Health, Community and Development Group, Institute of Social
Psychology, LSE
Special Session on Global Mental Health
Room A316, June 28th, 2010, 9.30am to 5pm
In the light of the recent establishment of the Global Mental
Health
Movement, this international workshop will focus on the role communities
need to play alongside psychiatrists and formal health services in
supporting people with poor mental health.
Movement, this international workshop will focus on the role communities
need to play alongside psychiatrists and formal health services in
supporting people with poor mental health.
* Case studies of community mental health work in specific settings
* Service user involvement in mental health work
* Critical perspectives on the concepts of 'global mental health' and
'human rights'
* Service user involvement in mental health work
* Critical perspectives on the concepts of 'global mental health' and
'human rights'
Speakers include:
* Derek Summerfield (Psychiatrist, Kings and Oxford, UK)
* Sylvester Katonoka (Zambian Mental Health Users Network)
* Chris Underhill (BasicNeeds)
* Duncan Pedersen (Transcultural psychiatry, McGill, Canada)
* Peter Campbell (Mental Health System Survivor, UK)
* Inge Petersen (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
* Gaithri Fernando (California State University, US)
* Sharon Kleintjies (Dept Psychiatry, U of Cape Town)
* Ursula Read (University College, London)
* Morten Skovdal, Catherine Campbell and Rochelle Burgess (Health,
Community and Development, LSE)
* Sylvester Katonoka (Zambian Mental Health Users Network)
* Chris Underhill (BasicNeeds)
* Duncan Pedersen (Transcultural psychiatry, McGill, Canada)
* Peter Campbell (Mental Health System Survivor, UK)
* Inge Petersen (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
* Gaithri Fernando (California State University, US)
* Sharon Kleintjies (Dept Psychiatry, U of Cape Town)
* Ursula Read (University College, London)
* Morten Skovdal, Catherine Campbell and Rochelle Burgess (Health,
Community and Development, LSE)
This is a small workshop and seating will be limited. Places
allocated on
first come first served basis, pre-register here:
http://www.psych.lse.ac.uk/global_mental_health_2010/index.html
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first come first served basis, pre-register here:
http://www.psych.lse.ac.uk/
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