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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Coming soon: CAMHI's big event in Heraklion
On Saturday 30 November, at 18:00, The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative is holding an event to introduce its work in Crete. The event, entitled "Child & Adolescent Mental Health Initiative in Crete: Steps Taken, the Challenges and the Way Forward" will take place at the...
A successful event in Thessaloniki for CAMHI
On World Mental Health Day on October 10, and in a packed hall, CAMHI presented its work for the first time in Thessaloniki, with an event open to the public on Saturday, October 19, in the Manolis Anagnostakis Hall of the Municipal Hall.The event, entitled "Child & Adolescent Mental...
10 October: World Mental Health Day
Every year as every year, October 10 - World Mental Health Day - is here to raise awareness in our societies of the mental health issues that plague people around the world, and to mobilise efforts to support mental health.WMHD provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health...