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

Name: Urban Mental Health across Global, National, Local, and Neural Scales
Start: 2026-05-29T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Barcelona, Spain

Friday, May 29, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain

Symposia · Friday, May 29, 2026 · 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM ET

Subject Area: 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

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

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

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