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An innovative training program to help you take back control
In Marseille, the Center for Recovery Training (CoFoR)—a project unique in France—offers people with mental health conditions a program designed to help them gain self-awareness,...
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Performing quality work: a key factor in mental well-being
Addressing mental health in the workplace cannot be reduced to superficial measures aimed at preventing psychosocial risks (PSRs) or promoting well-being. Dietary advice, lifestyle...
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Youth centers play a key role in mental health [Interview]
Youth Centers (MDA) are places where young people aged 11 to 25 can receive free, anonymous, and informal support and counseling. Professionals there listen to them and offer fun or...
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Considering the living environment to support mental health
In France, 4.2 million people live in substandard housing, including 350,000 who are homeless. This social issue is compounded by a less visible mental health challenge. Indeed, decent...
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There is no mental health without social justice
Mental health is not merely a matter of disorders or individual circumstances. It is shaped, weakened, or strengthened by a wide range of social, economic, political, and cultural...
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Social connections: a key pillar of mental health
It is important to understand the risk and protective factors for mental health in order to address their environmental determinants, such as living conditions. Among these, social...
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From Psychiatry to Mental Health: 200 Years of Turbulent History
The concept of mental health is a relatively recent one, having emerged in the wake of the transformations in psychiatry over the past two hundred years, particularly with the rise of...
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Mental health: What are we talking about?
Long confined to psychiatric disorders, the concept of mental health has expanded to now include everyone’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being. This comprehensive and...
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Mental Health: Understanding the Determinants to Take Action [Introduction to the Report]
Except in cases of the most severe conditions, mental health has long been considered a private matter, contributing to family taboos and the stigmatization of people with mental health...
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Positive Mental Health: The Challenge of Measurement
As an essential aspect of health, mental health is often viewed through the lens of mental disorders. Positive mental health, for which there is still no universally accepted definition,...