News & updates
New report by CAMHI: "Dialogue Actions in Schools 2024" is out
As it did last year, the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative has just published a report detailing how the Youth Engagement Scheme (YES) activities were designed and implemented in schools during the 2023-2024 school year. The report presents the activities implemented in schools by...
What do YES teenagers think about YES?
86 teenagers who participated in the meetings and the activities of the 5 Teen Advisory Groups of the YES Youth Engagement Scheme during the school year 2023-24 were asked to give their opinions and impressions. These are some of what they told us:"I enjoyed learning that the problems I face...
First training courses for judiciaries completed
CAMHI was delighted to complete this week its first training sessions for students of the National School of the Judiciary conducted as part of the training of child and adolescent mental health professionals.The training, which took place in Athens and Thessaloniki, lasted two days in each city...
"Looking forward": the YES stocktaking meeting in Thessaloniki
A meeting full of beautiful and useful experiences took place in Thessaloniki on 15 and 16 June 2024, at the end of this school year for the YES Youth Engagement Scheme, with the participation of 30 representatives of the Adolescent Advisory Groups of the 5 cities where the program is implemented,...
"You and I together", in Soufli
A special event was organized in Thrace, in the framework of the Youth Engagement Scheme (YES) of Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative, in its second year of operation. Alongside the 5 Adolescent Advisory Groups that operated in the 5 cities where CAMHI Hub Centres exist, this action was...
The Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Department of the General Hospital "Georgios Papanikolaou" becomes CAMHI's partner
On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, an official meeting of cooperation between the Community Mental Health Centre of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Department at the General Hospital "G. Papanikolaou" and the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI).On the premises of the...
CAMHI event in Ioannina for the mental health of children in Epirus
In a packed hall with a highly successful event open to the public, CAMHI presented its work, challenges, and next steps in Ioannina, one of its five hub centres.On Saturday, January 27, 2024, at 6 pm, the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI) organized a community outreach event...
Child Mind Institute and SNF celebrate center to address global crisis in youth mental health at expert dialogue
As millions of young people across the world grapple with mental health challenges, the Child Mind Institute and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) have come together to inagurate the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind...
YES Annual Report for 2022 - 2023
Listening to children's views on issues that concern them is a necessary but demanding process. For this reason, the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative includes a specific programmatic component based on international practices and standards to engage young people. This is the...
CAMHI's pilot training in mental health has started
In line with World Mental Health Day 2023 theme, "Mental health is a universal human right," the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI) affirms the rights of children and adolescents to effective, evidence-based mental health care with the launch of pilot training programs...