the possibility of having cards with the power to change things. Through this utopia, they will explore their real needs and reflect on what powers could help them to overcome the difficulties they have beyond the therapeutic support they already receive. This activity is designed not only to reflect on our limits, but also on the value of having the right support, because knowing how to ask for help when we need it is part of the process of overcoming the problem, and that is why it is very important to muster the courage to ask for it.
The Son Llàtzer Hospital has scheduled a piano concert by Amadeu Punset for tomorrow Wednesday at 9.15 am in the outpatients’ foyer. From 10 a.m. onwards, an Olympic conference will be held on the basketball court, led by Cristina Romero and organised by Sport2Live.
On 10th October, the Migjorn de Mallorca Hospital has organised a charity market from 10 am to 2 pm; interactive tables on Mental Health from 11 am to 1 pm and a session of Magic for Mental Health to be performed by Mago Fer, from the Abracadabra Foundation, from 12 pm to 1 pm. All these events will be held in the Outpatient and Hospitalisation halls of Son Llàtzer.
On Thursday 10 October, the Primary Care mental health nurses are inviting all citizens to take part in the special day ‘Active Mental Health. Mindfulness and movement’ to celebrate emotional and physical wellbeing and offer guidelines for improving mental health and adopting healthy lifestyles. The event will take place in Sa Feixina Park from 10 am to 2.30 pm.
On the same day, staff and users of the Mental Health Day hospital of the Hospital Comarcal de Inca will take part in the event organised by 3 Salut Mental in the Santo Domingo cloister in Pollença as part of the X Jornades Socials ‘We work with people and for people’, in which the artist Pep Noguera will perform a monologue, fritters will be offered to all those attending, and officials from different institutions, including the councillor for Health, Manuela García, will make a few brief speeches. The whole event will be enlivened by the music of the charanga and the performance of disc jockey D’j Pep. These activities will begin at 10 am and are scheduled to finish at around 1 pm.
Also on Thursday the 10th, the day of the anniversary, the Hospital de Inca will open the permanent photographic exhibition ‘Jo no soc el meu diagnòstic’ (I’m not my diagnosis), which aims to raise awareness of mental health among the local population. The regional centre is also taking part in the organisation of a theatrical performance El retablo de los Monstruos, which will take place on Friday the 11th at 7 p.m. at the Club Pollença theatre.
The Hospital de Manacor has organised an open day on the 10th, to be held at the Portocristo Mental Health Day Hospital from 9:30 am to 1:45 pm.
Sortim al carrer per a la salut mental a Ciutadella (Let’s take to the streets for mental health in Ciutadella)
Numerous activities are scheduled for these days on the island of Menorca. Tomorrow the 9th, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, the event ‘Sortim al carrer per a la salut mental a Ciutadella’ (Let’s take to the streets for mental health in Ciutadella) has been organised to inform the public about the facilities and organisations in this field in Menorca.
On the day of the event, Menorca’s institutions will join together and read a manifesto in which they will show their global commitment to raising awareness of mental health problems. Throughout the day there will be conferences on the subject and on Friday the 11th two sessions will be organised, at 9 am and 11.30 am at l’Orfeó Maonés, of an experiential talk with Javier Martín, well-known presenter of the television programme Caiga quien caiga, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. On the same day, from 7 pm to 9 pm, the Ferreries Town Hall will host the conference ‘Una psicologia diferent’ (A different psychology), given by Víctor Amat, a graduate in psychology from Ramon Llull University, who currently works as a therapist, trainer and collaborator in various media.
On Sunday the 13th of October, the Department of Social Welfare of the Consell Insular de Menorca (Menorca Island Council) has called on the public to take part in the popular march ‘Mou-te per la salut mental’ (Walk for mental health), which will start at 11 am from Parc Rochina in the port of Maó.
In Ibiza, the event ‘Palabras que suman, una mirada a la salud mental desde APFEM’ (Words that add up, a look at mental health from APFEM) has been organised for the international day, which will take place at the boutique hotel Mikasa Ibiza from 12:00 to 15:00.
Finally, the Calvià Town Hall has programmed different activities, including workshops to achieve greater well-being at work, in which municipal civil servants are encouraged to design personal plans to improve their self-care and emotional health. They are organised by the Escola Municipal d’Hàbits Saludables (EMHAS) and are scheduled for the 14th, 21st and 28th of October and the 4th of November.