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YES Programme: Experiential Seminars for Secondary Education Teachers
The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI), marking the completion of the Youth Engagement Scheme (YES), implemented from 2022 to 2026 with the relevant approvals of the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, is organizing, in October 2026, Experiential Seminars for...
Screens, phones and adolescence: 8 new evidence-based guides for parents from CAMHI
The phone on the table at night. The worry when a child stays up late, screen still lit. The awkwardness in front of a new AI app you don't quite understand. The question that keeps coming back, again and again: how do we find the right balance?The digital life of children and adolescents is...
Voices and Creations of YES Adolescents
Through audio and visual documentation, members of the Youth Advisory Groups of the Youth Engagement Scheme (YES) share, in their own words, what matters to them.The YES Programme is coming to a close, leaving behind a legacy of creative work that can inspire educators and other professionals....
The YES Network of Active Schools: A Year of Action for Adolescent Mental Wellbeing
The Network of Active Schools for Adolescent Mental Wellbeing was a core pillar of CAMHI's YES Youth Engagement Scheme, established after the first three years of the Adolescent Advisory Groups and the rollout of dialogue-based activities in schools across Greece.Specifically, during the...
Teens give us advice on social media use: 5 podcasts from the YES groups
As "communication" was this year's central theme for CAMHI's Youth Engagement Scheme (YES), what could be more fitting than for the young people to experiment with a modern communication channel, the podcast? With the support of their coordinators, members of the Adolescent...
Mental health and justice: for the third year running, CAMHI trains tomorrow's judges
The training sessions for students of the National School of the Judiciary took place in Athens and Thessaloniki.Τhe Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI) held, for the third consecutive year, two-day training sessions for students of the National School of the Judiciary (ESDi):...
Growing Up Digital: Bringing Evidence, Youth Voices, and Policy Together in Greece
What does it mean to grow up online?Digital technologies are now an integral part of adolescents' everyday lives. Smartphones, social media, video games, and messaging apps increasingly shape how young people communicate, maintain friendships, stay informed, and engage with the world around...
A youth group discusses the principles of child-friendly justice
In Thessaloniki, a small group of adolescents meets regularly. Through role-play, recordings, and discussions in plenary and small groups, their views and attitudes are transformed into knowledge that can shape how the country's future judicial professionals are trained. The group bears the...
No Parent Alone: CAMHI participates in the WHO Event again this year
On Saturday, June 6, the World Health Organization (WHO), through its Office for Quality of Care and Patient Safety in Athens, held Growing Healthier Together for the second consecutive year — this time at the Kifissia Grove. The open-to-all event, dedicated to the mental health of children and...
Tropaia, Gortynia: A Journey to the Heart of Mainalon for Children's Mental Health
In the heart of mountainous Gortynia, built amphitheatrically on the slopes of Mount Mainalon, Tropaia is a place of deep historical memory and a living, breathing community. As part of its partnership with the Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) of "Regeneration & Progress," the Child &...