05 June 2025
Bilbao Campus
The University of Deusto will host the international event “Promoting Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: Promotion, Prevention, and Intervention,” taking place on 5 June from 09:00 to 11:00 in the Barandiarán Room on the Bilbao campus. The event is part of the European Horizon Europe IMPROVA project, involving a research team co-led by Rocío García Carrión, focused on designing and validating a digital intervention to promote mental health among minors in European schools.
The event will be attended by Professor Pim Cuijpers, one of the world's leading experts in prevention and psychological interventions in youth mental health, who will give a keynote lecture entitled "Prevention and Treatment of Depression in Children and Adolescents". Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. With over 1,300 scientific publications, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and was recently awarded the 2024 APA award for distinguished professional contributions to applied research.
During the event, the IMPROVA programme will also be presented, an innovative digital intervention co-designed with the educational community, which combines face-to-face classroom modules and online content to strengthen emotional well-being in children and adolescents aged 12 to 18. This initiative has already been implemented with more than 7,000 students in Spain, France, Germany and Romania.
The meeting will be led by Rodrigo Antunes Lima, scientific coordinator of the IMPROVA project and researcher at Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu (CIBERSAM), as well as principal investigator of the European ePro-Schools project, aimed at promoting youth health and well-being through science-based digital interventions.
The event, which will be held in English, is aimed at the scientific community, both local and international, and can also be followed online. Attendance is free of charge, but registration is required.
On-site registration: Form here
Online registration: Form here
