During the discussion ‘Mental health without silence: a dialogue by everyone and for everyone’, held today at the Catholic University of Braga, the invited experts pointed to silence, social stigma and illiteracy as the main obstacles to mental health. The debate, moderated by Sara Barbosa of the Hospitaller Sisters of Braga, was attended by Marília Oliveira, social worker at the Hospitaller Sisters, Rui Ferreira, from the same institution in Braga, Marina Ribeiro, clinical and community psychologist at the Red Cross in Braga, and Mariana Mangas, psychiatrist at the Hospitaller Sisters of Braga.

They pointed out causes and gave tips on how to overcome problems.

The event concluded the III Mental Health Week of the Hospitaller Sisters of Braga, as part of World Mental Health Day.