7/10/2025
Emotional problems, such as depression and anxiety, are the most common mental health disorders among young people and are a concern and challenge for families, end users, educators, health professionals and young people themselves. In this context and in light of this reality, the PROMOBIENESTAR University Chair for the Promotion of Health and Emotional Well-being in Adolescents and Young People was created thanks to the collaboration between the University of Jaén and the Provincial Council of Jaén. The PROMOBIENESTAR Chair includes training for these professionals and interest groups. To this end, the following training workshops have been held to enable youth, education, health and social services personnel and end users to acquire or improve their skills in the health and emotional well-being of young people in their respective fields of action, as well as to carry out training activities to reduce the stigma of emotional difficulties and suicide.
The workshops addressed topics such as suicidal behaviour and self-harm in adolescents and young people, taught by Dr Victoria Soto (UMH), emotional regulation techniques for young people and adolescents and tools for working on psychological flexibility and emotional skills in parenting by Dr. Inmaculada Gómez (UAL), and triage tools, manuals and practical PROADEMO resources for addressing the emotional difficulties of young people and adolescents by Dr. Luis Joaquín García (UJA).
These workshops have received an excellent response, with more than 90 people registered, with an interdisciplinary profile covering more than 6 degrees and an international profile, as it has foreign and cross-sector participants, with profiles such as work in Youth and Education Councils, Referent Nursing in Educational Centres, Secondary and Higher Education Teachers, Youth Technicians and Students, and with geographical representation from Almería, Jaén, Córdoba, Seville, Granada, Málaga, Alicante, Badajoz, Barcelona and Madrid.
