What makes adolescents resilient?
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 conducted by the psycho-pedagogical team of the Patrizio Paoletti Foundation sheds light on the predictors of resilience…
Epigenetics of trauma
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 can be severely undermined by exposure to trauma, impacting global health even through epigenetic mechanisms.
Adolescent Emergency: How Are Our Young People Doing?
Worldwide, over one billion people suffer from mental disorders, particularly anxiety (affecting 4.4% of the population) and depression (4%). Psychological distress strongly affects young people: 1 in 7 adolescents suffers from it. More than 740,000 people lose their lives each year due to suicide…
How to learn to manage conflicts?
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 disagreements to workplace disputes, it is essential to learn to manage them constructively, transforming stress into opportunities f…
Hikikomori: Overcoming Social Withdrawal and Rediscovering Yourself
The phenomenon of hikikomori, increasingly widespread even in Italy, represents a silent condition affecting many young people. They choose to isolate themselves from the world, retreating to their rooms and cutting off all contact with the outside world. What are the underlying causes of this soc…
