Edelmira Domènech receives the Creu de Sant Jordi Award

According to the Government of Catalonia, Domènech "stands out for her trajectory linked to the knowledge and treatment of child and adolescent psychopathologies, both in the clinical and academic fields", and her work "has contributed to putting the focus on an issue which before had gone almost undetected in the medical field".

After graduating from the UB and earning her PhD at the UAB, Domènech became chair professor in psychopathology at the University of Madrid, and later began teaching at the UAB in 1981, where she was in charge of developing the clinical psychology and child and adolescent psychology sections of the Faculty of Psychology.

Her research has mainly focused on the epidemiology of behavioural alterations in childhood and adolescence, the epidemiology of child depression and the history of psychiatry. She has published several books and numerous articles in some of the most prestigious medical journals, as well as directed 36 PhD theses. She is also full member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia.

The Creu de Sant Jordi Award is one of the highest civil distinctions awarded by the Government of Catalonia. It was established in 1981 as an award to be conferred onto people and entities "who, by virtue of their merits, have rendered outstanding services in Catalonia".