THEnext October 10th it will be there World Mental Health Day, an anniversary that is increasingly important, given the continued spread of mental distress among younger people. To theme all these topics, it was organized a benefit concert – Dave for young – the next September 30th to the Dal Verme Theater in Milan. Also among the guests on stage Bnkr44, Laila Al Habash And Disco Club Paradiso.
The concert to talk about mental health
It is important to talk about mental and psychological distress. And to do that, Aiutiamoli Odv Association and Aiutiamoli Onlus Foundation – with the special creative support of IED, the European Institute of Design and in network with the Municipality of Milan – they decided to also rely on some young names in music loved by the new generations. Thus, on September 30th at 8.30 pm the musical event for charity will be staged at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan Dave for young.
The concert – sponsored by the Metropolitan City of Milan, the Municipality of Milan and ASST Santi Carlo e Paolo – will be conducted by Vanessa Gray and Alessandro Sansone. And he will see the collective of Bnkr44, Laila Al Habash hey Disco Club Paradiso. According to what was communicated, all proceeds from ticket sales will be dedicated to raising funds for new local activities «divided into psychological support for young people, parental support and the financing of some scholarships in artistic courses». The fundraising will remain open for a year, thanks to a crowdfunding platform. It will be launched the same evening as the event.
The singer and musician Laila Al Habash at the Giffoni Film Festival, on 23 July 2023. Credit: Rocco Spaziani/Archivio Spaziani/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images
«There is no health without mental health»
Presenting this event, the President of the Aiutiamoli Odv Association, Cristina Ardigò, explained. «There is no health without mental health and we cannot give up in the face of the great malaise that young people experience before our eyes. We must act, with a listening made of patience, care, attention, which can also be conveyed through the universal language of music.”
It’s still. «Let’s help them, Association and Foundation, they work every day to ensure that there is more attention towards mental distress, so that the broken young lives of boys like Dave, Jacopo, Roberto, Luca and many others do not only increase the “case history” of suicides among young people, but become everyone’s responsibilityso that it never has to happen again. Together we can spread a culture of welcome, inclusion and listening towards those who live alone and stigmatised, with mental illness, so that they are not ashamed of asking for help.”
Dave’s story and the terrible data on suicide
The event is entitled Dave for young. Davide (Dave to his friends) was a music-loving boy who fell into the dramatic tunnel of addiction. «He is unable to ask for help and makes an extreme, tragic gesture». By will of his father, we wanted to create this event, Dave for young. Dave thus becomes an acronym for Discomfort, Listening, Life, Balance. «To establish the pillars of what is the desirable path in dealing with youth difficulties».
The “case history” of suicides among younger people already mentioned is terrible. In 2015, a WHO report identified suicide and self-harm as the third leading cause of mortality among adolescents in the world.preceded only by road accidents and respiratory tract infections. Some updated data, just released by the Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome, speak of 387 cases of emergency access to the emergency room for attempted suicide and suicidal ideation among young people in the last year. (15 years is the average age, 90% girls). Hospitalizations in the protected Neuropsychiatry department, where the most complex cases are managed, were 544 (+10%).
Finally, at the beginning of the year UNICEF announced that in Western Europe suicide is the second cause of death among very young people, with 4 cases per 100,000. Between the ages of 10 and 19, more than 1 in 7 children live with a diagnosed mental disorder. In 40% of cases it corresponds to anxiety and depression.
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