Global mental health is an integral part of global health. Mental health problems including neurological and drug related disorders are known causes of disability which make a substantial contribution to the global burden of diseases, not only in high income countries but also in low and middle Income countries. However, there is a severe lack of services, teaching, research and human and financial resources in this field. The treatment gap of mental disorders including epilepsy is much broader in the low and middle income countries compared to the high Income countries which contributes to health inequity and inequality worldwide.Thus, in the spirit of the sustainable development goals, there is dire need for more partnership and strong institutional collaboration in the fields of patient care, teaching and research between academic institutions in South and North, also among institutions in South, in order to understand the global mental health issues effectively.
Program
09:00 | Welcome and introductions | Andrea S. Winkler, Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, and Director of the Centre for Global Health, University of Oslo & Edvard Hauff, Professor, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Division of Mental Health and Addiction/ Research Group on Traumatic Stress, Forced Migration and Global Mental Health, University of Oslo |
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09:15 | Global mental health research and services: status for children. Opportunities for collaboration | Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen, Professor, Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen |
09:45 | Q&A | |
09:55 | Possibilities to support further deveopment of mental health in Malawi | Ann Færden, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist & Reserah Coordinator Department of Acute Psychiatry Division of Mental Health and Addiction Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål |
10:25 | Q&A | |
10:35 | Community studies of mental health in South Sudan | Edvard Hauff, Professor, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Division of Mental Health and Addiction/ Research Group on Traumatic Stress, Forced Migration and Global Mental Health, University of Oslo |
11:05 | Q&A | |
11:15 | Mental health in Nepal and possibilities of collaboration | Suraj Thapa, Ass. Professor, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Division of Mental Health and Addiction/ Research Group on Traumatic Stress, Forced Migration and Global Mental Health, University of Oslo |
11:45 | Q&A | |
11:55 | Lunch | |
12:45 | Developing mental health services in low income countries, with a focus on Mozambique | Wolfgang Krahl, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry, Isar Amper Clinic, Munich East |
13:15 | Q&A | |
13:20 | Mental health and work in Namibia | Lars Lien, Researcher - Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research, Professor at the Hedmark University College |
13:50 | Q&A | |
14:00 | Panel discussion and rounding up | Andrea S. Winkler, Suraj Thapa |
14:30 | End |
Registration
The guest lecture is free and open for all. Please register before December 3rd due to lunch reservation.