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Councilwoman oenegés the City of Lorca has been present in one of the three information tables ASOFEM placed in different parts of the city (Loch Street, Alameda of Columns and Weekly Market) in order to sensitize the lorquina population about of this disease

Councilwoman oenegés the City of Lorca, Fátima Mínguez, he has participated this morning on the day of public awareness organized by the Association of Mentally Ill of Lorca (ASOFEM) to commemorate the October 10 World Day Mental Health.

The mayor has been present in one of the three information tables that ASOFEM placed in different parts of the city street Corredera, Alameda of Columns and Weekly Market in order to sensitize the population lorquina about this disease.

Fátima Mínguez wanted to highlight the work done ASOFEM, which will organize on Friday 18 November a charity dinner at the Hotel Jardines de Lorca, to be attended by the matador Pepin Liria, godfather of ASOFEM 2016, Lorca writer Fran J. Marber godfather in 2015, and the Tracks group, which will offer a spectacular performance for all present.

In addition, on Monday 10 October Mental Health Association Lorca attend the conference "Mental Health Fair" which will be held in the Plaza Santo Domingo de Murcia and will feature the participation of all member associations.

During the ceremony various workshops and own activities of each entity in order to standardize and provide a positive and realistic view of life of these people made.

Councilwoman oenegés said that "the aim of this information table is to sensitize society on the idea that mental health affects all people equally and without losing sight of the diversity that characterizes us, there are many more similarities between people, that differences: all people want to develop a life plan, have goals, sorrows, joys and all aspire to contribute something to society. "

Mínguez also added that "this year, grouped in Mental Health Spain movement, which brings together nearly three hundred associations of people with problems of family mental health and has chosen through popular vote, the slogan 'I'm like you though still do not know '. with it appeals to empathy of society with mental health problems is made, emphasizing the importance of knowing how to take the place of others to know them better. And in Spain, according official data, between 2.5 and 3% of the adult population has a severe mental disorder, 9% have some form of mental disorder (chronic or mild) and 19.5% have him throughout his life ".

Finally, note that ASOFEM is an Association of Families and Persons with Mental Illness Lorca and Shire founded in 1997 and has a day center of the region.

It is an Association of Self-Help created to defend the rights of people with mental illness and their families, this being a channel for the participation of these relatives, in order to improve the living conditions of the affected and his family .

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca