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On October 11th, the XVII Scientific Symposia was held in Madrid at the Auditorium of the Mutua Madrileña Foundation. The format was mixed, face-to-face and online, with an overall attendance of 600 people. They were inaugurated by the Chairwoman of the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation, who explained that the central theme of the symposia was ‘those […]

The Foundation’s Director of Programmes, Ángela Ulloa, participated in the ABC Education Forum on 17 September 2024, together with Benjamín Ballesteros from the Anar Foundation, Lorenzo Cooklin from the Mutua Madrileña Foundation, Sonsoles Gallo from the CEU Schools and Beatriz Martín from Fad Juventud, to discuss the issue of bullying at school. They all debated […]

Today, #MentalHealthDay, we bring to the table data that may be alarming, but which, at the same time, show that more and more initiatives are being carried out to improve the approach to mental health problems in children and adolescents with protocols for prevention, detection and care, and that work is being done to bring […]

On Monday 19 February 2024, Mr Emilio Viciana, Regional Minister of Education and Ms Alicia Koplowitz, President of the foundation that bears her name; accompanied by Mr J. Ignacio Martín, Deputy Regional Minister of Education Policy; Dr Arango, Director of the Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital and Ms Ángela […]

The Alicia Koplowitz Foundation, in the figure of Dr. María Guisasola, Scientific Coordinator of the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation was invited to join the expert meeting of the Child Mind Institute of the Global Health Center-Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Global Health Center that was held on October 23rd, 24th and 25th in New York, USA. The meeting […]

On 11 May, the Vice-President, Regional Minister of Education and Universities, Mr. Enrique Ossorio, together with the President of the Foundation, Alicia Koplowitz, presented the extension of the Mental Health Programmes for schools, designed and sponsored by our Foundation, to Special Education centres in the Community of Madrid. According to Alicia Koplowitz: “As a result […]

“Child and adolescent mental health needs have become more visible than ever during the pandemic”   These programmes, the first of its kind in Spain, designed to address the mental health needs of children are the result of the joint work of the Foundation, the Community of Madrid and Hospital Gregorio Marañón. They will raise […]

On Sunday, 18 December 2022, an article about Dr. Victor Pereira-Sanchez, CAP Psychiatrist, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, is published in the Sunday supplement “Gallegos en vanguardia” in the “Faro de Vigo”. Read more

Royal Decree 689/2021, of August 3, establishing the title of medical specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and updating various aspects of the title of medical specialist in Psychiatry. You can consult all the information BOE here.

One of the main objectives of the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation is to promote training and research in child and adolescent psychiatry. In this, our Advanced Training Scholarships play a fundamental role. At the Foundation we are very proud of our former fellows! In Spain alone there are already 41 professionals who have enjoyed our program […]

The Alicia Koplowitz Foundation works together with the Spanish Association of Foundations in the Working Group on Health, Research and Welfare. Consult here the minutes of the last meeting.

Alba Vilaplana-Pérez, Clinical Psychologist and first Alicia Koplowitz Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellow (2017-2019), developed the same at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Koplowitz Foundation (2017-2019), developed the same at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. A The Foundation then awarded her a one-year Short Stay Fellowship (2019-2020) at the same institution. (2019-2020) at the same […]

On January 28, the Foundation attended the 1st Forum on Privacy, Innovation and Sustainability organized by the Spanish Data Protection Agency, on the occasion of International Data Protection Day.   The event, which was inaugurated by the Minister of Justice and closed by the Attorney General of the State, was attended by Their Majesties the […]

Dr. María Guisasola, scientific coordinator of the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation explains the conditions and news regarding the XVIII Call for Advanced Training Grants in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology and Neuropediatrics. You can consult all the information about the 2021 call for applications here.