Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in a text published this Thursday in public newspaper, considers that the year was “very strange”, as it was a “transition”. Advocating that mental health cease to be the “poor brother” of health in Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa considers that this is one of the challenges that will need to be addressed in the year 2022.

Marcelo begins to remember how Donald Trump’s supporters still condition the administration, and also that China’s economic recovery has been slower than expected.

The President of the Republic still bears witness to the economic and social consequences of the pandemic, especially in South Africa and India. As for Europe, successive waves have turned 2021 into a year of pandemic and economic and social crisis.

First dose, second dose, third dose: an adventure that shouldn’t stop here, called the President of the Republic. But, of all the transitions, the social and health ones are the ones that most concern Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

The President of the Republic asks that in 2022 not lose sight of the most fragile, such as the elderly, informal caregivers, homeless people, but also those who have lost their jobs.

In the health field, the head of State recalls that the full effects of the pandemic on people’s mental health are not yet known: on the youngest, in families, in communities, clubs, associations, what impact will it have had? “What did that decompensate people”, wrote in this article Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.