IMPROVA

BOOSTING TEEN MENTAL HEALTH IN EUROPE AND BEYOND

Supported by Horizon Europe, the IMPROVA programme will test and evaluate the adoption of an eHealth platform focused on promoting mental health and early-detecting mental health issues in secondary schools across Europe. IMPROVA empowers adolescents and families to make better decisions regarding their mental health and provides schools and the community with tools to achieve a society with better mental health and lower stigma.

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IMPROVA General Assembly in Prague

On the 1st and 2nd of October, the IMPROVA consortium gathered in Prague for the project’s last General Assembly.

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Webinar: How do we make interdisciplinarity work in mental health research?

The IMPROVA project recently joined six other EU-funded mental health initiatives for the sixth webinar of the Mental Health Dialogues series, entitled "How do we make interdisciplinarity work in mental health research?" on February 24, 2026. The event brought...
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Upcoming Symposium – Mental Health and Addiction: Understanding Determinants to Improve Population Well-Being

We are delighted to invite you to a multidisciplinary symposium exploring the critical factors associated with population-level mental health and addiction risks. The event, "Mental Health and Addiction: Understanding Determinants to Improve Population Well-Being," is...
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IMPROVA Newsletter – 7th Edition

In this edition, we’ll be sharing the top news from the IMPROVA Project from the past year. 2025 was another busy year for the IMPROVA team, with our team of researchers and experts working hard to make sure that IMPROVA is a relevant, effective and sustainable intervention that can be used by secondary schools across Europe and beyond to promote adolescent mental health.

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IMPROVA Newsletter – 6th Edition

The IMPROVA consortium has been very busy over the past months, and we are delighted to share our progress with you in our 3rd project newsletter! Thanks to the hard work of our consortium, we are all set to begin our field trial phase in the coming weeks, where we’ll be trialing the IMPROVA intervention in schools in France, Germany, Romania and Spain.

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Breaking Barriers: Tackling Mental Health Stigma Through E-Inclusion

On 7 October 2025, IMPROVA took part in the Mental Health Dialogues webinar “Breaking Barriers: Tackling Mental Health Stigma Through E-Inclusion.” The session, held ahead of World Mental Health Day, brought together Horizon Europe projects working to make digital mental health tools more inclusive, accessible, and stigma-free.

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IMPROVA Newsletter – 5th Edition

The IMPROVA consortium has been very busy over the past months, and we are delighted to share our progress with you in our 3rd project newsletter! Thanks to the hard work of our consortium, we are all set to begin our field trial phase in the coming weeks, where we’ll be trialing the IMPROVA intervention in schools in France, Germany, Romania and Spain.

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IMPROVA presents at the Deutsche Psychotherapiekongress 2025 in Berlin

On 10th April, Nils Berghoff from IMPROVA presented the IMPROVA project at the 2025 German Psychotherapy Congress in Berlin, taking part in the symposium “Innovative approaches to promoting mental health in youth – prevention, early detection and support through modern technologies and participatory methods”.

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First round of IMPROVA Policy Dialogues take place in Bilbao

On 5th June, colleagues from the Trimbos Institute (leading work package 5 on policy translations, sustainability and recommendations for scale up), Deusto University, and Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu held the first round of policy dialogues at Deusto University, Spain

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IMPROVA Mid Term Event in Bilbao

On 5th June, Deusto University was delighted to host the IMPROVA Mid Term Event,
including the special event "Boosting Mental Health in Children & Adolescents: Promotion,
Prevention & Intervention", hosted in person at Deusto University and online.

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Teens, teachers, parents, experts and policymakers all working together

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A co-creation approach

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IMPROVA Presents at AERA Annual Meeting 2025

IMPROVA Presents at AERA Annual Meeting 2025

May 9, 2025

On the 27th April 2025, Rocío García-Carrión and Sarah Jack from the IMPROVA Consortium presented the paper “Co-creation for Cultivating Emotional Wellbeing in Adolescents: A Methodological Framework for School-Based Mental Health Interventions”. This paper was a collective work by the presenting authors together with consortium members Rodrigo Antunes Lima, Catrin Finkenhauer, Hester Sijtsma, Coriena de Heer, Harald Baumeister, Ann-Marie Kuechler, and Mariona Perez Anton.

Symposium on Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Fostering Global Collaboration

Symposium on Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Fostering Global Collaboration

Apr 8, 2025

On Tuesday 25th March, the Symposium on Child and Adolescent Mental Health was hosted at at the Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu in Spain (Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona), bringing together leading experts to discuss innovative approaches to promoting mental well-being among young people. The event was facilitated by Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Fundació de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Xarxa Tecsam, and SMHILE and featured insightful presentations from Dr. Josep Maria Haro and Dr. Rodrigo Lima on mental health promotion in schools, highlighting the IMPROVA and ePro-Schools projects.

IMPROVA Newsletter – 4th Edition

IMPROVA Newsletter – 4th Edition

Apr 2, 2025

The IMPROVA consortium has been very busy over the past months, and we are delighted to share our progress with you in our 3rd project newsletter! Thanks to the hard work of our consortium, we are all set to begin our field trial phase in the coming weeks, where we’ll be trialing the IMPROVA intervention in schools in France, Germany, Romania and Spain.

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