APS

2026 APS Annual Convention

Urban Mental Health across Global, National, Local, and Neural Scales

Friday, May 29, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain

Oral · Mental Health in Focus: Symptoms, Support & Intervention

This symposium examines urban mental health across global, national, local, and neural scales. Talks span global determinants of urban well-being, urban–rural differences in self-harm, park-level influences on psychological restoration, and environmental neuroscience mechanisms linking everyday environments to brain plasticity, stress, and resilience.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Reinout WiersChair
    University of Amsterdam
  • Claudi BocktingDiscussant
    University of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam

Presentations

  1. Determinants of Urban Well-Being, a Global StudyAdam Finnemann
  2. Urban-Rural Differences In Self-Harm In the UKRené Freichel
  3. What Makes a City Park Restorative? Kathryn Schertz
  4. How the Environment Shapes the Brain? Foundations of Environmental NeuroscienceSonja Sudimac