{"id":1158,"date":"2024-07-23T10:37:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:41:17","slug":"fundacion-educa-edtech-marks-world-brain-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/articulos\/fundacion-educa-edtech-memora-dia-mundial-del-cerebr\/","title":{"rendered":"The EDUCA EDTECH Foundation marks World Brain Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1158\" class=\"elementor elementor-1158\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77dacf24 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77dacf24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7569125 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7569125\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><p><\/p>\n<li><em>22 July marks the <strong>World Brain Day<\/strong>, and in <strong>EDUCA EDTECH Foundation<\/strong> We wanted to mark this very important day for raising awareness of mental health issues.<\/em><\/li>\n<p><\/p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of this <strong>World Brain Day<\/strong> It was in 2014 that the World Federation of Neurology set itself the aim of raising awareness of the importance of promoting neurological health.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A vital approach, given that <strong>more<\/strong> <strong>43% of the world\u2019s population suffers from some form of neurological disorder. <\/strong>And that\u2019s not all<strong>, more than 3.4 billion people around the world live with some form of disability as a result of a neurological condition<\/strong>&nbsp;and more than&nbsp;<strong>11 million people die every year<\/strong>&nbsp;due to any of these conditions.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Normalisation, empathy and support. The challenges of mental health<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, the <a href=\"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/generacion-edtech-is-set-to-revolutionise-education-with-its-podcast-channel-and-webinars\/\"><strong>podcast programme <\/strong><\/a>from the EDUCA EDTECH Foundation, ,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FundacionEDUCAEDTECH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EDTECH Generation<\/a><\/strong>, devoted one of its programmes to the Granada-based association <strong>SAPAME<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAPAME is an organisation formally established in 2005 by people living with some form of severe mental health condition, and is run and managed by the group itself. It has a clear objective: to foster, integrate and promote mental health from the perspective of recovery, empowerment and mutual support, <strong>Asunci\u00f3n Li\u00f1\u00e1n<\/strong>, Chair of SAPAME, and <strong>Jos\u00e9 Domingo Morales<\/strong>, one of the organisation\u2019s founding members, talk about the importance of mental health education and the stigmas that exist in society.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWhen you\u2019re diagnosed with a mental health condition, the first thing you think about is how to tell people. That\u2019s something we work on at SAPAME: accepting your condition and normalising it so that people can accept it too.\u201d<\/em> says the chairwoman.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>How can we look after our mental health?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Spain, <strong>More than 23 million people suffer from a neurological condition<\/strong>, a significantly higher percentage (18%) than the global average.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need to be aware that, according to mental health experts, almost half of all cases of dementia could be prevented by adopting habits that are good for our brains.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among these healthy habits, we could highlight:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Looking after your physical health<\/strong><\/li>\n<p><\/p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we know, physical and mental health are closely linked. That is why, <strong>take part in physical activity<\/strong> It can reduce feelings of stress or depression and improve your mood.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Getting enough sleep<\/strong>, as not sleeping properly increases irritability and, in the long term, raises the risk of developing depression.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, the <strong>food<\/strong> is vital for our physical well-being. A <strong>good nutrition<\/strong> It can improve your mood and reduce anxiety and stress.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Developing problem-solving skills<\/strong><\/li>\n<p><\/p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are methods for dealing with stressful situations, which help us to tackle problems, take and develop action, be flexible and not give up easily when trying to solve problems.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Meditation and relaxation techniques<\/strong><\/li>\n<p><\/p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are practices that involve focusing one\u2019s attention and inducing a natural relaxation response in the body.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To do this, you need a quiet place, to adopt a specific and comfortable posture, to practise your breathing and to keep an open mind.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also important to recognise when you need help and to seek therapy to improve your mental health.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cIn our workshops, the professionals talk a lot about nutrition, eating healthily, doing sport and attending workshops, because these activities really help to develop social skills and boost self-esteem. We pick up basic tools for everyday life; they release endorphins and help relieve stress.\u201d<\/em> says Jos\u00e9 Francisco about the SAPAME workshops.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El origen de este D\u00eda Mundial del Cerebro est\u00e1 en el a\u00f1o 2014, cuando la Federaci\u00f3n Mundial de Neurolog\u00eda plante\u00f3 el objetivo de concienciar sobre la importancia de fomentar la salud neurol\u00f3gica. Un planteamiento vital, puesto que m\u00e1s del 43% de la poblaci\u00f3n mundial padece alg\u00fan tipo de enfermedad neurol\u00f3gica. Y no s\u00f3lo eso, m\u00e1s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articulos"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8905,"href":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/8905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educaedtech.foundation\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}