LiterariaMENTE: literary approaches to mental health

Past event

“LiterariaMENTE: literary approaches to mental health”.” is a programme that promotes social awareness of mental health through conversations between writers and psychiatrists. It is a crossroads of perspectives that complement each other: artistic disciplines such as literature, as a source that generates narratives and new meanings, and the health and social discipline of mental health, with its scientific and social vision.  

The aim of these meetings is to vindicate the therapeutic capacity of the arts and literature in particular, since books are a source of comfort and accompaniment throughout life and are capable of confronting our fears and questioning our existential doubts. Reflections between a writer and a professional can bring us closer to a deeper understanding of mental health problems and shed light on the current distress. 

PROGRAMME

26 September 18:00 h
Cerezales Antonino y Cinia Foundation. 
Melancholy, introspection and identity in the rural environment. Antonio Gamoneda and Jesús Morchón 

3 October 19:00 h
Leonese Institute of Culture. 
The landscape of León as a metaphor for memory and mourning. José María Merino and Juanjo Jambrina 

26 November 19:00 h 
Leonese Institute of Culture.
Interiors and exteriors. Through the windows of literature and mental health. Noemí Sabugal and Yolanda Zapico

Organised by:
Manantial Foundation

Ramón y Cajal Hospital

Collaborators:
Leonese Institute of Culture

Cerezales Antonino and Cinia Foundation