Jorge E. Gaete Olivares
Full Professor at the School of Education, Universidad de los Andes (Chile), and Director of the Research Centre for Student Mental Health (ISME).
Medical Doctor (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile).
MSc in Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology (Universidad de Chile).
Specialist in Adult Psychiatry (Universidad de Chile).
PhD in Psychiatric Epidemiology, University of Bristol (United Kingdom).
Postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Clinical Research Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at King's College London.
Clinical Research Fellow, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University of Toronto, Canada.
Associate Researcher, Center for the Well-Being and Development of Adolescents and Children in the Digital Era.
Research interests
His research is organised around two main lines. The first is epidemiological: identifying risk and protective factors for suicidality, depression, self-harm, school violence and substance use among children, adolescents and young adults. The second is the evaluation of interventions: testing the efficacy and effectiveness of universal, selective and indicated prevention programmes that address these problems, delivered mainly in school and university settings, including interventions based on cognitive-behavioural therapy and school mental health programmes.
Across both lines, his work seeks to understand the heterogeneity of symptom trajectories over time, the role of psychological variables such as psychological inflexibility and sense of belonging, and the social and environmental determinants of young people's mental wellbeing.
Scientific output
He has authored 113 publications in scientific journals and has led or co-led 29 research projects funded by Chile's National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) and other national and international funders (Wellcome Trust, Academy of Finland, among others).
Academic impact
Source: OpenAlex, updated automatically. Last update: 2026-10-01. For the full record, see Google Scholar.
| Indicator | Total | Last 5 years |
|---|---|---|
| Citations | 1893 | 569 |
| h-index | 20 | — |
| i10-index | 44 | — |
Recent publications
- Gaete, J., Ramírez, S., Manríquez-Robles, D., & Godoy, M. I. (2026). Validation of the substance use risk profile scale (SURPS) and associated factors among adolescents in Chile. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-29442-2
- Castellano, J., Cruz, A. G.-S., Castillo-Carniglia, Á., & Gaete, J. (2026). Association between living arrangements and time to drop out in patients between 18 and 29 years of age, under treatment for substance abuse disorders in Chile, 2010–2019. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-026-00721-y
- Gaete, J., Ríos, N., Salgado, G., & Nejaz, L. (2026). Acceptability and feasibility of implementing the I Can Problem Solve (ICPS) program among preschoolers in Chile: results of a pilot randomised controlled trial. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-026-01178-2
- Gaete, J., Núñez, D., & Courtney, D. (2026). El modelo de resolución colaborativa de problemas (CPS) en niños y adolescentes: fundamentos clínicos y aplicaciones en bullying, conducta suicida y depresión en Chile. Revista Chilena de Psiquiatría y Neurología de la Infancia y la Adolescencia, 37(2), 54–68.
- Langer, Á. I., Salazar-González, J. M., Silva, M., Gaete, J., Iturra, C., Vargas, A., Nowak, V., Nuñez, D., Nuñez, A., & Martínez, V. (2026). An Observational Implementation Study of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Schools: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Approach. Mindfulness. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-026-02958-9
Academic profiles
Contact
Email: jgaete@uandes.cl
Postal address: School of Education, Universidad de los Andes, Monseñor Álvaro del Portillo 12455, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.