Programme
Monday 18 October
14:00 Opening and welcome
14:10 Plenary Session 1: The big picture
Key Note Address by Dr Ledia Lazeri, WHO Europe Regional Advisor, Mental Health
Key Note Address by Benjamin Perks, Head of Campaigns and Advocacy at UNICEF, New York
15:00 Break
15:10 Plenary Session 2 – Towards a new understanding of mental health and wellbeing
- Dr Christian Rück, Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Author. "Can we get out of the neurotic threadmill?”
- Dr Vikram Patel, Professor of Global Health, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Dr Dixon Chibanda, Associate Professor, Cenre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. Towards positive mental health and wellbeing: Lessons from Friendship Bench Zimbabwe
16:25 Wrap-up of Day 1
16:30 End of Day 1
Day 2: 19 October
14:00 Welcome back
14:05 Plenary Session 3: Innovative strategies for closing the treatment gap
- Dr Andy Blackwell, Chief Scientific Officer, IESO Digital Health, UK: Rethinking the role of technology in improving access and quality in mental healthcare
- Dr Paul Farrand, Professor, University of Exeter, UK: Reimagining Support for Low-Intensity CBT: The Promise of AI
- Dr Gerhard Andersson, Professor, Linköping University, Sweden: Psychological internet treatments work and can be exported to other cultures and languages
- Dr Andrea M. Beetz, Professor, IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany: Benefits of Human-Animal Interactions for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Discussion
15:20 Break
15:30 Workshops in Parallel:
- A: Implementation of Physical Activity on Prescription
- B: Psychological Flexibility, Mental Health, COVID-19 and Beyond
- C: Public Mental Health: Discussions of the semantics of mental health and mental illness for better accuracy and policy making
- D: Hormones and Mood
18:00 End of Day 2
Day 3: 20 October
14:00 Welcome Back
14:05 Plenary Session 4 – Social Media and Adolescent Mental Health
- Dr Nick Allen, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Oregon, USA, Digital pragmatism: How can we use social media and digital devices to support adolescent mental health?
- Dr Jacqueline Nesi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, USA: "Rethinking Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health: Risks, Benefits, and Opportunities."
- Dr Madeleine George, Public Health Research Analyst at RTI International, Durham North Carolina, USA, Adolescents in the digital age: technology use, wellbeing, and parenting
14:55 Break
15:00 Workshops in Parallel:
- E: Addressing Peripartum Depression
- F: Public Mental Health Promotion as an integral part of clinical- and community care programs
- G: How to improve access to evidence-based psychological interventions
- H: Animal-Assisted Interventions for Children with Mental Health Challenges in School
17:30 End of Day 3
Day 4: 21 October - Conference Closing
14:00 Welcome Back
14:05 Plenary Session 5: Pathways to lifelong mental wellbeing
- Dr Christian Benedict, Associate Professor in Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Sweden, A sleep-deprived society: A brief wake-up call!
- Dr Catharine Ward Thompson, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh, UK Healthy green space and inclusive landscapes: the salutogenic environment
- Dr Steven C. Hayes Nevada Foundation Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, Founder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), USA , Isn’t That Tweet: ACT in 15 Minutes
15:30 Report back from workshops
16:15 Closing Remarks, The Road Ahead.
- Dr. Ing-Marie Wieselgren, MD, PhD Psychiatry, Project Manager for Joint Action for Mental Health Sweden, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions