“The vaccine is called education, awareness and understanding”

The suicide of a spanish actress as iconic as Veronica Forqué has put back on the table the importance of mental health. Without falling into the frivolity or clumsiness of speculating on his motives, the truth is that the news has been a shock for many.

Her case has been the last and most media, but before her, other celebrities such as the Olympic athlete Simone Biles -that gave up competing In some tests- or several influencers have made their vulnerability visible and have confessed that they were going to therapy.

Education, awareness and understanding

Taboos must be broken and stigmas removed. Stop disparaging someone with mental illness. It is very curious that we know how to identify a cold and differentiate it from a flu or an allergy, but most of us are quite ignorant about mental illness.

We need training to identify what psychological health is and know how to ask for professional support. Behind the coronavirus pandemic is also this other … and the vaccine, to a large extent, is called education, awareness and understanding.

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