NOVEMBER 10-21, 2014 GOA, INDIA LEADERSHIP IN MENTAL HEALTH (LMH 2014) KEY OBJECTIVES 1. To equip participants with the methods to develop and scale up interventions for people with mental disorders in low-resource settings. 2. To enhance leadership skills needed to scale up mental health care programmes and promote the human rights of people affected by mental disorders. COURSE STRUCTURE & LEARNING OUTCOMES The course is structured in three corresponding parts through which participants will be expected to understand the following: Part 1: Why scale up coverage of effective and affordable care for mental disorders? Part 2: How to scale up coverage of care for specific mental disorders? Part 3: What are the essential leadership skills required for scaling up? WHO IS THE COURSE FOR? The course is designed for people who are committed to improving the care for those with mental disorders and promoting their human rights, in particular in settings where mental health resources are scarce. Prior expertise in a clinical specialty related to mental health is not essential. COURSE METHODS The course teaching methods include: resource materials; classroom lectures; case studies of scaled up programmes in mental health and other health areas; and participant presentations. A core component of the course is guided group work spread through the two weeks aimed at developing a population-based mental health programme for settings chosen by participants to reflect a diversity of contexts. NOV 10-21 LMH 2014 GOA CONFIRMED COURSE TUTORS Neerja Chowdhary is a consultant psychiatrist and epidemiologist. She has experience of developing and evaluating psychological treatments for mental disorders such as depression. She also has experience in working in humanitarian settings in Chad and Afghanistan. Amit Dias is an epidemiologist and geriatrician by training and is currently the Assistant Professor at the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine at Goa Medical College. Gauri Divan is a developmental pediatrician with Sangath. She has been the clinical consultant on two Autism Speaks grants based in Sangath. She is part of a working group for ASD, established by the National Trust, as well as on an Expert Group on Developmental Screening and Early Intervention, Government of India. Vandana Gopikumar is a mental health and social work practitioner and advocate who co-founded The Banyan in 1993 after completing a Masters programme in Psychiatric Social Work. She is currently a doctoral scholar with Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Prachi Khandeparkar is a Clinical Psychologist at Sangath. She is a member of various government and institutional committees such as the Committee for Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace, Shiksha ka Haq abhiyan (Right to Education programme), and school anti-ragging committees. K V Kishore Kumar has worked in community settings in mental health care for the last 26 years. He is the director of The Banyan and the Balm and belongs to a number of professional bodies, including the Indian Association of Social Psychiatry and the Indian Psychiatric Society. Jagannath Lamichhane has lived with mental health problems since early childhood. He is a mental health rights activist in Nepal and the founder of the Nepal Mental Health Foundation, a not-for-profit, mental health rights organisation based in Kathmandu. Abhijit Nadkarni is a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK and is currently based in Sangath. He is currently leading projects exploring the long-term outcomes in alcohol use disorders and developing interventions for people with alcohol problems and their family members. Vikram Patel is a Professor of International Mental Health and Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK). He is the Joint Director of the School’s Centre for Global Mental Health. He is also the Honorary Director of the Public Health Foundation of India's Centre for Chronic Conditions and Injuries and a co-founder of Sangath. LMH 2014 NOV 10-21 GOA Soumitra Pathare is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Co-ordinator of the Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy at the Indian Law Society Pune, India. He is also an Adjunct Professor, Centre for Disability & Policy, School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway. Ratnaboli Ray, a trained psychologist and mental health activist, is working to transform India’s state mental institutions into centres of modern, high-quality professional care; and to create a system for reintegrating discharged patients into their home communities. She is the founder of Anjali, and NGO with a mission to move from institutionalized care to full rehabilitation of people with mental illness, ensuring their participation and consent in all decisions related to their lives. committees. Rahul Shidhaye is a Clinical Psychiatrist, with research interest in the social determinants of mental health, integration of mental health in primary care and mental health systems strengthening. He is country Principal Investigator for various Research Program Consortiums such as PRIME, EMERALD and SHARE. Rangaswamy Thara is the Director of the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (India) in Chennai, India, a collaborating centre of the World Health Organization for research and training in mental health. She is interested in longitudinal studies of course and outcome, and social disabilities of schizophrenia. Graham Thornicroft is Professor of Community Psychiatry and Head of the Health and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. He also holds the position of Consultant Psychiatrist, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Director, Health Policy and Evaluation Institute, King’s Health Partners. FEES The course fees (including all materials, but not including lodging and boarding) are:  Indian residents: Indian ` 15,000.  Residents of other low-income countries (as defined by World Bank): US$ 800  Residents of middle-income countries: US$ 1000  Residents of high-income countries: US$ 1500 Rules for deduction of fees following cancellation of registration: 3 months before commencement of course – 25% fees will be deducted 1 month before commencement of course – 50% fees will be deducted For further inquiries, please contact WENDY SIQUEIRA: Tel: +91 9850980657 Email: [email protected]