{"id":44704,"date":"2025-10-29T09:48:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/?p=44704"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:53:28","slug":"education-prevention-and-well-being-sagrado-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/education-prevention-and-well-being-sagrado-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Education, Prevention, and Well-Being: Sagrado Reaffirms Its Commitment to Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The seventh Mental Health Symposium integrated lectures, workshops, and activities focused on violence prevention.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By: Integrated Communications<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, the University of the Sacred Heart celebrated the seventh edition of its Mental Health Symposium<\/em>, a space dedicated to prevention, education, and collective well-being. Under the theme \u201cMental Health and Violence: From Vulnerability to Prevention,\u201d<\/em> the event brought together specialists, students, and the general public to reflect on emotional health as a tool for building more just and resilient communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This initiative began in the 2018\u20132019 academic year, when Professor Lourdes Ramos, from the Nursing program, proposed creating a university space to talk openly about mental health, break stigmas, and promote a culture of well-being. What started as an individual idea has evolved into an institutional program now celebrating seven years of continuous work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a university community, it is our duty to lead these efforts from a multidisciplinary perspective grounded in scientific evidence, as defined by our academic project. In this seventh edition of the Mental Health Symposium, we focused our dialogue on violence prevention as a key path to achieving greater social well-being,\u201d said Dr. Bianca Vald\u00e9s Fern\u00e1ndez, Dean of the School of Health and Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Karen Mart\u00ednez Gonz\u00e1lez, Director of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Puerto Rico\u2019s Medical Sciences Campus, delivered the keynote address \u201cCritical Reflections on Violence and Mental Health.\u201d<\/em> In her presentation, she discussed how factors such as trauma, social inequality, and exclusion impact emotional health, while sharing prevention strategies centered on community care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Professor Carlos A. Mu\u00f1iz leading the activity \u201cSowing and Healing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the afternoon, Sagrado\u2019s campus transformed into a space for connection and well-being, offering a variety of activities designed to promote mind-body awareness and violence prevention. Highlights included a guided meditation session with Professor Awilda Rodr\u00edguez Lora on the Barat Sur steps, and the workshop \u201cArt for Mental Health and Violence Prevention,\u201d<\/em> led by Professor Mait\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez. Meanwhile, at the Community Garden, Professor Carlos A. Mu\u00f1iz led \u201cSowing and Healing,\u201d<\/em> an experience that approached mental health from an eco-pacifist perspective. The day concluded with a sensory activity organized by the Office of Integral Well-Being and Quality of Life, inviting participants to reconnect with their emotions through mindfulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sensory activity coordinated by the Office of Integral Well-Being and Quality of Life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond an academic event, the symposium reaffirmed Sagrado\u2019s commitment to emotional health as a human right and to the creation of spaces where prevention, dialogue, and mutual care are essential components of university life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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