Overview
- This week national ministers from Capital Humano, Health and Security held the first Interministerial Mental Health meeting to present the new federal strategy and review surveillance and prevention efforts.
- The government announced the Estrategia Federal en Adolescencia to detect and accompany mental-health problems in schools, to be piloted in Mendoza, Tucumán, Chaco, San Juan and Chubut.
- Health officials reported wider reporting to the national surveillance system SNVS 2.0, noting that in three of the first six months of 2026 all jurisdictions submitted data and a record 246 health establishments notified suicide-attempt events.
- A Program for Training Mental Health Promoters will train federal and provincial security personnel to spot risk signs, and ministries said they are advancing substance-screening protocols and PTSD-prevention tools for forces.
- Provincial authorities warned of coordination gaps and high local burdens—Mendoza recorded 523 non-fatal attempts in six months and national data show a roughly 70.65% rise in non-fatal attempts versus the prior four-year average—while a university guidance document will be presented at this month’s AFACIMERA congress.