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CienciaPR launches mental health videos in sign language

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San Juan, PR — The deaf community is one of the most vulnerable and invisibilized communities in Puerto Rico, and its challenges have become even more acute during the pandemic due to lack of services, barriers to communication and access to information, among others. For that reason, and as part of Mental Health Awareness Month (October), the nonprofit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) launched a series of videos on mental health issues in sign language.

Aquí Nos Cuidamos launches a new mental health campaign

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San Juan, PR – The precarious mental health situation in Puerto Rico has been worsened by the disasters and emergencies of the past four years, including Hurricanes Irma and Maria, earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic. Given this reality, the nonprofit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) launched the public service campaign 'Salud mental es plenitud' (Mental health is plenitude or wholeness), as part of the educational toolkit Aquí Nos Cuidamos. 

Silence is fatal

Submitted on 22 August 2014 - 12:54pm

This article is reproduced by CienciaPR with permission from the original source.

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El Nuevo Día

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Dr. Leopoldo Cabassa, mental health expert at the Columbia University School of Social Work, shares his insights on depression and suicide, based on his work and personal experiences. 

 

The original version of this article is in Spanish. You can read it by clicking on ESPAÑOL at the top right of your screen.

 

 

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