This conference was jointly organized between the University of Valencia and the Generalitat Valenciana and the goal was to analyse the reality of the student body in relation with mental health and to present the actions that are already been carried out from the Interuniversity Commission of Mental Health, which is fromed by the Commissioner President of the Generalitat for the Mental Health, Drug Dependence and Addictive Behaviors’ Action Plan and the General Management of Universities.

The University of Valencia’s rector, Mavi Mestre, the Commissioner President of the Generalitat for the Mental Health, Rafael Tabarés, and the managing director of Universities, Pilar Ezpeleta, were in charge of inaugurating a conference that was divided in three round tables in order to deal with the questions: How are we doing? What are we doing? And how do we communicate?

Rafael Tabarés was the first to speak and he refered to the great work the universities have in regard to mental health. Furthermore, the importance of communication and to speak well about mental health stood out.

Meanwhile, the University of Valencia’s rector wanted to highlight the Commissioner of Mental Health’s work in the creation of the Citizen’s Convention that was celebrated during March and April of 2022.

Last but not least, Pilar Ezpeleta talked about the social media harrasment and hate, emphasising the importance of the Universities’ attention of the society’s needs in order to take care people’s minds.

The first Roundtable ‘How are we doing?’ took stock of the situation in which the mental health of the Comunitat Valenciana is.  Antonio Ariño (Professor of Sociology at the University of Valencia), Beatriz Atienza (IMD, PhD student at the University of Valencia), Irene Huget (delegate of Psychology at the European University of Valencia), Samuel Morillas (deputy director of Student Body and Teaching Staff of the School of Engineering of the UPV) and Lea Olcina (exdelegate of the Student Body of the UPV) were in charge of analysing the complex actual situation that the students go through with regard to mental health.

After lunch, the conference continued with the Roundtable ‘What are we doing?’, in which some members of the Interuniversitary Commission explained what is being done from the Commission to improve mental health in all the public and private universities of the Comunitat Valenciana.

This Roundtable was formed by: Francisco Atienza (Rector’s Delegate for the Psychosocial Health of the UV), María José Beneyto (Dean of the Faculty of Psychology of the San Vicente Mártir Catholic University), María José Gonzales (Vicerector of Student Body and Healthy Life of the Jaume I University), Mamen Pastor (Vicerector of the Student Body and Healthy Life of the Jaume I University) and Miguel Ricart (Rector’s Delegate for the Mental Health’s Promotion of the University of Alicante).

On the other hand, the last Roundtable spoke about how mental health is communicated and what role plays the media. For this purpose, Javier Álvarez (director and producer of Tropponedia), Gonzalo Nielfa (Federaciò Comunitat Valenciana), María de Quesada (Journalist and president of the La Niña Amarilla for the prevention of suicide Association) and Rosa Rodríguez (Journalist for Antena 3 noticias en la delegación de la Comunitat Valenciana) were present.

Javier Álvarez made the documentary about de Citizen’s Convention of Mental Health, which was showed in the Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Valencia.

Commissioner Rafael Tabarés and dean of Facultat de Psicologia i Logopèdia of UV Antonio Ferrer closed the conference, which was a participation success.