{"id":987499467,"date":"2025-10-16T15:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.say-u.com\/?p=987499467"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:57:09","slug":"p-porto-4best-project-strengthens-commitment-to-mental-health-and-academic-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/p-porto-projeto-4best-reforca-aposta-na-saude-mental-e-bem-estar-academico\/","title":{"rendered":"P.PORTO: 4BEST project strengthens commitment to mental health and academic well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-987499469\" src=\"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4BEST-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4BEST-1024x536.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4BEST-980x513.jpg 980w, https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4BEST-480x251.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1120px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h1><strong>P.PORTO maintains commitment to Mental Health with 4BEST project<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>An investment of more than 470,000 euros promotes the well-being of more than 21,000 students<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Social Action Services of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.ipp.pt\/\">Porto Polytechnic<\/a> (SAS do P.PORTO), the largest polytechnic higher education institution in the country, are marking World Mental Health Day today with the \u20184BEST - To Better Be, Be and Feel\u2019 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4BEST is an innovative program to promote mental health and academic well-being, co-financed by the National Program for the Promotion of Mental Health in Higher Education, with an investment of over 470 thousand euros.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The program involves more than 21,000 students in prevention, awareness-raising and emotional support actions, promoting a culture of balance, self-care and sustained academic success over 27 months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cWe want our students to have all the conditions to grow with balance. Mental health is not a luxury: it is an essential basis for learning, inclusion and active participation in the academic community.\u201d,<\/em><\/strong> says the Administrator of the Social Action Services of the Polytechnic of Porto.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cWith 4BEST, we have created concrete, close and effective responses to take care of those who learn with us.\u201d, <\/em><\/strong>adds Raquel Lima.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4BEST responds to a widely documented reality: the worsening of mental health indicators among higher education students, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic. Anxiety, depression, isolation and difficulty adapting to the academic environment are some of the most common challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Program for the Promotion of Mental Health in Higher Education, developed by the Ministries of Health and Science, Technology and Higher Education, aims to respond to these challenges with effective and structured measures. P.PORTO was one of the institutions selected to develop integrated projects with an impact on the student community, which are coordinated by the Social Action Services.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 848px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-987499467-1\" width=\"848\" height=\"480\" poster=\"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4BEST.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4BEST_low-quality.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4BEST_low-quality.mp4\">https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4BEST_low-quality.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P.PORTO mant\u00e9m empenho na Sa\u00fade Mental com projeto 4BEST &nbsp; Investimento superior a 470 mil euros promove o bem-estar de mais de 21 mil estudantes &nbsp; Os Servi\u00e7os de A\u00e7\u00e3o Social do Polit\u00e9cnico do Porto (SAS do P.PORTO), a maior institui\u00e7\u00e3o de ensino superior polit\u00e9cnico do pa\u00eds, assinalam hoje o Dia Mundial da Sa\u00fade Mental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":987499469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987499467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-o-que-comunicamos"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987499467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987499467"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987499467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987499482,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987499467\/revisions\/987499482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987499469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987499467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987499467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987499467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}