The news of recent weeks tells us how the link between the pandemic and mental health is increasingly close. On the one hand, the COVID-19 emergency has forced healthcare facilities to put, for example, the treatment of certain chronic diseases or mental health services on the back burner. On the other hand, it has increased the isolation of people with mental problems and their families.
The case of Caronia, with the escape of Viviana Parisi, her death and that of little Gioele, testifies in fact how the lockdown triggered the disease and how the failure to accept and take charge of it resulted in tragedy.
Assisting a terminally ill patient in solitude night and day, protecting a mentally ill person without adequate support, dealing with the unpredictable economic consequences of the health crisis, making oneself useful in alleviating the isolation of others, of a family member, of an elderly neighbor, of one's neighbor: they are these are some of the testimonies we have collected in these months of activity.
The 14th edition of the training course "Volunteers online for mental health" was born from the link between pandemic and mental health, organized by the Di Liegro Foundation, which this year has the theme "From isolation to resilience. The role of volunteering".
FROM ISOLATION TO RESILIENCE. THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERING: PROGRAM
The lessons of the course “From isolation to resilience. The role of volunteering" will be held on Saturday, from 10.30 to 12.30, at the headquarters of the Di Liegro Foundation, in via Ostiense 106, in Rome (Metro B stop Garbatella).
FIRST MEETING – 3 OCTOBER 2020
VHELP AND COMMUNITY: STARTING AGAIN FROM THE CRISIS
Luigina Di Liegro, General Secretary of the Di Liegro Foundation
Andrea Volterrani, Sociologist, researcher and teacher at the University of Rome Tor Vergata
SECOND MEETING – 17 OCTOBER 2020
HOW ARE YOU? DISTANCING, ISOLATION AND SOLITUDE
Massimiliano Aragona, psychiatrist and philosopher
THIRD MEETING – 24 OCTOBER 2020
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, A NEW PARADIGM
Pierangelo Di Vittorio, philosopher and writer
FOURTH MEETING – 7 NOVEMBER 2020
RESILIENCE AS A MENTAL HEALTH TOOL
José Mannu, Psychiatrist
FIFTH MEETING – 21 NOVEMBER 2020
STRESS AND TRAUMA, REBORN FROM DISCOMFORT
Silvia Pepe, Psychologist and psychotherapist at the Institute of Relational Psychotherapy
SIXTH MEETING – 28 NOVEMBER 2020
ADDICTIONS AND LIFESTYLES DURING THE PANDEMIC
Giuseppe Ducci, Director of DSM ASL Roma1
Alessandro Vento, Psychiatrist, CSM ASL Roma2
SEVENTH MEETING – 5 DECEMBER 2020
THE ROLE OF THE VOLUNTEER. REFLECTIONS, METHODOLOGIES, EXPERIENCES
Michele Di Nunzio, Psychiatrist UOC SPDC San Filippo NerI
The participation fee for the course is €35, for university students €25.
Register to participate in the training course
