Around a thousand people have claimed the role of the third sector in mental health at an event in Sineu on the occasion of World Mental Health Day. The central moment of the day was the reading of a manifesto, which was carried out by Aina Bonet, Victòria Barceló, Laura Ordóñez, Elionor Pons, Alícia Gispert and Gisela Bris, representing the six member entities of the federation, to demand "a change of perspective" on mental health and to defend that the recovery of patients "goes far beyond strictly medical care".

The Department of Health defends the incorporation of general health psychologists into the public Primary Care network to respond to the increase in the demand for mental health care. The Director General of Mental Health, Carme Bosch, considers that these professionals have sufficient training to take on cases corresponding to the first level of care, while psychologists specializing in Clinical Psychology must attend to disorders of greater complexity. The Official College of Psychology of the Balearic Islands (COPIB) also endorses the incorporation of general health psychologists and demands, at the same time, an increase in PIR training places, because it considers the two paths to be compatible. Clinical psychologists, on the other hand, have expressed their discomfort to the Department regarding the incorporation of this profile into the public health system.

The Ministry of Health wants checking the state of mental health to be as routine as monitoring diet or eyesight. On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, which is celebrated this Saturday, October 10th, the Government has emphasized the importance of detecting emotional difficulties in time and bringing mental health resources closer to Primary Care. The Minister of Health, Manuela García, noted that when a person is asked how they are, they often automatically reply that they are fine, without stopping to think about their emotional state. "We want to recover the deep meaning of how we are, stop for a minute and listen to ourselves: saying 'I am not okay', recognizing that we are going through a difficult time," she pointed out.

The Consell de Mallorca has rectified and reactivated the youth mental health program Flip Up after the entity 3 Salut Mental reported that an administrative processing error had prevented its continuity this academic year. The island institution has announced that the program will return to classrooms between late September and early October of the 2026-2027 academic year.

The PSOE and MÉS per Mallorca have criticized that the mental health program Flip Up. Turn your emotions around will not continue this school year due to "an error in the administrative processing" by the Council of Mallorca. The cancellation leaves more than 4,000 Vocational Training students without this resource and also puts at risk the jobs of the professionals from the entity 3 Salut Mental who develop the program.

More than 4,000 vocational training students in Mallorca will be left without the emotional well-being promotion and mental health prevention program 'Flip Up. Turn your emotions around' this school year due to "an error in the administrative processing" by the Council of Mallorca, according to the Mental Health Federation. The situation also implies the loss of jobs for the professionals from 3 Salut Mental linked to the project.

My grandmother passed away suddenly. She started to break down without warning, in fact. But dying did not take so long. How much time do we need to die? At what point can we say that we are already dead? She was diagnosed with a type of dementia that in a few months reduced her to a thousandth of what she had been. Or so we would say from the outside, those of us who did not witness her evaporation on the front lines. My cousin Cristina, on the other hand, knew how to find her in the most unexpected corners of her personality – in a wink, for example – cornered by the minimal capacity for expression that was still available to her.

The Federation of Mental Health of Mallorca has claimed this Friday the need to incorporate the mental health perspective into the existing debate on the tourist and territorial saturation that the Balearic Islands are experiencing. In this regard, the Federation warns of the dangers posed by high tourist pressure on the emotional well-being of citizens and, to a greater extent, of workers in the sector.

Guillem Febrer Fons (Manacor, 1973) for practically three decades has been the manager of Estel de Llevant, the pro-mental health entity that has already helped thousands of users and families from the Llevant region. Now that it is opening a new space in the Torre de Manacor neighborhood, we speak with him calmly.

Guillem Febrer Fons (Manacor, 1973) has been the manager of Estel de Llevant for almost three decades, the mental health pro-entity that has already helped thousands of users and families in the Llevant region. Now that it is opening a new space in the Sa Torre neighborhood of Manacor, we talk about it calmly.

It was at the end of January 2019 that the writer Neus Canyelles published her sixth book, The best vacation of my lifeAfter a hiatus of almost six years, the novel's protagonist is a writer named Neus who recounts her time in a mental health facility after attempting suicide. "She's a writer. She hasn't written anything for four years. She claims to have retired. She can't remember a good time since she was fourteen. She speaks of her life in a distracted way," says the report that the narrator reproduces in the book itself. Seven years later, in Canyelles's new book, a collection of short stories Waiting rooms Also published by Empúries, the psychiatrist's office becomes the setting for the reunion of two characters, two women who met as children and who have been scarred by the abuse one of them suffered at the hands of her schoolmates.

Primary care health centers in the Balearic Islands treated 29,938 people diagnosed with depression last year, a figure very similar to those of 2024 (30,479 patients) and 2023 (29,917 patients) – January 13th is World Depression Day. Emergency services treat more than 600 people a year for depression. In 2023, there were 507 hospital admissions due to this disorder, according to data published this Monday by the Balearic Ministry of Health. Depression is one of the leading mental illnesses and a cause of disability, affecting 300 million people worldwide. Between 8% and 15% of people will experience an episode of depression at some point in their lives, reported the EFE news agency. The latest Spanish Health Survey reflects the prevalence of severe depression in the Balearic Islands: 8.93% (approximately 112,000 people), while the national average is 8%. There are signs that help detect depression: loss of energy and fatigue, changes in hunger and sleep, social isolation, feelings of guilt and hopelessness, loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities, and thoughts of self-harm and suicide. The Balearic Islands Health Service (Salut) focuses its resources on both the treatment and management of the illness, as well as on prevention, early detection, and the promotion of emotional well-being.

The Balearic Islands Ministry of Health and the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) have signed an agreement to manage a platform that will promote healthy lifestyle habits among young people over 16 years of age and will begin operating in 2026. The initiative was presented this Wednesday and will have a budget of €300,000. Initially, the management agreement will run until 2028 and will begin as a pilot program within the university community, before being expanded to the rest of the youth population. The platform will include podcasts, informational videos, infographics, and AI-powered chats that will guide users toward the most appropriate resources based on their needs. During the press conference, the Minister of Health, Manuela García, stated that this initiative is a "commitment to innovation," with a new way of connecting with young people and "adapting to their language."

"Respect starts with yourself. If you don't have it, you don't know how to respect. You can't always be above others; everyone should be able to do what they want. No one is more than the other." This is how Manuel (56 years old) talks about what he considers important for living together. A few months ago, he shared an apartment in Inca with Luis (40 years old)—a third person who did not participate in the report lives there. Access to this home was made possible thanks to the work of the Es Garrover Foundation, one of the organizations that forms part of 3 Salut Mental—along with Estel de Llevant and the Gira-Sol Association. Mental health disorders are no impediment for these two friends, who claim they have never had an argument, even though they shared a room for a year in supervised housing before living in this apartment.

The Riera building is hosting the 2nd Exchange Conference on Theatre and Literature for Social Transformation this Thursday. The aim is to highlight the links between research, literature, and theatre to address gender-based violence, trauma, emotional health, and ageism, and to foster the creation of emotional bonds and spaces for change. The UIB has brought together researchers and experts in literature, theatre, mental health, and social action for a day of analysis and debate on the transformative potential of writing and theatre, understood as tools for building more resilient, sensitive, and committed communities for social change. The research project Remlicat (Emotional Regimes of Contemporary Catalan Literature) and the group associated with the Institute for Research and Educational Innovation (IRIE), The Shape of Dreams, are the driving forces behind this initiative.

"People think you do it because you want to, that you drink five beers in a row because you like it. Because of that, it's gotten to the point where I hardly ever go to bars or attend social gatherings where alcohol is involved." This is the testimony of Joan, a 32-year-old who began consuming alcohol uncontrollably during his university years in Madrid. According to the experts consulted, his story sums up the feeling of incomprehension that many people with addictions have, an experience very similar to that of those who live with mental health problems. "You feel empathy for someone with Alzheimer's, but not for someone addicted to heroin," says Joan.

The Velódromo bar, managed by the Gira-Sol Association for the past five years, is closing this Tuesday because the current concession expires and the Regional Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sports "has not been able to issue a new tender, nor is it possible to extend the service concession," the organization explained in a statement on Instagram. For all these reasons, the Association is forced to close the establishment where vocational training courses were offered to create job opportunities for people with mental health problems, where services and food were offered, and where more than twenty employees worked.

The testimony of a person with Alzheimer's disease involves a paradox. For it to be trustworthy, it takes two. The person telling the story and the person caring for it nuance, correct, and complete it. Magui is 65 years old. Two years ago, her primary care doctor referred her to a neurologist. "She didn't tell me why I needed these tests, and I didn't ask for it either," she explains. Her mother suffered from "very severe" Alzheimer's disease just two years before dying from a fall. And she has learned that her great-grandmothers also suffered from the disease. "Even with this history, I couldn't even imagine that I could have it," she confesses. At the hospital, the specialist simply handed her a report while continuing to type. "I read: 'Alzheimer's diagnosis' and I couldn't stop crying. When I asked if I could ask him a question, he told me he had a lot of patients. They didn't even say goodbye to us," she recounts. Together with Magui, her husband (71 years old) makes pancakes and confirms this. Xavier is an observant man; he leaves sentences open-ended, demanding ellipses. He, and his intact memory, qualifies, corrects, and completes Magui's story.