What keeps children and adolescents mentally healthy?

Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr. MHBA Paul Plener is a specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy. He heads the University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at AKH Vienna and will speak this evening about the mental health of children and adolescents.

Since the pandemic, many countries around the world have reported an increase in mental health issues among children and adolescents, which has shown little decline even after its end. Current stressors identified in various youth studies from several countries include topics such as climate change, war, terrorism, and social inequality. In light of these multiple challenges, the question arises of how to improve or maintain mental health. The lecture will address findings from resilience research and attempt to connect basic mechanisms of stress regulation to evidence-based mindset interventions.