This Global Mental Health symposium is a joint effort by Equator Foundation, War Trauma Foundation and Centrum ’45, partners in Arq Psychotrauma Expert Group, and is marked by the departure of Pim Scholte, founder of Equator Foundation, and the 20th anniversary of War Trauma Foundation.
Global Mental Health in under-resourced countries and in the western world
Trauma-related and other mental health and psychosocial problems are highly prevalent in war-affected populations. The ongoing large influx of refugees into European countries poses a problem not familiar for the western world, namely a relative lack of available professionals to provide the care needed. One solution seems to be the application of working methods used in Global Mental Health care provision, particularly in low-income and under-resourced countries. In this symposium we will discuss principles and innovative approaches in Global Mental Health, and the applicability of these in Europe and the Netherlands in particular.
Target group
The symposium is meant for mental health care providers and policy makers, academics, and humanitarian workers affiliated with (I)NGOs.
The morning session will be plenary, with keynote addresses by three international experts highlighting current visions and practices in Global Mental Health. The afternoon session will host an international track geared towards humanitarian work in a global context, and a track geared towards psychological and psychosocial support for refugees in the Netherlands.
Practical information
Date: March 31, 2017
Time: 09.30 – 17.30 hrs
Location: Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam- Zuidoost, Collegezaal 5
Route description
Entrance fee: € 175,00
(Special price for humanitarian workers affiliated with (I)NGOs: € 75,00)
Information: info@academy.arq.org or call Arq Academy at +31 20 660 1970
Registration through The register button on this website Arq Symposium Global Mental Health
Please note: the information for the online registration is in Dutch
In case of any problems, please send an email to info@academy.arq.org or call Arq Academy at +31 20 660 1970.
Accreditation
Accreditation will be requested at the FGZP, NVvP and NTVG.
In case you would like us to request accreditation at other organizations, please send us an e-mail at info@academy.arq.org or call Arq Academy at +31 20 660 1970.
Program
Symposium Chair: Claudi Bockting
09.30 – 10.00 Welcome, coffee
10.00 – 10.15 Claudi Bockting & Pim Scholte
Introduction
10.15 – 10.50 Peter Ventevogel
Mental health and refugees: transferring knowledge from low and middle income
countries
10.50 – 11.25 Florence Baingana
Community-based programming
11.25 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 12.30 Vikram Patel
Psychological treatments for the world: lessons from the global south
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break
For more information about the workshop or to subscribe, see the website:
https://academy.arq.org/congres-cursus-2/lentesymposium-global-mental-health