Ministry of Health project 2024–2026
Behavioural addictions
Behavioural addictions today: from early signs to concrete help — training for professionals with a focus on digital addictions.
About
Behavioural addictions
Within the project “Early recognition and response to behavioural addictions with a focus on risky online behaviours”, Logout and the Posvet counselling centre organise training on timely recognition and response to behavioural addictions, with emphasis on digital addictions. In November 2024 we completed a needs analysis that shaped the training programme.
Training programme (invitation)
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Training programme
The training is for professionals in education, healthcare, social care and NGOs. It runs over three days in two blocks.
Block 1 — in person
Day 1: What do we know about behavioural addictions?
Day 2: How do we recognise and respond to behavioural addictions in time?
Block 2 — online
Participants then have several months to apply what they learned in practice.
Day 3 (follow-up): putting knowledge into practice, case analysis and peer exchange.
Where and when
Locations and dates
The first block is an intensive two-day in-person training; months later comes a remote follow-up. The first block was offered in seven Slovenian regions.
10–11 Apr · Ljubljana (Stritarjeva ulica 3)
17–18 Apr · Mislinja (Šolska cesta 55)
15–16 May · Koper (Dekani 209)
29–30 May · Kranj (Slovenski trg 1)
5–6 Jun · Maribor
11–12 Sep · Novo mesto
25–26 Sep · Murska Sobota
Training goals for participants
Learn about different forms of behavioural addiction.
Recognise signs of behavioural addiction.
Learn intervention techniques and when to use them.
Practise delivering intervention techniques.
Understand a whole-system approach: background, motives, family and other systems.
Learn responses to excessive device use or digital addiction.
Apply new knowledge in role-play.
Know external help sources and how to act appropriately.
Partners and funding
Logout, with the Posvet counselling centre, was selected as project lead under the Slovenian Ministry of Health call for 2024–2026. The project is co-funded by the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Health, and the European Union – NextGenerationEU (Recovery and Resilience Facility, mental health programmes for children, adolescents and young adults).
About the project
Full project title: “Early recognition and response to behavioural addictions with a focus on risky online behaviours”. Project value up to €400,000 (July 2024 – June 2026). Trainings were free of charge; registration for the 2025 series is closed.
