Profesionales de salud, residentes e instituciones locales se enfrentan a la precariedad de los servicios psicológicos con iniciativas que promueven la salud mental en Maré. El complejo de favelas es el territorio con más casos de Covid-19 en Río de Janeiro.
Mental health campaigners are putting pressure on government to take more fundamental action on the mental health crisis this Mental Health Awareness Week.
Children have been particularly hard hit by mental health cuts, with 150 turned away from the care they need every single day. This Saturday campaigners meet to demand action not just warm words from government.
Today – 9th August – is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The purpose of this Day is, among other things, to raise awareness of the challenges that indigenous peoples face in protecting their rights, and maintaining their distinct cultures and ways of life.
In a world so focused on mindless consumption and status acquisition, the developed world’s epidemic of anxiety and depression should come as no surprise.
