Mental Health Access Network
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Funds psychological support, group programs and family sessions for people with mental illness, in a country where public psychological care is thin and waits for therapy can last months.
Why this matters in Portugal
Portugal's national health service provides psychiatric care, but psychological therapy has long been its thinnest layer. Public psychologists are spread across health centers and hospitals in small numbers, so a family doctor who refers a patient with depression or an anxiety disorder often has little to offer beyond a place on a list. For someone who cannot afford private sessions, months can pass with medication alone, or with nothing.
The wait falls hardest on people with modest incomes: young adults in precarious work, single parents, older people living alone on small pensions. Untreated, a manageable episode can stretch into sick leave, job loss or a crisis that ends in an emergency department. Affordable support from a community organization lets treatment start while symptoms are still recent, and keeps people connected to work, study and family while public care catches up.
What your gift pays for
- Individual psychological support sessions with the association's multidisciplinary team at its care centers
- Group programs on social skills, self-esteem and managing anxiety for people in recovery
- Single-family and multifamily sessions for relatives supporting someone through mental illness
- Help returning to study or work after a period of illness
Organization
ENCONTRAR+SE (Associação para a Promoção da Saúde Mental) · Portugal
Founded 2006 · Headquarters: Porto
Porto-based association promoting mental health and supporting people with mental illness.
How they work: ENCONTRAR+SE runs integrated care centers where a multidisciplinary team combines psychological support, social assessment and follow-up, cognitive stimulation, daily-living skills training and help returning to study or work. Group programs cover social skills, self-esteem and anxiety management. The association also works with relatives through single-family and multifamily sessions, treating the family as part of a person's recovery rather than as bystanders.
Track record: ENCONTRAR+SE runs integrated mental health care centres and socio-occupational units in Lisbon and Porto, alongside programmes for children, youth and workplaces.
✓ Verified by our team on 19 May 2023
Giving in Portugal
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