Supporting Vulnerability: Mental Health and Relationships in Adolescence

Caring today to construct tomorrow

The Institute for Advanced Family Studies at UIC Barcelona is hosting this conference to explore the current challenges in adolescent mental health from an interdisciplinary perspective, offering tools for educators and families. 

The aim of this conference is to promote prevention and strengthen self-esteem, personal identity and emotional bonds in contexts of emotional vulnerability, from a rigorous, clinical, humanistic and educational perspective.
 

PROGRAMME

09.30 – 09.45 | Opening and words of welcome

10.00 – 11.00 | SESSION 1: Understanding the Adolescent World
Dr Carlos Chiclana Actis – Psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Director of the Dr Chiclana Clinic

11.00 – 12.00 | SESSION 2: What Happens at Home Enters the Classroom
Montse Giner Lladós – Clinical psychologist and systemic family therapist
Marta Auba – Author and communicator
Lucía Ladrón de Guevara – Psychologist. Holder of a Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family
Session coordinator:
Olga Lozano Núñez – School psychologist. Coordinator of the Support Clinic at UIC Barcelona
 

12.30 – 13.30 | SESSION 3: Caring for Teachers, Caring for Schools
Lluís Seguí – Philosophy teacher and educational director
Paloma de Cendra de Larragán – Psychologist and individual, couples and family therapist
Óscar Cervera Claudio – Educational psychologist. Director of the Kairós educational psychology centre
Session coordinator:
Ana Zamorano – Psychologist

15.00 – 16.15 | SESSION 4: Self-Harm and Suicide Risk
Enric Armengou Orús – Psychiatrist. Specialist in child and adolescent mental health
Montserrat Pàmias Massana – Child and adolescent psychiatrist
Joaquim Puntí Vidal – Clinical psychologist and educational psychologist


16.15 – 16.45 | SESSION 5: Bullying
Mercedes Haydon – Specialist in school bullying prevention


17.00 – 18.00 | SESSION 6: Behavioural Addictions
Javier Feliz Álvarez – General health psychologist. Director of Operations at Desconecta
Núria Aragay Vicente – Clinical psychologist. Specialist in addictions
Pep Matalí Costa – Clinical psychologist. Section head at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu


18.00 – 18.15 | Closing address
Esther Jiménez López – Vice-rector for Students and Sustainability, UIC Barcelona