To mark World Mental Health Day 2026, Martin, a 37-year-old scientist and MENTINA study participant, shares his personal journey with depression, recovery and research participation – in his own words.
This post brings together thirteen recent media features from Spanish and Catalan outlets covering the launch of MENTINA, the mobile app developed as part of the MENTBEST project for the prevention and self-management of depression. Each entry includes a short summary and a direct link to the original piece.
On 19 September, the South-East European Research Centre (SEERC), part of the University of York in Thessaloniki and the Greek team behind MENTBEST, joined the civil society festival Connected We Stand. The objective? To connect with the people of Thessaloniki around something that concerns us all: mental health, wellbeing, and fighting stigma.
To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, we explore how MENTBEST is putting the European Alliance Against Depression’s four-level approach into practice across five countries. Through professional training, public awareness, community engagement and support for people experiencing depression and their families, the project aims to reduce stigma, encourage help-seeking and build lasting suicide prevention support across Europe.
Discover how Albanian migrant women in Greece found resilience through community, belonging, and shared experiences in the MENTBEST mental well-being project.
MENTBEST and its app MENTINA have been featured in Biotech Spain, in an article that explores how the project is responding to a growing concern: as more people turn to unvalidated artificial intelligence tools for mental health support, MENTBEST has developed a clinically grounded alternative.
Read the COMBINA trial protocol, a multinational study evaluating community-based interventions to prevent suicide and improve mental wellbeing across Europe.
A BMJ Open study protocol for the MENTINA trial, evaluating smartphone-based monitoring and automatic feedback for self-management of depressive symptoms.
A mixed-methods umbrella review examining smartphone sensor data availability across Android and iOS for depression monitoring and digital mental health systems.
