The SOS-Digital project was established to respond to the growing psychological distress among students in their university journey. The purpose of the project is to provide students with a set of useful information and resources to ask for immediate help, and to give faculty members and staff basic instructions to deal with delicate situations appropriately and effectively.
The Psychological Counselling Service of UniTrento, with the Observation, Diagnosis and Training Lab of the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, participated in the European project SOS-Digital, Providing Support for Students in Distress, and developed an online protocol designed to support individuals experiencing emotional distress.
The project provides videos and a digital guide that help the university community to recognize the signs of distress and identify possible strategies to address situations that generate psychological stress.
SOS-Digital is coordinated by the University of Minho (Portugal) under the Erasmus+ programme "Cooperation for innovation and exchange of good practices". The University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) are also involved in the project.