These events in global mental health have already taken place, but I archive them here, because sometimes they can serve as valuable resources and opportunities for networking. Please note that some of the links may have expired.
January 2018
25 January 2018 — Edinburgh, Scotland — Inter-disciplinary roundtable on diagnosis and global mental health by Edinburgh Global Mental Health Network
26 January 2018 — London, UK — Lunchtime seminar with the MINDS Foundation Experiences from a Mental Health NGO in India
27 January 2018 — Oxford, UK — Global Mental Health 2018 conference by Green Templeton College (sold out)
29 January 2018 — New York, USA — Global Mental Health Meets Neuroscience: Synergy and Opportunity seminar by Dan Stein
30 January 2018 — London, UK — The Friendship Bench project at University College London, presented at Students for Global Health UCL
31 January 2018 — London, UK — Global Mental Health lunchtime seminar with Professor Cornelius Katona by UCL’s Working Group on Global Mental Health
31 January 2018 — London, UK — Anne Stevenson: a career in global mental health held in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
February 2018
5 February 2018 — online — Cultural Psychiatry 101 by the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture
7 February 2018 — London, UK — Mental health interventions in low-income countries: Zimbabwe’s Friendship Bench by Dorcas Gwata, organized by Trainees for Global Mental Health at the Maudsley
8-9 February 2018 — Johannesburg, South Africa – 5th Global Mental Health Summit by the Movement for Global Mental Health
12 February 2018 — online — Promoting Research on Mental Health, Resilience and Well-being in the Arctic by the Arctic Research Consortium of the US
12-13 February 2018 — Sheffield, UK — Global mental health and therapeutic assemblages: concepts, controversy and necessary tensions conference by the University of Sheffield
16-17 February 2018 — Kathmandu, Nepal — International Mental Health Conference Nepal by the government of Nepal
24 February 2018 — Boston, US — Re-Imagining Health Care: Emerging models during a time of change by The Collaborative (TC) and the Center for Community Health Education, Research & Service (CCHERS)
28 February 2018 — Montreal, Canada — Global Mental Health film series by McGill University’s Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry (also on 21 March and 28 April)
March 2018
2 March 2018 — London, UK — Childhood, Violence, and Psychological Trauma: Transcultural Perspectives — by the Institute for Advanced Studies, UCL
9 March 2018 — New York, US — Parent-Based Treatment for Childhood Anxiety and Related Disorders by Child Mind Institute
10 March 2018 — London, UK — Leaving No Mind Behind: Global Mental Health conference by Students for Global Health UCL
15 March 2018 — Montreal, Canada — Global Mental Health Conference by Comparative Healthcare Systems Program at McGill University
19 March 2018 — London, UK — Mental health system development in the Asia-Pacific: Example from Timor-Leste by Dr. Ritsuko Kakuma, Programme Director for MSc Global Mental Health at LSHTM and King’s College London
21 March 2018 — Montreal, Canada — Global Mental Health film series by McGill University’s Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry (also on 28 February and 28 April)
21 March 2018 — London, UK — GMH Seminar: Global Mental Health: All doom and gloom? with Dr Derek Summerfield, organized by UCL’s Global Mental Health Working Group
29-30 March 2018 — Lille, France — 5th International Meeting of the WHO Collaborating Centre of Lille – Active Citizenship and “Empowerment” in Community Mental Health
31 March – 1 April 2018 — Kingston, Jamaica — Global Mental Health conference by the Caribbean Institute of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
April 2018
5 April 2018 — Harvard University, US — Global Mental Health Hackathon by Harvard University
6 April 2018 — online — Grand Rounds: Global Mental Health of Children by the University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle’s Children
6-7 April 2018 — Harvard University, US — Global Mental Health Open Day by Harvard University
18 April 2018 — Yale University, US — Global Mental Health and Aging in Asia by Arthur Kleinman
19-21 April 2018 — San Diego, CA, US — What Does Culture Mean? Evolving Definitions in Mental Health Service, Training and Research by the Society for Study of Psychiatry and Culture
22 April 2018 — San Diego, CA, US — UC Global Health Day by the Center for Global Mental Health at UC San Diego
25 April 2018 — Montreal, Canada — Cultural Psychiatry Day 2018: Indigenous Mental Health by McGill University’s Department of Psychiatry
25 April 2018 — Montreal, Canada — Global Mental Health film series by McGill University’s Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry (also on 28 February and 21 March)
May 2018
1-2 May — Bethesda, US — Diversity: A Tool for Solving Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health by the National Institute of Mental Health, US, Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health and Grand Challenges Canada
2-4 May 2018 — New York, US — Emerging Mental Health Challenges across the Globe by the World Psychiatric Association, Epidemiology and Public Health Section
3 May 2018 — New York, US — Stand Up for Mental Health – fundraising event by the Columbia University Global Mental Health programme
11 May 2018 — Harvard University, US — Friday Morning Seminar on Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by the Department for Global Health and Social Medicine
11 May 2018 — Leicester, UK — Global Mental Health: Training in an International Context by the University of Leicester
11 May 2018 — Enfield, UK — Introduction to challenging mental health stigma and discrimination by Time to Change
16 May 2018 — Edinburgh, Scotland — Global Mental Health: WPA’s Action Plan seminar by University of Edinburgh
23-24 May 2018 — Leicester, UK — Inter-Cultural Mental Health Perspectives National Conference by De Montfort University, Leicester
June 2018
15 June 2018 — London, UK — A Global Perspective on Best Practice in Infant Mental Health by PIP UK and the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
20 June 2018 — London, UK — Global Women’s Maternal Mental Health Conference by Roshni-2 and Queen Mary University of London
21 June 2018 — London, UK — Research on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Settings – memorial lecture for Dr. Chesmal Siriwardhana by the Centre for Global Mental Health
28-29 June 2018 — London, UK — Challenges and priorities for global mental health research in low- and middle-income countries workshop by the Academy for Medical Sciences and IAP for Health
July 2018
2-13 July 2018 — Yogyakarta, Indonesia — Advocacy Skills in Mental Health System Development: From Research to Policy (Note: the link will take you to the previous year edition of the course) – an international short course by the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada
10 July 2018 — London, UK — Depression and health seeking in Sri Lankan migrants and Anglo-Australians; illness beliefs and social networks by the Centre for Global Mental Health
19 July 2018 — London, UK — Development and evaluation of a pilot, arts-based intervention to reduce mental health stigma among youth in India (CREATORS) seminar by the Centre for Global Mental Health
23-24 July 2018 — Los Angeles, US — Going Deeper: Diversity, Determinants and Disparity by Maternal Mental Health Now and PAC/LAC
August 2018
1-2 August 2018 — Rockville, US — Mental Health Services Research Conference by the National Institute of Mental Health
6 August 2018 — London, UK — Advances in Child Mental Health Services: International Perspectives by the University College London
8-10 August 2018 — Queensland, New Zealand — 19th International Mental Health Conference by the Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association
30 August-1 September — Chennai, India — International Conference on Schizophrenia (IConS) by the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF)
September 2018
10 September 2018 — online — Multilevel Interventions: State of The Science in Global Mental Health webinar by the National Institute of Mental Health, US
15-16 September 2018 — Kolkata, India — International Conference on Mental Wellness in Communities by Anjali and Sangath
18 September 2018 — London, UK — E-learning in Global Mental Health Annual Day Conference of the Volunteering and International Psychiatry Special Interest Group to the Royal College of Psychiatrists
19 September 2018 — London, UK — Patient and Public Involvement in Research: Lessons from Mental Health by the Centre for Global Mental Health and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
25 September 2018 — Durham, US — The Mental Health and Conceptions of Mental Health Among Clergy in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by Duke Global Health Institute
25 September 2018 — Edinburgh, Scotland — Scaling, evidence and social innovation in global mental health: case studies from India by the University of Edinburgh
26 September 2018 — New York, US — Time to Act on Global Mental Health by The Global Campaign for Mental Health, United Nations Headquarters
27-30 September 2018 — Mexico City, Mexico — World Congress of Psychiatry: Stand Firm for Mental Health by the World Psychiatric Association
28 September 2018 — Cambridge, US — Configuring Epidemic Suicide in Oceania by the Friday Seminars in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health, Harvard University
October 2018
all October 2018 — online — The Largest Virtual Mental Health Summit in Africa by Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative (many thanks to Victor Ugo for sending in this event)
3 October 2018 — Boston, US — Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development by the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine of Harvard Medical School
5-6 October 2018 — Singapore — 1st Global Summit of Mental Health Advocates by NGO Silver Ribbon
5-6 October 2018 — London, UK — Cartographies of Suffering and Mental Health in Latin America by Platform for Social Research or Mental Health in Latin America (PLASMA)
8-12 October 2018 — Liverpool, UK — 5th Global Symposium on Health System Research by Health Systems Global
9-10 October 2018 — London, UK — Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit by the government of the United Kingdom
9-11 October 2018 — Montevideo, Uruguay — Second Latin American Meeting on Human Rights and Mental Health
10 October 2018 — worldwide — Lancet Commission Launch Events – Universal Health and Mental Health Coverage
11-12 October 2018 — London, UK — Global Summit on Mental Health Culture Change by The Campaign to Change Direction
11-13 October 2018 — Columbia University, NY, US — Achieving Global Mental Health Equity – 5th world congress of the World Association for Cultural Psychiatry
15 October 2018 — New York, US — Chile: E-Mental Health to Improve Access to Specialized Services by Dr. Graciela Rojas and Columbia University
19 October 2018 — Seattle, US — Global Action on Mental Health Event by the University of Washington and The Lancet
19-20 October 2018 — Abu Dhabi, UAE — Abu Dhabi International Mental Health Conference
20 October 2018 — Melbourne, Australia — Inaugural Global Youth Mental Health Forum by the Peaceful Mind Foundation
23 October 2018 — Boston, US — GMH@Harvard showcase and film screening by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
24 October 2018 — London, UK — Primary Care Mental Health Conference by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
25-26 October 2018 — Kiyv, Ukraine — II International Conference on Mental Health Care by the Kiyv Institute of Modern Psychology and Psychotherapy and partners
26 October 2018 — Cambridge, US — Friday Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by Harvard Medical School
29-30 October 2018 — Gaborone, Botswana — 1st African Mental Health Symposium for Civil Society by the African Umbrella for Mental Health Society
29-30 October 2018 — Kathmandu, Nepal — Culture, Spirituality and Mental Health International Conference on Global Mental Health by McGill University (Canada) and Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine (Nepal)
November 2018
2 November 2018 — Cambridge, US — Friday Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by Harvard Medical School
7 November 2018 — Manchester, UK — 8th Culture and International Mental Health Conference by the Global Mental Health and Cultural Psychiatry Research Group
8-9 November 2018 — New York, US — Healthier, Longer Lives for People with Serious Mental Illness Conference by the WHO Collaborating Center for Global Mental Health at Columbia University Medical Center
14 November 2018 — London, UK — Why Refugee Mental Health Matters – A Discussion with Dr. Ahmed Hankir by KCL Global Health Society
15-16 November 2018 — Newcastle, Australia — International e-Mental Health conference by University of Newcastle, Australia
19-20 November 2018 — Paris, France — Annual Congress on Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing by Conference Series Ilc LTD
21 November 2018 — Ontario, Canada — Diversity Forum: Mental Health and Culture by the Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre
22 November 2018 — London, UK — Visual Story Telling in Mental Health: CGMH Documentary Screening and Photo Exhibition by the Centre for Global Mental Health
26 November 2018 — Mental Health & The Developing World: Challenges and Opportunities by KCL PsychSoc and Students for Global Health KCL
28 November 2018 — Oslo, Norway — Global Mental Health Day by the Centre for Global Health at the University of Oslo
December 2018
10 December 2018 — New York, US — Building Global Research Capacity: Ethiopia Case Study by Dr. Christina Borba and Columbia University
12-14 December 2018 — Valletta, Malta — Universal Health and Mental Health Coverage for All by Österreichische Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Familienmedizin
13 December 2018 — Montreal, Canada — ‘Trauma and prayer in post-conflict northern Uganda’, seminar by Dr. Lars Hedegaard Williams organized by McGill University Global Mental Health Program Speaker Series
12-14 December 2018 — Hong Kong — International Mental Health Congress by the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists
26 October 2019 — Brisbane, Australia — 5th International Association on Youth Mental Health conference 2019
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