WASP SECTION ON COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
The realities of economic difficulties, migration, mixing cultures and threats to identity create relational segregating distortions and adverse reactions and interactions. The evolution of societies promotes isolation, withdrawal, the phenomena of exclusion and rejection, conflict, sources of suffering and existential insecurity (physical, mental, economic or social).
To face these challenges, psychiatry in general, and particularly social psychiatry, must open a new field of activity, research and development in the field of "community mental health", which expands its field of action to the challenges offered by the evolution of our societies.
Among the many existing aid and support activities, Community Therapy (both systemic and integrative), born in Brazil, is already present in all of Latin America and several European countries; it is the perfect example of a medium that allows the emergence of relationships with others, promoting social inclusion, the sense of belonging to a group and the awakening of self-esteem.
Beyond the academic knowledge, it seems especially necessary to rely on the consolidation of wisdoms of each culture and on the sharing of expertise and knowledge gained through life experiences, since these factors are proving themselves to be an existential capital of great value to others. We decided to create within the WASP a section on Community Mental Health, with the support of the WASP and colleagues from many networks around the world, who share with us the desire to strengthen promotional activities regarding community mental health.
Objectives of the section on Community Mental Health of the WASP
1. Promote the mental health of the person rooted in its social context and in the community, that is to say, the collective class to which one belongs.
2. Take into account the suffering experienced due to the difficulties of living together, insecurity, rejection, exclusion, refusal of differences and the loss of investment and interest in that which belongs to the world.
3. Be attentive to suffering and to that which can promote the wellness and balance of the person and his entourage, forming relationships based on a horizontal approach of including the community in group settings with self-help activites, rather than the vertical approach in the treatment of an individual.
4. Welcome the psychological suffering of individuals and listen to the tensions within the community of neighborhoods, by opening all modes of action and intervention that stimulate and reactivate resilience, social support and an interest in the plurality of cultures.
5. Consolidate the research and implementation of many existing methods to stimulate and develop skills for wellbeing and individual and collective resilience, specially relying on the wealth of knowledge learned from the personal life experiences of each .
6. Stimulate worldwide the development of practices and give visibility to the innovative work in the field of Community Mental Health. Promote the sharing of ideas, practices, training, research and data.
7. Promote collaboration and exchanges between practitioners, professional, scientific associations, NGOs working in the field of Community Mental Health across the world.
WASP Section on community mental health Programs: Projects (2016-2017)
• Organize symposiums, congresses, seminars and training in the field of Community Mental Health.
• Translate and validate all documents, books, articles, videos Community Mental Health.
• Develop networks of exchange between people of different cultures and languages: French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, … in the field of Community Mental Health.
• Stimulate the involvement of Section members in national and international associations for social psychiatry.
STRUCTURE of the WASP Section on community mental health
Coordination Team
Chair : Prof Adalberto de Paula BARRETO (Brazil) email: abarret.tci@gmail.com
Co-Chair: Jean-Pierre BOYER France email : jpboyer0545@gmail.com
Co-Chair: Riccardo Rodari Suisse email : riccardo.rodari@hesge.ch
Secretary: Teresa Mara Pontes France teresamarapontes@hotmail.com
Adjoint : Nicole Hugon France email : hugonnic@gmail.com
Participants
We have created a list of subscribers (the founding members) who have accepted to appear in this section. The list of participants remains open to all of our colleagues, worldwide, who share the same objectives as us.
ARGENTINA
Adela García : adelaggi@gmail.com
Mónica Rosenblum : monros.monros@gmail.com
Florencia Oks : floroks@gmail.com
Marina Vinitsky : vinitskymarina@gmail.com
Adriana Testa : adriana_testa@hotmail.com
Gustavo Battistelli : battistelli.gustavo@gmail.com
Gabriela Portantiero : gportantiero@gmail.com
Omar Zayat : omarzayat@hotmail.com
Martín Descalzo : mgdescalzo@hotmail.com
Lucía Sala : salalucia@yahoo.com.ar
Viviana Bursztyn : vivib11@gmail.com
Silvia Beatriz Ramos : ramos.sb@gmail.com
Graciela Rueda : graciela.rueda@gmail.com
Diaz Fernández Maria de las Mercedes : mm.diazfernandez@usal.edu.ar
Julieta Belén López : julietalopez2603@gmail.com
Ana Belén Barbarace : ab.barbalace@gmail.com
Estefania D. Gahr : estefania.gahr@gmail.com
BOLIVIA
Sara Flores Q. : ssdd16@hotmail.com
BRASIL
Julia Sursis Nobre Ferro Bucher : psibucher@gmail.com
Maria Heloisa Gonçalves De Toni : zizadetoni@gmail.com
Doralice oliveira Gomes : doralice32@hotmail.com
Nilce Rodrigues Camarão : nilcecamarao@valmidia.com.br
Silvio Roberto Teixeira Barreira : ssbarreira@ig.com.brMaria Da Graça Pedrazzi Martini : gracapedrazzi@gmail.com
Helenice ALves Pereira Bastos email: helenicemismecdf@gmail.com
Luciano Duarte Medeiros : lucianorevive@live.com
Marli Olina de Souza : marli@caifcom.com.br –
Mariano Gomes Pedroza : marianopedroza@gmail.com
Maria de Oliveira Ferreira Filha : marfilha@yahoo.com.br
Maria Djair Dias : mariadjair@yahoo.com.br
Rolando Lazarte, : elzarat@gmail.com
Marlene Rodrigues Gomes da Silva : miscminas@yahoo.com.br
José Galvão da Silva Flávio : jgalvaos@terra.com.br
Sarah maria Coelho de Souza : sarahvida1000@yahoo.com.br
Selma Hinds : selmahinds@gmail.com
Josefa Emilia Lopes Ruiz email: ruizz.jo@gmail.com
Morgana Murcia email: morganamfono@gmail.com
Taisa Borges de Souza email: taborgess@hotmail.com
Maria Regina Melo Santos : reginamelo06@hotmail.com
Marilene Grandesso email : mgrandesso@uol.com.br
Henriqueta Camaroti : henriquetac@gmail.com
Maria Lucia de Andrade Reis email: malureis@uol.com.br
BELGIUM
Camelia Bianca Prado : cameliaprado@yahoo.com.br
Thierry Van Schuylenberg : thierry.vanschuy@skynet.be
CANADA
Bruno St. Pierre : brunostpierre@hotmail.com
COLOMBIA
Carmen Catalina Ramirez Arias : cataramirez13@yahoo.es
CHILE
Daniela Espinoza : danielaey@gmail.com
EQUADOR
Yolanda Guissell Calva Vega : yosicave@gmail.com
Zaida Betancourt Aragón : zaida-vic- zaf@hotmail.com
Anna Cristina Ruiz : anitacruiz@yahoo.com
Eluzinete Pereira De Souza : lusouza60@yahoo.com
Eduardo Campaña : educame1942@yahoo.com
Alexandra Lara Del Pozo : alexlarad@gmail.com
Ana Karina Maldonado : hccpd@stu.ca
Ana Luz Avila : alua.avila@gmail.com
Carla Zambrano : carlabzl@hotmail.com
Carmen Castañedo : suyanacastaeda@yahoo.es
Carmen Estela Campana Medina : camestel@yahoo.es
David F. Murgueytio C. : elpastordavid@hotmail.com
Ivan Maldonado : ivanmg@hotmail.com
Lisa Markovitz : lisa@lisakohn.com
Marcelo Alberto Garzon R. : marcelogarzon@Hotmail.com
Maria Alexandra Valarezo : mavaloayz@hotmail.com
Patricia Polo Almeida : pepoloa@yahoo.com
Ricardo Jimenez A. : rjjimeneza@yahoo.com
Silvana Barba Aguilera : silvanabarba5@gmail.com
Soledad Dávila Vargas : soledavila_10@hotmail.com
Susana Campana : sucame_99@yahoo.com
Tatiana Arias Recalde : tatyarias2012@gmail.com
Jimena Salcedo : jimenasalcedo@yahoo.com
Yolanda Guissell Calva Vega : yosicave@hotmail.com
Valentin Sanchez Gonzalez : kaminando@gmail.com
FRANCE
Ana Teresa Brandão : anabanah@gmail.com
Jean-Pierre Boyer : jpboyer0545@gmail.com
Françoise Exertier : francoise.exertier@gmail.com
Christiane Fénéon : chfeneon@gmail.com
Nicole Hugon : hugonnic@gmail.com
Philippe Niederlender : niederlender.philippe@gmail.com
Christine Charpentier : charpentier.christine0980@orange.fr
Teresa Mara Pontes : teresamarapontes@hotmail.com
Rodolphe Caraly : caraly.rodolphe@free.fr
Christine Favier : favierchrist@gmail.com
Sylvane Lévêque : sylvane.leveque@wanadoo.fr
Joseph Mazonni : alcoolaction83@emailasso.net
Patricia Levin : patlevin@hotmail.fr
Jean-Marc Chapuis : chapuisjm@ymail.com
Nastasia Alves de Sousa : nastasiaalvesdesouza@gmail.com
ITALY
Ivonne Donegani (DSM –DP di Imola) : i.donegani@ausl.bologna.it
Alba Natali- ( DSM-DP di Imola) : a.natali@ausl.imola.bo.it
Cinzia Migani (VOLABo) : direttora@volabo.it
Carla Berti : c.berti@ausl.imola.bo.it
Vincenza Giannini : v.giannini@ausl.imola.bo.it
Antonella Leoni : a.leoni@ausl.imola.bo.it
Fabio Aureli : f.aureli@ausl.imola.bo.it
Antonella Termali : a.termali@ausl.imola.bo.it
Stefano Cavallini : stefanocavallini4@virgilio.it
Morena Zanotti : morena.zanotti@ausl.imola.bo.it
Massimo Giorgini : info@massimogiorgini.it
Maria Rita Benedetti : mritabene@libero.it
Caterina Traldi : catetraldi@yahoo.it
Cristina Campana : cristina.campana@chiesadibologna.it
Haidara mohamed : simohaidara@hotmail.com
Gin Paolo Perrella : gianperrella@gmail.com
Massimo Ruggiano : massimoruggiano1@gmail.com
Katia Muniz : kmunizd@hotmail.com
Ester Bianchini : esterbiankini@gmail.com
Sara Constanza : c.naso@liberty.it
Donato Caratu : donato.carratu@hotmail.it
Katia Diogenes : kmunizd@hotmail.com
Paolo Rossi : paolo@rossipaolo.org
NICARAGUA
Alina Saucedo Paucara : alina_s_p@yahoo.com
PORTUGAL :
Ana Albertina Fernandes Palheiros : anac@upt.pt
Maria Xavier Araujo : mariaxaraujo@gmail.com
PERU
Teresa Mendo Zelada, : mendo.t@gmail.com
César Vásquez Olcese. : cesar.vasquez@psicologos.com
Mafalda Ramirez Guerrero : mafalda493@hotmail.com
Karla Quiróz Ortega : karla.quiroz.ortega@hotmail.com
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Rosaura Gutierez Valerio de May : namaste_centro@hotmail.com
SPAIN
Valentin Sanchez Gonzalez : kaminando@gmail.com
SWITZERLAND
Christine Hertig : hertigchristine@gmail.com
Tania Romano : tanjaromanoasti@gmail.com
Fabienne Crousaz : fabienne.crousaz@gmail.com
Marie-Claude Siegfried : mc.siegfried@bluewin.ch
Ricardo Rodari : riccardo.rodari@hesge.ch
VENEZUELA
Jose Gregorio Albarran Lopez : elseruniversal@gmail.com
Dayse Cristina dos Santos Paixao : deisepaixao9@gmail.com
