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Child & Adolescent Obesity: How Can the Holidays Become an Opportunity for Care?
The holidays are a time of joy, rest, and family connection, but they often bring changes in routine, increased food consumption, and more screen time. For many children and adolescents, these changes can affect both physical health and mood, especially when social stigma, low self-esteem, or...
Opinion Article: The Power of the Group in Adolescence – Learning, Growth, Relationships
How school-based group activities enhance participation, psychosocial development, and meaningful learning in adolescents, and how the Active Schools Network of the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative supports this process?by Katerina Pronoiti*The Youth Engagement Scheme (YES) program...
CAMHI supports the collective effort to prevent childhood obesity
We participated in the conference co-organized by Newsbomb.gr and the National Action Against Childhood Obesity (Ministry of Health & UNICEF, Greece 2.0 – NextGenerationEU).Childhood obesity is one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time, significantly affecting the daily...
CAMHI Greece in Cape Town, at the annual meeting of mental health experts of the SNF Global Center for Child & Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute
We found ourselves at the heart of an international conversation on youth engagement, stigma reduction, and strengthening child and adolescent mental health worldwide.This year’s annual Experts Gathering of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health...
Mental Health Seminar: “New Perspectives in Mental Health, Stronger Together”
On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, the 1st Health Region of Attica and the Hellenic Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (E.D.Y.PS.Y.) organized an all-day Scientific Seminar on November 15, 2025, at the Chorémio Auditorium of the Children’s Hospital of Athens “AGIA SOFIA,”...
CAMHI, at a symposium on promoting mental health in early childhood education
As part of the training activities of Ms. Panagiota Vasileiou, Education Consultant for University-Educated Preschool Teachers (PE60) of the 2nd Cluster of Schools, Directorate of Primary Education of B’ Athens, an in-person training seminar took place on Monday, November 10, 2025, at the...
CAMHI, at the 14th Panhellenic Congress of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
07–09 November 2025, Conference Center of the Ancient Olive Grove (University of West Attica)The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI) participated actively in the 14th Panhellenic Congress of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry on Saturday, 8 November 2025, presenting its actions...
Workshops within the study “Cross-cultural approaches to adolescent mental health and help-seeking”
On October 22, 2025, four one-day workshops were launched at the offices of the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI), located at the “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital, as part of the qualitative study “Cross-cultural approaches to adolescent mental health and help-seeking: A...
Basic Teacher Training: 1,800 Professionals Empowered to Support Students’ Mental Health
The Basic Training Program for teachers, special education teachers, and special education support staff of the public sector continues its creative journey, now entering a new phase of implementation and development—a journey shared with teachers, school psychologists, social workers, special...
Judges at the forefront of children’s mental health: Training that is shaping practice
The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative continues training programs for students of the National School of the Judiciary, strengthening collaboration between the judiciary and mental health professionalsThe Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI) is continuing its...