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UNITAR-EMDR Europe Conference Geneva in 25 Tweets:

June 8, 2013 – 9:25 pm

‏This time together with UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research), EMDR Europe organized it’s 14th annual conference in Geneva. This corporation with UNITAR resulted in a special track for UN and humanitarian agencies personal, with topics about work with refugees, with abused children, after natural disasters and in acute trauma, with people who were kidnapped, and with relief workers. Continue reading →

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Recap of the Cultural Psychiatry and Global Mental Health Conference May 31st 2013

June 3, 2013 – 5:10 pm

Last Friday, May 31th, I attended this one day conference, which was organized to mark the farewell of Joop de Jong as Professor at the VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Europe.
I hope the VU will publish the full text of the lecture of prof de Jong (‘Soul searching, a journey into global mental health’) online, but I can’t find it yet. So, here below are a few points he made in this farewell lecture.
Abstracts and bio’s of the other keynote speakers (Stevan Hobfoll, Devon Hinton and Vikram Patel), few forum speakers and chair (Daniel Botha, Mark van Ommeren), and the 21 symposium presenters are available online (26 pages pdf), together with the bio of prof de Jong. In the symposia a lot of qualitative/quantitative research and reports from all over the world. Continue reading →

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Is the Global Mental Health Field in 2013 showered with too much meetings?

May 16, 2013 – 12:44 pm

To mention a couple of Global Mental Health and international Psychiatry conferences this year:
1. May 31 Amsterdam, Europe: Cultural Psychiatry and Global Mental Health Symposium,
2. June 19-23 Istanbul, Turkey, Europe: World Psychiatric Association International Congress,
3. August 5-7 the Gold Coast, Australia: The 14th International Mental Health Conference,
4. 21-22 August Bangkok, Thailand, Asia: 3rd Global Mental Health Summit of the Movement for GMH,
5. August 25-28 Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America: World Mental Health Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health,
6. September 27-28 London, UK: CGMH Conference: Sustainable development through global action: The case for investing in mental health,
7.October 3-4 Lisbon, Portugal, Europe: First high-level technical meeting of The Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform,
8. October 27-30 Vienna, Austria, Europe: World Psychiatric Association (WPA) International Congress.
How much will this cost? I dare not to count (I’m always worried that more money is going to travel, hotels and meetings than to capacity building in the global mental health field).
Will there be new info and new attendees? Or are the same people traveling and listening to each others presentations over and over again? Would we be better off with one big international meeting each year? Each two years? Or offer these different meetings in different corners of the world better opportunities?
Would it be better to organize such meetings in a low income country in stead of Europe or Australia?
Is it fair to organize conferences about global mental health without funding for people from low and middle income countries?
What do you think?

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My 13 takeaways of the 3rd Malawi Mental Health Research and Practice Development Conference

April 27, 2013 – 10:19 am

The conference: This 3rd annual Malawi Mental Health Research and Practice Conference took place on 22-23 April 2013 at the Saint John of God College of Health Sciences in Mzuzu, Northern Malawi. The event was organized by the St. John of God College, the Department of Mental Health College of Medicine Malawi University, and the Scotland-Malawi Mental Health Education Project (SMMHEP). Continue reading →

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Agenda of more then 80 Global Mental Health, MHPSS, Psychology and Psychiatry Conferences/Events:

January 12, 2013 – 2:02 pm

Attention: Due to time constraints, I was forced to stop updating this list by September 2016. The information will be outdated soon. Sorry, I hope you will find your information elsewhere on the internet.

7-9 September 2016: 3rd Euro Psychiatrists Meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe. psychiatry.global-summit.com

10-12 September 2016: 3rd World Conference on Psychology Sciences, Bali, Indonesia, Asia. wc=psy.org

15-19 September 2016: The Body’s Energy Systems: Doorways for Psychological Change, 18th Annual Canadian Energy Psychology Conference, Halifax, Canada. epccanada.ca

17-20 September 2016: 29th ECNP (Neuroscience) Congress, Vienna, Austria, Europe. ecnpcongress.eu

18-22 September 2016: The International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions(IACAPAP) 22st World Congress, Calgary, Canada. iacapap2016.org

23-24 September 2016: The Third International Interdisciplinary Conference: Health and Mental Resilience, Krakow, Poland, Europe. resilience-conf.wzks.uj.edu.pl

25-28 September 2016: Conference: New Insights into Psychiatric Disorders through Computational, Biological and Developmental Approaches, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe. fens.org

26-28 September 2016: International Marcé Society Biennial Scientific Conference 2016, ‘Frontiers in Perinatal Mental Health – looking to the future’, Melbourne, Autralia. marce2016.com

26-28 September 2016: JENGA III: A 3-day International Training Workshop on Using Expressive Arts in Mental Health and Psycho-social Support, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. Mail to Brinda Wachs brindawachs@gmail.com

28-30 September 2016: 3rd International and 5th Indian Psychological Science Congress- 2016, Panjab, India, Asia. napsindia.org

1-3 October 2016: Yoga, Science of Infinite Possibilities Conference, Sydney, Australia yogavedanta.org.au

5-8 October 2016: Freud Meets Buddha: Mindfulness, Trauma and Process Addictions conference, Atlanta, United States of America. atnd.it

6-7 October 2016: 2nd Asia Pacific Conference and Meeting on Mental Health, Singapore, Asia. silverribbonsingapore.com

7-8 October 2016: 2016 Fall Global Symposium for Psychology Professionals, Los Angeles, United States of America. uofriverside.com

7-9 October 2016: 2016 International Symposium on Education and Psychology, Fall session, Taipei, Taiwan, Asia. <a href="http://tw-knowledge.org/isepfall/home

10 October 2016: World Mental Health Day 2016, theme: Dignity in Mental Health, Psychological and Mental Health First Aid for All, International. wfmh.com

11-15 October 2016: 7th ICEEPSY International Conference on Education and Educational Psychology, Rhodos, Greece, Europe. futureacademy.org.uk

13-15 October 2016: Conference Trauma and Trust: Peacebuilding in Ruptured Social Systems, University of Denver, Denver, USA. du.edu/conflictresolution

17-19 October 2016: World Federation for Mental Health International Conference 2016, Cairns, Autralia. <a href="http://www.wfmh2016.com"wfmh2016.com

17-22 October 2016: 3rd Mental Health and Well-being Conference of Ghana with the theme ‘Dignity in Mental Health, Psychological and Mental Health First Aid’, Accra, Ghana, Africa. mhfgh.org

19-21 October 2016: The Lancet Neurology Conference
Preclinical neurodegenerative disease: towards prevention and early diagnosis, London, UK, Europe. preclincalnddconference.com

19-22 October 2016: 8th World Hearing Voices Congress, Paris, France, Europe. paris2016.revfrance.org

21 October 2016: Smoking Cessation in Mental Health Conference, London, United Kingdom. healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk

21-22 October 2016: International Psychology Conference Dubai 2016, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East. psych-me.com

27-29 October 2016: 9th International Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry Conference ‘Stress and Behavior’ (China and South East Asia), Zhanjiang, China. via scribd.com

1-3 November 2016: International Conference on the Urgency, Methods, and Benefits of Building Personal and Psychosocial Resilience for Climate Change, Chicago, USA. nationalresilienceinstitute.org

3-4 November 2016: 1st International Conference on Building Personal and Psychosocial Resilience for Climate Change, Washington, USA. theresourceinnovationgroup.org

7-9 November 2016: 2016 International Conference on Education, Psychology, and Learning-Fall Session (ICEPL-Fall 2016), Seoul, Korea (south), Asia. iainst.org

9-10 November 2016: 7th Culture and International Mental Health conference, Manchester, UK. via eventbrite.co.uk

10-11 November 2016: International Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry ISBS Symposium, San Diego, CA, United States of America. via scribd.com

10-12 November 2016: International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
32nd Annual Meeting, Dallas, USA. istss.org

11 November 2016: Voices in Global Mental Health conference, London, UK. via Eventbrite

13-18 November 2016: 2nd National Congress of Psychology Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya. psyske.org

14-17 November 2016: 5th International Workshop on Psychological Intervention After Disasters, Manila, Philippines, Asia. via mhpss.net

23-26 November 2016: German Association of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Congress 2016, Mind – Person – Society, Berlin, Germany, Europe. dgppn.de

24-26 November 2016: 5th World Conference on Psychology and Sociology, Hammamet, Tunisia, Africa. psysoc.net

28-29 November 2016: MindCare Conference, where technological, psychiatric and psychological disciplines meet, Barcelona, Spain, Europe. mindcaresymposium.org

1-3 December 2016: 10th International Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry ISBS Regional (S. America) Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America. via scribd.com

2-3 December 2016: Asia Mental Health Conference 2016, Hong Kong, Asia. sowk.hkbu.edu.hk

5-9 December 2016: 10th IRCT Scientific Symposium and General Assembly : Delivering on the Promise of the Right to Rehabilitation, Mexico city, Mexico, Middle America. irct.org

7-8 December 2016: 12th International Conference on Psychology, Language and Teaching (ICPLT), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Asia. gplra.org

8-9 December 2016: Alcoholism, Sexoholism and other addictions, International Interdisciplinary Conference, Krakow, Poland, Europe. alcoholaddiction.ug.edu.pl

8-10 December 2016: 16th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders, IFMAD, Rome, Italy, Europe. ifmad.org/2016

10-11 December 2016: Sangath conference, Innovations in Mental Health Care India, , Goa, India, Asia. sangathconference.com

14-15 December 2016: International Conference on Public Mental Health and Neurosciences (ICPMN-2016), Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Asia. sarvasumama.in

1-2 January 2017: International Conference on Psychology, Sports, Politics and Interdisciplinary Studies (PSPIS-17), Dubai, UAE, Middle East. iaohm.org

9-11 January 2017: 5th icCSBs The Annual International Conference on Cognitive, Social, and Behavioural Sciences, Kyrenia, Cyprus, Europe. <a href="http://www.futureacademy.org.uk/conference/icCSBs/futureacademy.org

7-8 February 2017: International Conference on Applied Counseling and Psychology (ICACP-2017), Johor Bahru, JOHOR, Malaysia, Asia. fp.utm.my

12-14 February 2017: 2017 4th International Conference on Education and Psychological Sciences (ICEPS 2017), Barcelona, Spain, Europe. iceps.org

6-9 March 2017: 7th World Congress on Women’s Mental Health, theme Rights, Resilience and Recovery, Dublin, Ireland, Europe. iawmh2017.org

13-15 March 2017: ICSP 2017,International Conference on Spirituality and Psychology, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia. spirituality.org

16-19 March 2017: 24th Annual International stress and behavior Neuroscience and Biopsychiatry Conference, St-Petersburg, Russian Federation. via scribd.com

22-25 March 2017: The Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences 2017 (ACP2017), Kobe, Japan, Asia. iafor.org

3-4 April 2017: Other Psychotherapies, across time, space, and cultures conference, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. otherpsychs.academyblogs.co.uk

6-9 April 2017: Anxiety and Depression Conference,Anxiety and Depression Association of America, San Francisco, USA.adaa.org

26-18 April 2017: 5th CPSYC International Congress on Clinical and Counselling Psychology, Bari, Italy, Europe. futureacademy.org.uk

4-7 May 2017: The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) 2017 Conference, Arlington, United States of America. via go.evvnt.com

9-11 May 2017: icSEP International Conference on Sport, Education & Psychology, Bucharest, Romania, Europe. futureacademy.org.uk

24-25 May 2017: 13th International Conference on Psychology and Behavioural Sciences (ICPBS), Lisbon, Portugal, Europe. gplra.org

1-3 June 2017: 4th International Conference on Education, Psychology and Social Science 2017 ICEPSS, Malolos City, Philippines, Asia. icepss.net

5-7 July 2017: 3rd icH and Hpsy ISI Thomson Reuters indexed International Conference on Health and Health Psychology, Porto, Portugal, Europe. futureacademy.org.uk

8-12 October 2017: World Congress of Psychiatry 2017 Psychiatry of the 21st Century: Context, Controversies and Commitment, Berlin, Germany, Europe. wpaberlin2017.com

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10 pluses and 2 minuses for the World Mental Health Congress, 18-21 October 2011, Cape Town

October 26, 2011 – 1:42 pm

With e few hundred other delegated from all over the world, I attended this 3 days biennial Global Mental Health Congress(WMHC2011), organized by the South African Federation of Mental Health(SAFMH) and the World Federation for Mental Health(WFMH). Besides 5 keynote lectures each day, there were 20 symposia, 21 free paper sessions, 16 workshops, 4 video-presentations and dozens meet-the-author poster sessions. Continue reading →

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My 10 picks today: 2nd Summit of the Movement for Global Mental Health:

October 17, 2011 – 11:56 pm

With more then 100 others I attended today, 17 October 2011, this one day summit in Cape Town, South Africa. Although I missed the very first part of the day (due to waiting cue for the registration) and the very last part (due to the desire to do some groceries before shops were closed), I followed all the other 25 presentations and 6 plenary discussions. Continue reading →

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