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
22 January 2019 — London, UK — Global Mental Health: A Personal Perspective with Dr. Alex Cohen, organized by King’s College London
23 January 2019 — Dublin, Ireland — TIDI/CGH Global Mental Health Series 2019 by Trinity College and CONTEXT
28-29 January 2019 — Dubai, UAE — 2nd Global Experts Meeting on Psychiatry and Mental Health by Pulsus
February
7-8 February 2019 — London, UK — Transforming mental health throughout the life course Mental Health Science Meeting by MQ
13 February 2019 — London, UK — Prevention as treatment? The importance of social interventions in global mental health by the UCL Centre for Global NCDs
18 February 2019 — London, UK — Cultural Challenges in Psychiatry in the 21st Century – annual meeting of the Transcultural Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
26 February 2019 — Edinburgh, Scotland — From treatment to transformation: Promoting Social Interventions in Global Mental Health by University of Edinburgh Global Mental Health network
March
1 March 2019 — London, UK — A Human Rights Approach to Mental Health Systems Strengthening by the Centre for Global Mental Health
6 March 2019 — London, UK — Global Mental Health film screening ‘Hear Our Voices’ by PRIME research programme
7 March 2019 — Chicago, US — Global Mental Health: Time for the Children by the 2019 Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference
8 March 2019 — London, UK — Innovations and Lessons from PRIME research programme
12 March 2019 — Montreal, Canada — Global Mental Health Speaker series with Dr. Lynne Jones by McGill University
22 March 2019 — London, UK — Rebalancing power in global mental health forum by the Centre for Global Mental Health. Find the recording from this past event here.
April
2 April 2019 — New York, US — Improving the Community-Based Registry and Treatment System for Persons with Severe Mental Illnesses in China by University of Columbia Global Mental Health Programme
4-5 April 2019 — London, UK — Decolonising Madness? Transcultural Psychiatry and the Birth of a ‘Global Psyche’ after the Second World War – conference at Birkbeck, University of London
6 April 2019 — Mona, Jamaica — Global Mental Health conference by the University of the West Indies
6-9 April 2019 — Warsaw, Poland — ‘Psychiatry in transition: towards new models, goals and challenges’ 27th European congress of psychiatry by the European Psychiatric Association
8-9 April 2019 — Bethesda, US — Global Mental Health Research Without Borders 10th Anniversary Conference by the National Institute of Mental Health, US
12 April 2019 — Cambridge, US — Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by the Harvard Medical School
13 April 2019 — Cambridge, US — GMH@Harvard Open Day by Harvard University
15 April 2019 — New York, US — Every 40 Seconds: A global perspective on suicide prevention by Columbia University’s Global Mental Health program
18-19 April 2019 — Istanbul, Turkey — Global Mental Health, Trauma and Self-Care by Maltepe University
22 April 2019 — Washington D.C., US — Workshop: Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health by the Office of Graduate Studies & Research
25-27 April 2019 — Toronto, Canada — Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture
May
1 May 2019 — Blackburn, UK — Every Mum Matters by ROSHNI2 and Lancashire BME Network
2 May 2019 — London, UK — Rethinking the future of health systems by Professor Kenji Shibuya, organized by the Centre for Global Mental Health at King’s College London
3 May 2019 — Cambridge, US — “In Krishna’s Mouth: Wonder, Ethics and Creativity in South India” Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
4 May 2019 — Kolkata, India — “Towards a Bigger Picture: A Movement for Global Mental Health” – seminar by by Dr Devashish Konar Director Mental Health Care Centre Kolkata at KPC Medical College Kolkata (9:30-10:30 AM), added with thanks to Dr. Konar
10 May 2019 — Edinburgh, Scotland — Edinburgh Global Mental Health Networking day by the University of Edinburgh Global Mental Health network
21 May 2019 — London, UK — Seminar: mental health in primary care in rural Mexico by the Centre for Global Mental Health
22 May 2019 — Geneva, Switzerland — Harnessing Global Momentum in Mental Health: Public-Private Collaboration by the World Economic Forum
27-31 May 2019 — Heidelberg, Germany — Global Mental Health: Public Health Approaches short course by University of Heidelberg
June
4 June 2019 — Oslo, Norway – Global Mental Health Day 2019 of the University of Oslo
6-9 June 2019 — Lisbon, Portugal — Managing Mental Health System Complexity – conference on mental health systems research by the European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation
11 June 2019 — London, UK — Psychosis & global mental health – roundtable discussion by the Centre for Global Mental Health
17 June 2019 — London, UK — Global Maternal Mental Health Seminar by Roshni-2 and Global Mental Health and Cultural Psychiatry Research Group
17 June 2019 — Boston, US — Global Mental Health Resilience: Toward a Multi-Method, Integrative & Culturally Informed Model by the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
17-18 June 2019 — Rome, Italy — Global Experts Meeting on Psychiatry and Mental Health
19 June 2019 — London, UK — Global Mental Health by JustShare
22-29 June 2019 — Rwanda — Global Mental Health conference by the Center for Mental Health (CMH) at the University of Rwanda and GEI
27 June 2019 — Madison, US — Unlocking Mental Health Care: A Global Conversation by the Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
28 June 2019 — Madison, US — Global Psychiatry Grand Rounds— Critical Cases in Community-based Care: A Global Conversation by the Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
July
3 July 2019 — London, UK — Changing worlds: the case of mental health by the Centre for Global Mental Health
11 July 2019 — London, UK — Global Experts Meeting on Mental Health, Psychology, Psychiatry and Nursing by Frontiers Meeting
16 July 2019 — Seattle, US — Journal Club (Global Mental Health) by the University of Washington Global Mental Health Program
31 July-2 August 2019 — Queensland, Australia — 20th International Mental Health Conference by the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association
August
12-13 August 2019 — Inverness, Scotland — Rural Mental Health Conference: Tackling Isolation and Fostering Connections by Inverness College
26 August 2019 — Sussex, England — What Will We Tell Our Children? The Global Mental Health Crisis by Byline Festival
28 August — online — Disseminating Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments in Low- and Middle-Income Countries – webinar by the National Institute for Mental Health’s Global Mental Health seminar series
28 August-1 September — Rotterdam, Netherlands – Stranger in the City – 21st Congress of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis
September
3-5 September 2019 — Nottingham, UK — Refocus on Recovery conference by the Institute of Mental Health at the University of Nottingham
10 September 2019 — Boston, US — Global Mental Health: Defining the field by the Center for Mental Health Disparities at Boston Medical School and BU School of Medicine
12-13 September 2019 — London, UK — 25th International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference 2019 by the Royal College of Nursing
16 September 2019 — Cambridge, US — Mental Health and Africa by Harvard Law School
18-19 September 2019 — Cape Town, South Africa — 3rd African Diaspora Global Mental Health Conference
20 September 2019 — the Hague, Netherlands — Peace Sessions Expert by War Child
October – Mental Health Month
2-4 October 2019 — Belfast, Northern Ireland — 8th European Conference on Mental Health by Evipro
3-5 October 2019 — Singapore — 9th International Conference ‘Together Against Stigma’
7 October 2019 — New York City, US — Implementation Science–Backwards: How to Evaluate and Improve Psychosocial Interventions in Humanitarian Settings by the Global Mental Health University Seminar series at Columbia University
7-8 October 2019 — Amsterdam, the Netherlands — International Conference on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Crisis Situations by the Dutch Ministry for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
9 October 2019 — London, UK — Mad World Summit 2019 by Mad World
9-15 October 2019 — London, UK — The Museum of Lost & Found Potential exhibition by Speak Your Mind Campaign
10 October 2019 — worldwide — World Mental Health day with a focus on suicide prevention
10 October 2019 — Chennai, India — Mad Pride Parade at Elliot’s Beach
10 October 2019 — London, UK — Dr. Chesmal Siriwardhana memorial lecture on global mental health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
10-11 October 2019 — Ahmedabad, India — Mental Health 2019 Conference by Holistic Healing Foundation of India and Gujarat University
14-15 October 2019 — Geneva, Switzerland — Enhancing Country Action on Mental Health forum by the World Health Organization
15 October 2019 — London, UK — Mental Health and International Development by University College London
20-22 October 2019 — Townsville, QLD, Australia — 2019 Frontline Mental Health Conference by the Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association (with thanks to Britt)
21-22 October 2019 — Amsterdam, the Netherlands — 2nd Annual Congress on Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing
25-28 October 2019 — Bucharest, Romania — 23rd World Congress of Social Psychiatry
26 October 2019 — Lviv, Ukraine — III International conference on mental health care “Mental Health: Global challenges of XXI century”
29 October 2019 — London, UK — The Road to Global Mental Health conference by the Centre for Global Mental Health
November
Unspecified — New York City, US — Global Summit on Mental Health Culture Change by The Campaign to Change Direction
2 November — Boston, US — Palestinian Mental Health without Borders: Challenging Barriers and Taking Down Walls by William James College
5-9 November 2019 — Buenos Aires, Argentina – World Mental Health Congress by the World Federation for Mental Health
20 November 2019 — London, UK — Mental Health in Africa: Innovation and Investment by the Royal African Society
25 November 2019 — London, UK — The Friendship Bench: Breaking the wall of depression with grandmothers by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
27 November 2019 — Melbourne, Australia — The 41st Conference of the Society for Mental Health Research
December
2 December 2019 — London, UK — Mental Health on the Global Landscape Panel Discussion by Students for Global Health UCL
9 December 2019 — New York, US — The Mental Health Crisis in Mexico by the Global Mental Health Programs at Columbia University
9-12 December 2019 — Muscat, Oman — WHO Global Meeting to Accelerate Progress on SDG target 3.4 on NCDs and Mental Health by the World Health Organization and the Government of the Sultanate of Oman
13 December 2019 — Washington DC, US — Cultural Factors in Neuropsychiatric Disease: An Interdisciplinary Analysis