The group was lots of fun, the quality of papers and discussions keeps increasing and we have academics from all over joining. My wish is to have more Croatians (possibly doctoral students and ECRs) involved. So, if you know someone, spread the word!

Stay tuned for the next edition!

Giving credit where it's due, EUHEA (with then president Prof Mathias Kifmann) and @mattxsutton.bsky.social @hope-uom.bsky.social were instrumental in starting all this. Once again, we had a blast. The local organiser Lana Kordić (Faculty of Economics, U. of Split) and the City treated us very well.

Meaning: These findings underscore the substantial economic benefits of timely mental health interventions, highlighting how reduced waiting times can mitigate productivity losses and enhance employment stability for those experiencing mental health challenges.

Findings: Living in area with faster access to treatment significantly affects labour market outcomes. One SD decrease in median area-level waiting time (~ 10.5 days) leads to a 1.5 pp drop in employment gap between individuals in good/poor mental health. Similar result (1 pp) for being off work.

Goal: we ask if longer waiting times for mental healthcare impact individuals' labour outcomes. Using UKHLS (15-19) data, we focus on timeliness of access to the NHS Talking Therapies, a large public mental healthcare programme that increased supply of psychotherapy to treat anxiety and depression.

The call for abstracts is now OPEN, with submissions welcome until the 18th May 2025. Submissions of 350 words abstracts or full paper (and any question) to [email protected]!

Organising committee:
Prof. Ana Bobinac, Igor Francetić, Lana Kordić, Ismar Velić, Prof. Daniel Maceira (themed call)

Alongside an open call, this year CHEW will also feature a special session focused on cross-learning between Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America. Postdocs, PhD and Master students from Latin America across European Uni's are encouraged to submit their papers for this themed call.

We decided to stay on the coast, so after starting North (Opatija, 2023) and going all the way South (Dubrovnik, 2024), Split was the obvious missing city (somewhat) in the middle. The 2nd City in HR, it went from being Roman, to Byzantine and Venetian. Beautiful.

Pic by mana5280@Unsplash.