Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti

Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti and New Life for Children: joining forces to empower children, families, and education

Written by Redazione scientifica on 17/04/2026. Posted in Education, Our educational projects.

Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti is pleased to announce that the merger by incorporation process between the Association New Life for Children ETS and Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti...

JUNTOS, PODEMOS! Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti for the children of Brazil

Written by Redazione scientifica on 14/04/2026. Posted in Education, Our educational projects.

Our project JUNTOS, PODEMOS! is committed to preventing the distress of vulnerable minors in the Macaé favela, improving access to education, strengthening the educational...

The determinants of global health

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 10/04/2026. Posted in Current events and mental health, Mental health.

The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease. This concept reminds us that...

Friendship: a treasure for the brain

Written by Carmela Lillo - Redazione scientifica on 28/01/2026. Posted in Research and brain news, Research and the brain.

“Who finds a friend finds a treasure”: this ancient proverb holds a deep truth, confirmed by recent neuroscientific discoveries. Friendships not only add value to our lives but...

Education is prevention

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 28/01/2026. Posted in Education, Education news.

On October 11 and 12, the Bertinoro Days for Civil Economy were held, promoted by the AICCON Research Center as a laboratory for study and discussion on the evolution of the...

What makes adolescents resilient?

Written by Carmela Lillo - Redazione scientifica on 28/01/2026. Posted in Adolescence, I nostri progetti per gli adolescenti.

To support young people, it is important to understand what can predict their resilience, understood as the ability to emerge strengthened from adversity. A study on adolescence...

How to do square breathing?

Written by Andrea Pintimalli - Redazione scientifica on 28/01/2026. Posted in Mental health, Questions and Answers on Mental Health.

Square breathing, also known as box breathing, is a rhythmic breathing technique that offers significant benefits for stress reduction and improved concentration. Let’s discover...

Quanto è importante il sonno per il benessere

How important is sleep for well-being?

Written by Giulia Mastrocicco on 28/01/2026. Posted in Mental health, News on mental health, Questions and Answers on Mental Health.

On March 14, World Sleep Day is celebrated, an annual event that takes place close to the spring equinox (March 21). The day was promoted by the World Society Sleep and the...

Il movimento può aiutare a contrastare la depressione

Can movement help counteract depression?

Written by Andrea Pintimalli - Redazione scientifica on 28/01/2026. Posted in Mental health, News on mental health, Questions and Answers on Mental Health.

Depression is one of the most widespread mental health conditions globally. It typically appears as an emotional phenomenon characterized by strong negative beliefs. Research...

What is resilience?

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 28/01/2026. Posted in Mental health, News on mental health.

According to the American Psychological Association, resilience is the process of positive adaptation to difficult life experiences. Originally borrowed from material physics,...

Violenza quando mamma e figli sono le vittime

Violence: When Mothers and Children Are the Victims

Written by Florinda Ambrogio on 28/01/2026. Posted in Mental health, Testimonials.

Violence is violence, without distinctions. Whether physical, psychological, or both, it leaves deep marks on those who suffer it. But when children are involved, the scenario...

Epigenetics of trauma

Written by Sabrina Venditti on 28/01/2026. Posted in Research and brain news, Research and the brain.

Mental health is a fundamental and integral aspect of what we consider global health and overall well-being for each individual. Its core lies in psychological well-being, which...

The Multitasking Mom

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 28/01/2026. Posted in Research and the brain.

Multitasking describes the ability to follow multiple activities simultaneously: a characteristic that is common among mothers. It is a strategy that responds to the need for...

How to cultivate empathy and prevent empathic overload?

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 28/01/2026. Posted in Keywords of mental health, Mental health.

Empathy represents one of the most extraordinary and important human abilities: the capacity to understand and share others’ emotions, creating subtle bridges that connect...

From judgment to mindful listening

Written by Stelian Cruceanu on 28/01/2026. Posted in Adolescence, Adolescence and current events.

Adolescence and young adulthood are periods in which one feels continuously evaluated: just turning on the phone can change your mood. Research from UCLA shows that when...

Benessere sul lavoro qual è la differenza tra Di-stress ed Eu-stress

Work well-being: what is the difference between Distress and Eustress?

Written by Andrea Pintimalli - Redazione scientifica on 28/01/2026. Posted in Keywords of mental health, Mental health.

According to research by EU-OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work), 44% of workers in Europe reported an increase in work-related stress due to the Covid-19...

The danger of new behavioral addictions

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 28/01/2026. Posted in Adolescence, Adolescent emergency news.

The worrying phenomenon of addictions now goes beyond just the use of illegal drugs, involving various types of risky behaviors that feed on fragility and threaten to steal...

Adolescent Emergency: How Are Our Young People Doing?

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 11/01/2026. Posted in Adolescence, Adolescence and current events.

Worldwide, over one billion people suffer from mental disorders, particularly anxiety (affecting 4.4% of the population) and depression (4%). Psychological distress strongly...

Stress and itching: what is the connection between mind and skin?

Written by Greta Sacchi on 09/01/2026. Posted in Body and Health, News on Body and Health.

Itching is a common experience, often considered a minor discomfort or something linked exclusively to the skin. In reality, when it becomes persistent or intensifies during...

Social connection for overall health

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 06/01/2026. Posted in Mental health, News on mental health.

We live in an era characterized by increasing digitalization of work and services and by hyperconnectivity that shifts relationships and free time online. However, the most...

Physical activity, sports, and a healthy lifestyle support mental health from a very young age.

Written by Flavia Santilli on 21/12/2025. Posted in Mental health, News on mental health, Our Projects for Mental Health.

Mental health is a top priority mission for today’s fast-paced society. Taking care of one’s physical and mental well-being is often perceived as secondary compared to daily...

Even the body remembers

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 02/12/2025. Posted in Body and Health, News on Body and Health.

If our brain stores traces of life experiences, our organs and muscle cells also participate in this memory archive, preserving fragments of our history through somatic...

Voices from the Pedagogy for the Third Millennium

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 19/11/2025. Posted in Education, Our educational projects.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Patrizio Paoletti Foundation, we give voice to the recipients of its neuro-psychopedagogical research in the service of humanity, close...

Why are emotions so important?

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 10/10/2025. Posted in Current events and education, Education.

Emotions represent one of the most fascinating and complex dimensions of human experience: sophisticated information-processing systems that guide our thoughts, shape our...

Caravan of the Heart: how good is volunteering for us?

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 02/10/2025. Posted in Mental health, Testimonials.

Volunteering means committing to doing good for others. But how good is it for us as well? And how useful is it for everyone, even for the youngest? We talk about it with...

Scientific Research on Silence

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 24/09/2025. Posted in Research and brain news, Research and the brain.

Silence brings significant benefits to our overall health, for example in terms of stress reduction, improved sleep, enhanced mental clarity, boosted creativity, better...

How to learn to manage conflicts?

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 09/09/2025. Posted in Mental health, Questions and Answers on Mental Health.

Conflicts are an integral and natural part of our lives and play a fundamental role in the evolution of ideas, choices, and human history itself. From small domestic...

Seniors in Summer: Empathy Overcomes Loneliness and Isolation

Written by Carlotta Sganzerla Mantovani on 20/08/2025. Posted in Neurodegeneration, News on Neurodegeneration.

Summer, empty cities, familiar places that in the silence seem strange, memories of a lost time that sharpen the loneliness of the present. During the summer months, isolation...

What is an infodemic?

Written by Abdou Diouf on 19/08/2025. Posted in Current events and mental health, Current events on wellbeing and peace, Mental health, Well-Being and Peace.

We are increasingly getting our information from social media, where we browse for news from around the world. Young people also rely on artificial intelligence chatbots to...

Triade intelligenze, emozioni e relazioni

The triad of intelligences, emotions, and relationships

Written by Francesca Salcioli on 18/08/2025. Posted in Mental health, News on mental health.

The World Health Organization in 1948 introduced a new concept of health: no longer simply the absence of disease, but a complete state of physical, psychological, emotional,...

Friendship: a treasure for the brain

Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti and New Life for Children: joining forces to empower children, families, and education

What makes adolescents resilient?

The determinants of global health

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