The world in denial? Global mental health matters

Tuesday - Wednesday 26 - 27 March 2013

Venue: Royal Society Of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE

**This meeting is FULLY BOOKED. We will not be accepting any on the day bookings**

This event makes the case for increasing the profile and funding of mental health globally and discusses the challenges and opportunities for this. The evidence to support this is extensive and compelling, so why do political leaders and policy makers fail to act? Simply put, the World is in denial and this event is a reality check.

The meeting is organised in association with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, for more information please visit http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk

Aims:
* Understand the global prevalence of mental health problems and its percentage of the total health burden in lower-income countries.
* Learn about the impact of untreated mental illness on morbidity and mortality in lower income countries.
* Examine the impact of untreated mental illness on the course and prognosis of physical illnesses.
* Understand the socio-economic cost of untreated mental illness.
* Explore the reasons why mental health is neglected in terms of specialists and treatment despite being a major disease area.
* Consider the challenges to global mental health arising from conflict including the impact on UK Society.
* Discuss what is being done to tackle the global mental health burden and what more needs to be done.

Who should attend:
Anyone working within the field of Global Mental Health or with an interest in this area.

Call for abstracts for posters
There will be a session at which participants can present their work and ideas in the form of a poster
Submission deadline for abstracts: Thursday 28 February 2013
The organising committee welcomes abstracts for posters for presentation on any topics of interest in the field of Global Health. Abstracts for posters should relate to original unpublished work.
These should be no more than 500 words in length. Abstracts should be sent to globalhealth@rsm.ac.uk and should be clearly marked 'Global health - abstract submission'. Please ensure that the author's postal address, telephone and fax numbers are included in this message as well as an email address for correspondence.

**This meeting is FULLY BOOKED. We will not be accepting any on the day bookings**

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DAY ONE: TUESDAY 26 MARCH 2013
9.00 am	Registration with tea and coffee
9.30 am	Introduction and welcome note
	Mr B Sethia, Lead for Global Health, Royal Society of Medicine Professor Sue Bailey, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Session 1: Keynote address
9.35 am	Disregarding mental health and wasting resources is unacceptable
	Professor Graham Thornicroft, Professor of Community Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
10.00 am	Discussion
Session 2: Global mental health from the cradle to the grave
Chair: Professor Sue Bailey, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK
10.10 am	Young people
	Professor Vikram Patel, Professor of International Mental Health & Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, Sangath Centre, Goa, India
10.30 am	Adult mental health and dementia
	Professor Martin Prince, Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry & Co-Director KHP/ LSHTM Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College Hospital
10.50 am	Panel discussion
	Professor Vikram Patel; Professor Martin Prince; Professor Alistair Burns, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre; Professor Martin Rossor, National Hospital for Neurology
11.10 am	Coffee Break
Session 3: Global initiatives in mental health - what people are doing to solve it
Chair: Professor Louis Appleby, National Director for Health & Criminal Justice and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manchester, UK
11.40 am	International action on addictions
	Professor Mohammed Abou-Saleh, St George's, University of London
12.00 pm	International action on mental health
	Dr Shekhar Saxena, Director for the Department for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland
12.20 pm	Panel discussion
	Session speakers
12.45 pm	Lunch and poster exhibition
Session 4: Keynote address
Chair: Ms Helen Miller, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK
2.00 pm	Against 'global mental health'
	Dr Derek Summerfield Consultant Psychiatrist, Honorary Senior Lecturer Institute of Psychiatrists
2.25 pm	Urban mental health, gender and poverty - a local not a global issue
	Dr Bhargavi Darva Director, Centre for Advocacy in Mental health, Pune, India
2.50 pm	Discussion
Session 5: Parallel workshops
3.00 pm	Delegates to choose to attend two from the following 5 workshops. Sessions will take place at 3pm and 3.45pm
	Workshop A: Mental health in infectious diseases
	Facilitator: Dr Thomas Gilberthorpe, Maudsley Hospital, London
	Workshop B: Discrimination and stigma
	Facilitator: Professor Graham Thornicroft Professor of Community Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
	Workshop C: Implementing the global mental health agenda: What NGOs can do
	Facilitator: Ms Rachel Arrundale, Policy and Advocacy Manager, International Medical Corps, UK
	Workshop D: Training the trainer; developing a local skills base in assessing and treating mental illness
	Facilitator: Professor Rachel Jenkins Director WHO Collaborating Centre, Head of Section Mental Health Policy, Vising Professor London School of Hygiene
	Workshop E: Perinatal mortality
	Facilitator: Professor Lesley Regan, Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Dr Liz MacDonald,
3.45 pm	Tea break
Session 6: Workshops repeated
4.15 pm	Delegates to attend the second of their chosen workshops
	As above
5.00 pm	Close of day one
5.10 pm	Premier film screening Hidden Pictures: The Underexposed World of Global Mental Health
	Q&A with the Director and Physician Dr Delaney Ruston
7.00 pm	Conference dinner for those who have pre-booked
DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH 2013
9.00 am	Registration with tea and coffee
9.30 am	Introduction and welcome note
	Mr B Sethia, Lead for Global Health, Royal Society of Medicine
Session 1: Keynote address
9.35 am	Recognising mental health human rights - the way forward
	Professor Norman Sartorius, Former Director, Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization (WHO); President of the World Psychiatric Association and of the European Psychiatric Association, Geneva, Switzerland
10.00 am	Discussion
Session 2: Global approaches to human rights
Chair: Dr Sab Bhaumik, Medical Director of Leicester Frith Hospital
10.10 am	Human rights
	Gunilla Backman, Health adviser for conflict countries, Sida
10.30 am	Vulnerable groups and issues with mental health
	Mr Chris Underhill, Founder Director, BasicNeeds
10.50 am	Panel discussion
	Session speakers
11.10 am	Coffee break
Session 3: The impact of conflict on global mental health
Chair: Professor Sir Simon Wessely Vice Dean, Institute of Psychiatry Head, Department of Psychological Medicine Director, King's Centre for Military Health Research King's College London
11.40 am	Volunteering role in reconstruction of society post conflict
	Dr Mohammed Al-Uzri Consultant Psychiatrist, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust & Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Leicester
12.00 pm	Mental health needs of asylum seekers and refugees
	Professor Kamaldeep Bhui, Professor of Cultural Psychiatry & Epidemiology, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry
12.20 pm	Lessons from military medicine
	Professor Richard Williams, Professor of Mental Health Strategy, University of Glamorgan and Honorary Professor, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester
12.40 pm	Panel discussion
	Discussant: Professor Kamaldeep Bhui, Professor Matthew Freedman, John Gale, CEO, Community Housing and Therapy, London
1.00 pm	Lunch break
Session 4: From denial to affirmation; No global health without mental health
Chair: Mr B Sethia, Lead for Global Health, Royal Society of Medicine
2.00 pm	Campaigning for Change: The Great Push for Mental Health and the People's Charter
	Professor John Copeland, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Liverpool
2.20 pm	The role of UN in global mental health
	Dr Matthew Muijen, Programme Manager for Mental Health with WHO Regional Office for Europe
2.40 pm	Panel discussion
	Session speaker, Dr Shekhar Saxena, Dr Derek Summerfield and Professor Neil Greenberg, Consultant Psychiatrist, Duchess of Kent's Psychiatric Hospital
3.00 pm	Final thoughts: How should global mental health issues be represented with SDG?
3.30 pm	Closing remarks
	Professor Sue Bailey, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
3.45 pm	Close of meeting
Meeting ref: GHD01 CPD: 5 credits

The Royal Society of Medicine

The world in denial? Global mental health matters

DAY ONE: TUESDAY 26 MARCH 2013

DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH 2013

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