Mental health is a precious resource. “There is no health without mental health” has been the motto of the WHO for over a decade. For World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10, 2020), students and professors, the protagonists of Project Factor J, will exchange views with experts on the growing depression and anxiety of adolescents to allow prevention to become a key tools to guarantee everyone’s right to mental health.
The event, which will be streamed live, today, starting at 10 am on the GoToWebinar Platform, is organized in collaboration with the Sicily Region, the “Progetto Itaca” Association and local high schools.
Factor J (fattorej.org), promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale with Janssen Italia, a Johnson&Johnson Group pharmaceutical company, includes six regional events dedicated to different therapeutical areas addressed by the project. The first addresses Neurosciences in Sicily.
EMPATHY, RESPECT, INCLUSION
ZEDDERS IN LOCKDOWN | GROWING UP DURING THE EMERGENCY
On-line local event | Sicily Region | Oct. 8, 2020 | 10–11
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AGENDA
Moderator: Anna Spena, Journalist, Vita
10.00 | COVER STORY | Success and Unsuccess in Research
- Concetta Castilletti, Sicilian biologist, Manager of the Emerging Virus Unit, Spallanzani Hospital
10.05 | WELCOME
- Ruggero Razza, Regional Health Councillor (tbc)
10.10 | CASE STUDY
Eleonora, Progetto Itaca
10.20 | INSTITUTIONAL ADDRESSES
- Mirta Michilli, Director General, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
- Loredana Bergamini, Medical Director, Janssen Italy
- Felicia Giagnotti Tedone, President, Fondazione Progetto Itaca
- Stefano Suraniti, Director, USR Sicily
10.40 | CONCLUSIONS
- Paolo Crepet, Psychiatrist, Sociologist and Educator
