Programmes

 PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE: TUESDAY, 18TH OCTOBER 2011

TIME
VENUE
SESSION TYPE
CODE
Title
08h30 – 10h30
MR1.41 & MR1.42
Symposium
 
SYM 1
Mental Health and the Global Health Agenda: The Role of the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health Initiative.
 
MR1.43
Free Papers
O7
Child and family
 
MR1.44
Free Papers
O1
Infant, child and adolescent
 
MR1.61
Free Papers
O2
HIV and AIDS
 
MR1.62
Free Papers
O17
Advocacy and human rights
 
MR1.63
Free Papers
O4
Promotion and prevention
 
MR1.64 (i)
Video Presentation
V1
Making sense and moving on: Dealing with the death of a service user
 
MR1.64 (ii)
Video Presentation
V2
Canadian child and adolescent mental health services - a model at Willam Osler health system “Brampton Civic Hospital”
 
MR2.41 – MR2.43 (i)
Concurrent Keynote
CK1
Giles White “Private Sector’s Role in Mental Health – MINDSET’s Experience”
 
MR2.41 – MR2.43 (ii)
Free Papers
O5
Policy
 
MR2.44 – MR2.46 (i)
Concurrent Keynote
CK2
Marlene Wasserman “Gender identity disorder: mental or medical illness?
A discussion from the DSMIV - TR to  the proposed DSM V.
 
MR2.44 – MR2.46 (ii)
Free Papers
O6
Epidemiology
10h30 – 11h00
 
 
 
Tea Break in the Exhibition Hall
11h00 – 12h00
Audi 1
Keynote
KN1
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela The Mary Hemingway-Rees Lecture “Forgiveness and the Maternal Body: Exploring an African Ethics of Interconnectedness”
12h00 – 13h00
Audi 1
Keynote
KN2
Vikram Patel The George Albee Lecture on Primary Prevention “Poverty and mental illness-breaking the vicious cycle”
13h00 – 14h30
 
 
 
Lunch in the Exhibition Hall
13h30 – 14h30
 
Posters
 
Poster presentations
14h30 – 15h30
Audi 1
Keynote
KN3
Shekhar Saxena “The Alan Flisher Memorial Lecture “Scaling up services for people with mental disorders in low resource settings”
15h30 – 16h00
 
 
 
Tea Break in the Exhibition Hall
16h00 – 17h30
MR1.41
Symposium
SYM 3
Supported Education for people with psychiatric disabilities
 
MR1.42
Symposium
SYM 2
Mental health: A public health priority
 
MR1.43
Symposium
SYM 4
What do we know about youth mental health and stigma towards mental illness?
 
MR1.44
Free Papers
O8
Economics and finance
 
MR1.61
Free Papers
O9
Mental health interfaces
 
MR1.62
Free Papers
O10
Training programmes
 
MR1.63
Free Papers
O11
Ecology
 
MR1.64
Workshop
WKS2
'I've gotten back a life, but what's happened to my body! Physical health issues arising from treatment- what can consumers/ practitioners/ families do when recovery efforts are accompanied by serious impacts on health and longevity.'
 
MR2.41 – MR2.43
Symposium
SYM 5
Universal Themes for Mental Health Promotion
 
MR2.44 – MR2.46
Symposium
SYM 6
The Influence of Early Experience on Development and Mental Health
17h30 – 18h30
MR1.41 & MR1.42
Book Panel
 
Panel discussion on book: Promoting mental health in scarce resource contexts. Emerging evidence and practice (2010). Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council.
18h30 – 20h30
MR2.41 – MR2.43
Films
Film1
"Skin"
 
MR2.44 – MR2.46
Films
Film2
"Life, Above All"
                PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE: WEDNESDAY, 19TH OCTOBER 2011
Time
Venue
Session type
Code
Title
08h30 – 10h30
MR1.41
Symposium
SYM 7
The state of mental health in the united states' health reform efforts
 
MR1.42
Symposium
SYM 8
Beyond the margins: migrant mental health
 
MR1.43
Symposium
SYM 9
WFHMH collaborative project with the diabetes and depression dialogue (DDD) symposium. DDD Project : adopting a holistic approach in the management of diabetes and depression.
 
MR1.44
Free papers
O 12
Gender
 
MR1.61
Workshop
WKS 1
Mental health in the 21st century: confronting uncomfortable lessons from the industrialised world
 
MR1.62
Free papers
O13
Effects of violence and war
 
MR1.63
Free papers
O14
Substance –related issues
 
MR1.64
Workshop
WKS 3A
GMHAT/PC - the global mental health assessment tool (training workshop)
 
MR2.41 – MR2.43 (i)
Concurrent keynote
CK 3
Tony Fowke “Carers: Who are they and how can they be involved?”
 
MR2.41 – MR2.43 (ii)
Free papers
O 15
Service users
 
MR2.44 – MR2.46 (i)
Concurrent keynote
CK 4
Lucie Cluver “The hidden epidemic: psychological impacts of HIV on children in sub-Saharan Africa.”
 
MR2.44 – MR2.46 (ii)
Symposium
SYM 10
Psychological impacts of HIV on children in sub-Saharan Africa.
10h30 – 11h00
 
 
 
Tea break in the exhibition hall
11h00 – 12h00
Audi 1
Keynote
KN4
Stevan Hobfall “Resiliency in the Face of Terrorism and Mass Casualty: Keys to Our Understanding of Thriving, Surviving, and Making it to the Next Day”
12h00 – 13h00
Audi 1
Keynote
KN5
Marianne Farkas “Recovery from mental illnesses: An imperative, with or without resources”
13h00 – 14h30
 
 
 
Lunch in the exhibition hall
13h30 – 14h30
 
Posters
 
Poster presentations
14h00 – 14h30
MR1.43
Prime meeting
 
 
14h30 – 15h30
Audi 1
 
 
WFMH member assembly
15h30 – 16h00
 
 
 
Tea break in the exhibition hall
16h00 – 17h30
Audi 1
 
 
World Mental Health Day Special Lecture, and presentation of current WFMH projects
 
MR1.42
Workshop
WKS 11
Meet the national institute of mental health: opportunities for research and research training
 
MR1.43
Symposium
SYM 11
Preparing everyone for recovery: training programs for service providers, people in recovery, and caregivers
 
MR1.44
Workshop
WKS 10
Promoting recovery: effective interventions for prevention and promotion.
 
MR1.61
Workshop
WKS 5
Preventive interventions in child mental health when parents suffer from mental health disorders: the let's talk about children - discussion and the family talk intervention
 
MR1.62
Workshop
WKS 6
Lay counsellor training in trauma and traumatic bereavement: interventions that promote psychosocial change
 
MR1.63
Workshop
WKS 7
Historical highlights in global mental health: a road map for connections and contributions
 
MR1.64
Workshop
WKS 8
Data resources to facilitate mental health research in relation to drug abuse and HIV: new tools and opportunities
17h30 – 18h30
MR1.43 to MR1.64
 
 
WFMH Regional meetings
18h30 – 20h30
MR2.41 – MR2.43
Films
Film3
"Tsotsi"
 
MR2.44 – MR2.46
Films
Film4
"Yesterday"
 
PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE: THURSDAY, 20TH OCTOBER 2011
Time
Venue
Session type
Code
Title
08h30 – 10h30
MR1.41 & MR1.42 (i)
Concurrent keynote
CK5
Joop de Jong “Public mental health: the royal road to address the treatment gap in Africa”
 
MR1.41 & MR1.42 (ii)
Symposium
SYM 12
Innovative thinking in the field of trauma
 
MR1.43
Free papers
O 16
Culture
 
MR1.44
Symposium
SYM 13
Investing in mental health
 
MR1.61
Free papers
O 3
Innovative programmes
 
MR1.62
Free papers
O 18
Psychosocial rehabilitation
 
MR1.63 (i)
Video presentation
V 3
Heartsounds - international health linking between public health services as a force for user empowerment
 
MR1.63 (ii)
 
Video presentation
V 4
Global mental health partnership: highlighting Mauritania
 
MR1.64
Workshop
WKS 3B
GMHAT/PC - the global mental health assessment tool (training workshop)
 
MR2.41 – MR2.43 (i)
Concurrent keynote
CK6
Charles Parry “Responding to the threat of HIV among persons with mental illness and substance abuse”
 
MR2.41 – MR2.43 (ii)
Free papers
O 19
Substance-related issues
 
MR2.44 – MR2.46
Symposium
SYM 14
Maternal mental health: from the clinical to the political.
10h30 – 11h00
 
 
 
Tea break in the exhibition hall
11h00 – 12h00
Audi 1
Keynote
KN6
Kamaldeep Bhui “The Margaret Mead lecture: Migration and acculturation, mental health and wellbeing”
12h00 – 13h00
Audi 1
Keynote
KN7
Janet Amegatcher “Stigma and discrimination: advocacy for worldview change”
13h00 – 14h30
 
 
 
Lunch in the exhibition hall
13h30 – 14h30
 
Posters
 
Poster presentations
14h30 – 15h30
Audi 1
Keynote
KN8
Tsuyoshi Akiyama “The east Japan disaster: 3.11.2011”
15h30 – 16h00
 
 
 
Tea break in the exhibition hall
16h00 – 17h30
MR1.41 & MR1.42
Symposium
SYM 15
Issues of community violence and continuous trauma
 
MR1.43
Symposium
SYM 16
Physical health needs and lifestyle choices on quality of life among people with severe mental illness living in the community
 
MR1.44
Symposium
SYM 17
Positive psychology: hope-related research in Hong Kong
 
MR1.61
Free papers
O 20
Promotion and prevention
 
MR1.62
Free papers
O 21
Ethical and spiritual issues
 
MR1.63
Workshop
WKS 12
Suicide first aid: the African experience
 
MR1.64
Symposium
SYM 20
Saving lives, changing lives: the ICCD clubhouse model
 
MR2.41 – MR2.43
Symposium
SYM 18
WFMH collaborative project with international network for person-centered medicine
 
MR2.44 – MR2.46
Symposium
SYM 19
Refugees and mental health.
17h30 – 18h30
Audi 1
 
 
Closing ceremony
 
 
Symposium
 
Workshop
 
Free Papers
 
Keynotes
 
Video Presentation
 
Poster
 
Films
 
Other
 

 

SECOND SUMMIT OF THE MOVEMENT FOR GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH

17 OCT 2011

SESSION 1: BEST PRACTICES IN SCALING UP OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE
Moderator: Lawrence Goldberg Speaker Affiliation Topic

Speaker Affiliation Topic
Chris Underhill Basic Needs, UK The sustainable scale-up of mental health and development programmes
Rachel Jenkins Institute of Psychiatry, UK Integrating mental health into primary care
Thandi van Heyningen UCT, South Africa Maternal Mental Health Care: A model for integration
David Ndetei University of Nairobi, Kenya Challenges and opportunities in mobilizing community resources to scale up mental health services in Kenya
Shekhar Saxena WHO Role of mhGAP in scaling up for mental health

SESSION 2: BEST PRACTICES IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY
Moderator: TBC

Speaker Affiliation Topic
Rangashri Kishore Richmond Psychosocial Foundation, India The Empower Project
Pip Hardy Pilgrim Projects Limited, UK Patient Voices Programme
Janet Amagatcher PanAfrican Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry Role of PANUSP and MindFreedom Ghana in advancing human rights
Samuel Okpaku Vanderbilt University, USA Does authorized or unauthorized photography of psychiatric patients in the developing world enhance or reduce stigma
SESSION 3: FUNDING FOR GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH
Moderator: TBC

Speaker Funder
Jenny Amery DFID
Abdullah Daar Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases
Pamela Collins National Institute for Mental Health
Andy Shih Autism Speaks
John Williams Wellcome Trust
Andrew Mohanraj CBM

SESSION 4: LAUNCH OF THE SECOND LANCET SERIES ON GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH
Moderator: Vikram Patel and Niall Boyce

Lead or co-authors of the papers will make short presentations. Tentatively, these papers cover the following subjects:

  • Scaling up services for mental illness
  • Human resources for mental health care
  • Human Rights of people with mental illness
  • Child and adolescent mental health
  • Poverty and mental illness-breaking the cycle
  • Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Settings

SESSION 5: THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE MOVEMENT FOR GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH
Moderator: Harry Minas

Speaker Affiliation Topic
Harry Minas University of Melbourne New Secretariat at University of Melbourne
Matt Burkley Vijay Ganju Johns Hopkins University/WFMH UN General Assembly Session on Mental Health
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Open forum for discussion with all participants

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