- Gaslini Hospital (GE)
The project
C’è da fare… E ascoltare is an initiative aimed at providing support and listening to adolescents in situations of difficulty and emotional distress, who, socially withdrawn, have extreme difficulty leaving their home or room, and who very often have stopped attending school.
They are the so-called “Hikikomori,” an increasingly worrying phenomenon in Italy.
Requests for psychological assistance have increased by almost 100% compared to the pre-pandemic period.
The resources of the Department of Mental Health and the Gaslini Institute are not sufficient to meet the needs of this “parallel pandemic”.
60.000€
invested
in the project
13
adolescents enrolled in the project
12-18
age range of
the participants
project goal
The project goal is to provide psychological support at home to young people discharged from the Operating Unit or those who directly approach the Territorial Neuropsychiatry of the Mental Health Department, through the deployment of a mini-team of professionals, established in collaboration with the Mental Health Department of ASL 3, directed by Dr. Lucio Ghio, and the Operating Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry of the G. Gaslini Institute of Genoa, directed by Prof. Lino Nobili.
The funds collected by the Association and allocated to the project currently cover the cost of home visits by psychologists and educators, aimed at providing personalized assistance to young patients and concrete support for their personal struggles.
C’è da fare… E ascoltare provides listening support to young people, seeks to improve their emotional well-being, with the ultimate goal of facilitating their reintegration into society and the school environment, promoting greater awareness of the importance of mental health in society at large.
involved partners
involved staff
Dott. Lucio Ghio
Director Department of Mental Health and Addiction ASL 3 Genoa
Dott.ssa Sara Pignatelli
Director of Child Neuropsychiatry ASL 3 Genoa
Prof. Lino Nobili
Head of Child Neuropsychiatry at Gaslini
Dott.ssa Rita Benzi
Neuropsychiatrist – Project Coordinator
Dott.ssa Annunziata Vancheri
Social Worker – Deputy Project Coordinator
Dott.ssa Assunta Bruno
Psychologist Psychotherapist
Dott.ssa Martina Peroni
Professional Educator
Dott.ssa Chiara Castiglia
Professional Educator
Dott. Dennis Bruzzone
Professional Educator
Dott. Angelo Calvisi
Professional Educator
Dott. Marco Doga
Professional Educator
Dott. Fabio Pastorelli
Psychologist Psychotherapist
Dott. Riccardo Gallo
Psychologist Psychotherapist