MATAXA: Unraveling the Threads” – Biassono, May 23, 2024

Project Prevention and socio-health support for emerging poverty during the Covid-19 emergency, in collaboration with Le Comunità della Salute.

Article published on 07/05/2024 -

First Report on the Experimentation of an Innovative Approach to Community Psychiatry Three Years After Its Inception

May 23, 2024, from 15:00
Civic Hall, Municipality of Biassono
Via S. Martino, 9 – Biassono (MB)

The “MATAXA” project presents the event “Unraveling the Threads.”

“MATAXA” is a community psychiatry project established in 2021 through the joint initiative of:

Associazione “Le Comunità Della Salute O.D.V.” (Monza) – a voluntary association with civic, solidarity, and social utility objectives;
Consorzio Comunità Brianza Imprese Sociali (Monza) – a consortium of cooperatives and third sector organizations working in the Monza and Brianza area to ensure the well-being of the community and its most vulnerable citizens;
Società Cooperativa Sociale “Novo Millennio” (Monza) – which promotes human solidarity and “the Pedagogy of Charity” in line with the values of Caritas Ambrosiana;
Società Cooperativa Sociale “Luciano Donghi” (Lissone) – which provides physical and relational spaces for people with mental fragilities and disabilities, supported by teams of professionals;
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale della Brianza (ASST Brianza) (Monza) – part of the Regional Socio-Health System, responsible for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and care management, in collaboration with:
- the Associazione di Promozione Sociale “Giulia e Matteo” (Lissone), which aims to help those embarking on or continuing the difficult journey alongside a person affected by psychiatric illness;
- AS.V.A.P. (Associazione Volontari Aiuto Ammalati Psichici) (Monza), which offers support to people with psychiatric disorders and their families, promotes the adaptation of socio-health services to their needs, and defends their rights in the socio-health districts of Monza, Carate Brianza, Desio, and Seregno;
- the Ambito Territoriale di Carate Brianza, which brings together 13 municipalities that jointly formulate and implement the local socio-assistance services system.

“MATAXA” aims to establish a virtuous model of interaction between the public and private sectors within a “Welfare Mix” framework—a formula characterized by the co-presence of public and private actors in the planning and delivery of social services to citizens.

Specifically, the project set out to:

Support the existing psychiatric healthcare structure (the CPS – Psychosocial Centers);

Create a territorial psycho-socio-educational service;

Establish a proximity tutoring service in collaboration with various local entities and associations that have joined the initiative.

Over a two-year period, its initial goal was to follow between 60 and 70 patients through biweekly meetings.

Thanks to the support of the Guido Venosta Foundation, the “MATAXA” teams are implementing rehabilitation and accompaniment interventions for mentally fragile individuals residing in the Carate Brianza area—which, as mentioned above, includes 13 municipalities with a total population of over 153,000 (Albiate, Besana in Brianza, Biassono, Briosco, Carate Brianza, Lissone, Macherio, Renate, Sovico, Triuggio, Vedano al Lambro, Veduggio con Colzano, Verano Brianza).

Three years after its inception, the Consorzio Comunità Brianza invites you, together with all project partners, to the presentation of the first report on the experimentation of this innovative local approach. The presentation will take place on May 23 from 15:00 to 17:00 at the Civic Hall of the Municipality of Biassono.

PROGRAM:

15:00 – Institutional Greetings

Daniela Casiraghi – Social Services Assessor, Municipality of Biassono
Strategic Management, ASST Brianza
Ats Brianza Directorate
Williams Scaltriti – Coordinator, Fragility Area and PNRR Office, Carate Brianza Territory

15:25 – Presentation of the “Equity and Health” Program