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Resilience Through Community
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Resilience Through Community: What migrant Albanian women in Greece teach us about strength, belonging, and overcoming mental health adversities

Discover how Albanian migrant women in Greece found resilience through community, belonging, and shared experiences in the MENTBEST mental well-being project.

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MentBox
MENTBEST in the Media

MENTBEST featured in Biotech Spain

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.

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Combina Paper
MENTBEST Papers

COMBINA: The EAAD four-level approach for depression and suicide prevention and wellbeing promotion in the community and vulnerable populations. A cross-country study protocol from the MENTBEST project

Read the COMBINA trial protocol, a multinational study evaluating community-based interventions to prevent suicide and improve mental wellbeing across Europe.

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Mentbest Depresion and Older Adults
News

Depression and Older Adults: A MENTBEST Workshop in Thessaloniki

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BMJ
MENTBEST Papers

Effect of Digital Intervention in the Self-Management of Depressive Symptoms: The MENTINA Trial – A Study Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Parallel-Group Trial

A BMJ Open study protocol for the MENTINA trial, evaluating smartphone-based monitoring and automatic feedback for self-management of depressive symptoms.

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JMIR
MENTBEST Papers

Cross-Platform Availability of Smartphone Sensors for Depression Indication Systems: Mixed-Methods Umbrella Review

A mixed-methods umbrella review examining smartphone sensor data availability across Android and iOS for depression monitoring and digital mental health systems.

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SanaMente
MENTBEST in the Media

MENTBEST featured in El Periódico’s SanaMente

MENTBEST was recently featured in SanaMente, the mental health section of Spanish newspaper El Periódico, through an article on MENTINA, the app developed under the project aimed at reducing depressive symptoms in patients diagnosed with depression.

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Mental Health
Videos

Dissemination and Impact in Practice – Mental Health Dialogues #7

This webinar explored how research-based findings can move beyond academic circles to create real-world impact in stakeholder, industry and policy settings. As mental health research continues to grow across Europe, translating that knowledge into practice remains one of the field’s most pressing challenges.

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Albert
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Searching for Light in the Darkness: Albert’s Journey as a Co‑Creator

As part of the MENTBEST project, we spoke with Albert, one of our cocreators, about his personal journey with mental health and his experience contributing to the project. What follows is his story, told largely in his own words.

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German Foundation for Depression and Suicide Prevention
News

MENTBEST at the German Patient Congress on Depression in Frankfurt

On May 30, 2026, the German Foundation for Depression and Suicide Prevention (Stiftung Deutsche Depressionshilfe und Suizidprävention), led by its Chairman of the Board, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hegerl, hosted the German Patient Congress on Depression at the historic Alte Oper Frankfurt in Frankfurt am Main.

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Recent MENTBEST Updates

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Resilience Through Community: What migrant Albanian women in Greece teach us about strength, belonging, and overcoming mental health adversities

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MENTBEST Papers

COMBINA: The EAAD four-level approach for depression and suicide prevention and wellbeing promotion in the community and vulnerable populations. A cross-country study protocol from the MENTBEST project

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News

Depression and Older Adults: A MENTBEST Workshop in Thessaloniki

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MENTBEST Agenda

26th May 2026
Online

Webinar #7: Dissemination and Impact in Practice

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13th April 2026
Copenhagen

Upcoming Plenary Meeting in Copenhagen

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