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Anxiety, difficulties with personal relationships and family problems<\/strong> are the main issues addressed by educational psychologists in secondary schools across the Balearic Islands. During the 2025\u20132026 academic year, the service’s 79 professionals carried out 7,664 individual interventions, 31% more than in the previous academic year<\/strong>, according to the report presented by the Conselleria d’Educaci\u00f3 i Universitats (Regional Ministry of Education and Universities). Demand for support was highest among students in the second, first and third years of compulsory secondary education (ESO), in that order, with an average age of 14.6 among those receiving support.<\/p>\n Anxiety symptoms were the most common issues addressed in individual interventions, followed by relationship difficulties and family problems. Psychologists also dealt with behavioural problems, adjustment difficulties and other issues affecting the emotional wellbeing of children and adolescents.<\/p>\n Group interventions focused mainly on preventing anxiety and exam-related stress<\/strong>, emotional management, social skills, positive relationships within schools and conflict resolution.<\/p>\n The educational psychology service comprises 79 professionals working in secondary schools, integrated vocational training centres and schools combining primary and secondary education (CEIPIESO) across the Balearic Islands.<\/p>\n The report on the Figura del Psic\u00f3logo General Sanitario en el \u00c1mbito Educativo (General Health Psychologist in Educational Settings), prepared by the Institut per a la Conviv\u00e8ncia i l’\u00c8xit Escolar (Conviv\u00e8xit, Institute for School Coexistence and Educational Success), shows an increase in activity compared with the 2024\u20132025 academic year.<\/p>\n Individual interventions rose from 5,833 to 7,664<\/strong>, an increase of 31%. According to the regional ministry’s figures, 6,666 interventions were directed at students and 1,812 at families.<\/p>\n Group interventions also increased, from 1,078 to 1,233, a rise of 14.4%<\/strong>. These activities reached 20,225 students, compared with 17,932 in the previous academic year, representing an increase of 12.8%.<\/p>\n The increase in interventions reflects greater activity within the service, although the figures alone do not establish whether mental health problems among students have also become more prevalent.<\/p>\nAnxiety, relationship difficulties and family problems<\/h2>\n
Individual psychological interventions increase by 31%<\/h2>\n
More than 800 cases referred to primary healthcare<\/h2>\n