{"id":344715,"date":"2025-01-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/mental-health-frances-national-cause-for-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:00:00","slug":"mental-health-frances-national-cause-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/mental-health-frances-national-cause-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health: France&#8217;s National Cause for 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1977, a <strong>&#8220;Grande Cause nationale&#8221;<\/strong> (&#8220;National Cause&#8221;) has been awarded each year, through a public call for applications, to a non-profit organisation or a group of associations. While 2024 was dedicated to promoting physical activity and sport, 2025 will focus on <strong>mental health. A subject that particularly affects DYS children and those around them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Mental health at the heart of 2025&#8217;s concerns<\/h2>\n<p>On 11 October 2024, Michel Barnier, then Prime Minister of France, named mental health as the next National Cause, since this <strong>issue affects almost 1 in 5 French people<\/strong>. Thanks to this label, public campaigns can be organised and targeted messages broadcast on television and radio throughout 2025.<\/p>\n<p>That same day, the Minister for Health and Access to Care, Genevi\u00e8ve Darrieussecq, presented the <strong>4 priority objectives<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reducing stigma<\/strong>, aimed at changing how French people view psychological and mental disorders;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developing prevention and early screening<\/strong>, through better awareness and training across all areas of society;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improving access to care across the country<\/strong> (tiered care pathways, development of new professions)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supporting those affected,<\/strong> in every aspect of daily life (training, employment, housing, leisure, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mental health at the heart of concerns around DYS disorders<\/h2>\n<p>While the symptoms of learning disorders (dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysphasia, dyspraxia and dysorthographia) appear in childhood, <strong>they persist into adulthood and throughout life<\/strong>. The earlier the <a href=\"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/comment-ameliorer-diagnostic-des-troubles-dys-en-france\/\">diagnosis is made<\/a>, the better the child learns to compensate for their difficulties and live well with them.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the nature of the symptom, at least <strong>one cognitive function is affected<\/strong>: this may be language, motor coordination, attention, memory, visuo-spatial functions, sensory processing, or executive functions.<\/p>\n<p>Note that beyond the possible combination of <strong>several DYS disorders<\/strong>, a child may also experience the effects of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (<strong>ADHD<\/strong>) or of <strong>autism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In all cases, these disorders have <strong>an impact on how the child interacts with others<\/strong>, on their <strong>independence<\/strong> and on their <strong>level of fatigue<\/strong> \u2014 which inevitably leads to a lack of self-esteem.<\/p>\n<p>Often <strong>stigmatised<\/strong>, DYS children are <strong>mocked<\/strong> because of their disability, and are looked down on and subjected to <strong>discrimination<\/strong> during their studies, employment or leisure activities.<\/p>\n<h2>Professional support for DYS children<\/h2>\n<p>The involvement of healthcare professionals in supporting DYS children can have <strong>a positive effect on their mental health<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/online-speech-therapy\/\">speech and language therapists<\/a> work on the symptoms of the DYS disorder, while psychologists work on its consequences (lack of self-esteem).<\/p>\n<p>Note that while specialists often work with children, some can also see adults. Do not hesitate to contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/distance-psychology\/\">professionals on the Ora-Visio platform<\/a> and, if needed, book an appointment, to <strong>take effective action for your mental health<\/strong> or that of your child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1977, a &#8220;Grande Cause nationale&#8221; (&#8220;National Cause&#8221;) has been  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":344716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-344715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}