We reaffirm our commitment to mental health and the comprehensive training of future psychology professionals.

Our House of Studies actively participated in the First National Simulation of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (SMAPS 2025), an inter-institutional initiative aimed at strengthening national capacities to provide psychological and social support in emergency, crisis, and disaster contexts.

This important activity had the objective of evaluate the mechanisms of coordination, response and psychosocial care in risk situations, highlighting the importance of Emotional well-being as an essential axis in comprehensive risk management and community resilience.

From the General Psychology Degree, the UMECIT students participated with enthusiasm, commitment and vocation of service, applying their theoretical knowledge in simulated scenarios that recreated real emergency conditionsThrough this training experience, they strengthened fundamental skills such as emotional containment, psychological first aid, empathic communication, stress management and interdisciplinary work.

This day not only represented an opportunity to deepen their academic training, but also to Experience the essential role of the psychologist in providing human support during crisis situations.

UMECIT, faithful to its philosophy of “Training leaders with values for a sustainable world”, reaffirms with its participation in the SMAPS 2025 his Institutional commitment to promoting mental health, emergency preparedness, and community well-being.