Javier lives with depression: “Mine is chronic, I have accepted it”

Javier lives with depression: “Mine is chronic, I have accepted it”

Javier (Calatayud, 1962) has experienced countless depressive episodes. He had his first one at 40 years old, and from the last one – he is now 63 years old – he has just been discharged. However, although he admits that he will live with the condition his whole life, today he is somewhat more optimistic than some time ago. The reason? The recent treatment he received at the resistant depression unit of Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu (SJD), which offers more personalized treatments.

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The early childhood educators present 19 replacement appeals against the contract extensions in the municipal schools

The early childhood educators present 19 replacement appeals against the contract extensions in the municipal schools

Seven weeks of strike. The workers of the municipal nursery schools of Madrid, on strike since last April 7, gathered again this Monday in the Plaza de la Villa to demand wage improvements and to protest against the extensions of the bidding contracts for these centers, coinciding with the meeting of the Commission on Social Policies, Family, and Equality in the Cardenal Cisneros building.

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