News & updates

March 28, 2025
CAMHI’s New Program: Training Pediatricians and Healthcare Professionals in Detecting Mental Health Issues

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI) envisions expanding access to mental health care and providing, free of charge, scientifically validated training and care tools to professionals working with children and adolescents. This initiative aims to strengthen professional skills...

March 4, 2025
Second CAMHI conference on the mental health of children and adolescents concludes successfully

The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI) successfully organized its second full-day conference at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) as part of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s (SNF) Global Health Initiative (GHI) and in collaboration with the Child Mind...

Jan. 16, 2025
2nd full-day Conference of CAMHI

Two years after the full-scale launch of CAMHI, the 2nd Conference of the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI) which will occur on the 27th of February, 09:00, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), will bring together experts, educators, caregivers, youth,...

Jan. 14, 2025
Request for Proposal (RFP)

Mental Health National Surveys of Children and Youth in Greece, Brazil, South Africa and MozambiqueSubmission Deadline: February 21, 2025The Child Mind Institute (CMI) is an independent non-profit committed to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and...

Jan. 13, 2025
New publication: Useful material from YES for use in schools

Following a request from teachers who have collaborated with the YES Youth Engagement Scheme and participated in training programs of the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative for the publication of usable material from YES, we are publishing today the manual "Dialogue Activities for...

Jan. 10, 2025
CAMHI's Athens hub inaugurated at Agia Sofia Children’s Hospital

Mental health challenges are widespread among children and adolescents in Greece, according to a recent report by the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI), with 39% of parents who participated in the survey reporting that their child exhibits relevant symptoms. At this critical...

Dec. 12, 2024
CAMHI trains judiciaries on child protection

CAMHI participated in a Training Seminar for Judicial Officers on "Transnational and national programs and action plans for promoting child-friendly justice - Organisation of courts for implementing these programs ".In the seminars, held on Tuesday, 12 November, and Monday, 9 December,...

Nov. 30, 2024
CAMHI's successful event in Crete

In a packed hall of the Cultural Conference Centre of Heraklion, with a diverse and expressive audience, the big event of the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative in Crete took place on Saturday, 30 November 2024, during which 7 of our members presented the work carried out locally by...

Nov. 18, 2024
Two years YES, with a special edition!

With a special publication summarizing and recapping the two years of the Youth Engagement Scheme (YES) we have formally completed the program's second year of implementation. In this, we present the methodology, typical activities, pictures, and views expressed by adolescents - members of YES...

Nov. 13, 2024
Our cooperation with the National School of the Judiciary (ESDI) continues

After the completion of the first two-day training sessions that we developed last June in Athens and Thessaloniki, in the framework of the internship of the students of the National School of the Judiciary (ESDI), the "ESDI team" of CAMHI is now updating the training material to be even...