• The government delegate in Cantabria participated in the inauguration of the ‘Days of Psychology, Education and Mental Health’ organized by the Official College of Psychology of Cantabria until Friday at the Paraninfo de La Magdalena
The government delegate in Cantabria, Pedro Casares, has appealed to “tear down stigmas and put an end to taboos” to address and prevent mental health problems among young people, especially from educational centers and from the hand of psychologists whose role is “fundamental” to give “a scientific and professional response”.
Casares highlighted this Monday in his speech at the inauguration of the ‘Days of Psychology, Education and Mental Health’ organized by the Official College of Psychology of Cantabria until Friday, October 10, at the Paraninfo de La Magdalena.
The representative of the State in the community has evidenced that “mental health problems are growing significantly in schools” and this reality must be addressed from the “experience and knowledge” of psychologists.
“We talk about problems that surround us all and that affect us since childhood such as bullying or suicide prevention. Also of drug addiction, of the impact of new technologies and artificial intelligence, of anxiety, of cyberbullying or of the consumption of pornography,” said Casares.
All this, he insisted, “surrounds us day by day and deserves a response from science” and, hence, the importance of these days in which these problems will be addressed with the participation of psychologists but also of mothers, fathers and educators.
The government delegate has emphasized that “without mental health there is no comprehensive health” and, therefore, society cannot “run the risk of continuing to silence what must be said out loud”. “Today, more than ever, we must tear down stigmas, put an end to taboos, integrate knowledge and, above all, listen,” he added.