Don't miss next month's webinar!
July's webinar will cover violence and mental health: opportunities for prevention and intervention
The #MHforAll webinar will take place on Tuesday 26th July at 14:00 BST (15:00 CEST). You can register here
Our panel will draw on new research from the Lancet and discuss the findings and recommendations of the latest Intimate Partner Violence commission. They will also explore the impacts of online violence and the topic of violence on the family.
The #MHforAll series has been a successful global forum, with a total audience of over 7,000 viewers, and many more engagements. Since April 2020 we have hosted monthly Mental Health For All webinars with over 120 speakers from more than 40 countries. The audience tends to be a very diverse mix of mental health professionals, funders, bilateral governments, UN agencies, NGOs, private sector representatives, academics, and researchers from all parts of the world.
The #MHforAll series is designed to provide policymakers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the most pressing and often neglected issues of mental health around the world. It is an opportunity to learn and share ideas which provide practical solutions to the challenges we are facing.
Register for the MHforAll webinar:
Date: Tuesday 26th July
Time 14:00 BST (15:00 GMT).
You can register here
How the Mental Health For All Webinars started:
In April 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, MHPSS.net and United for Global Mental Health launched a webinar series designed to provide policymakers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.
Since then, we have seen increased interest in global mental health more generally and so have expanded the topics covered by the webinars beyond just COVID-19.
The GMHAN Mental Health For All Webinars happen monthly at 09:00 EST; 14:00 GMT; 15:00 CET; 15:00 SAST; 18:30 IST. Each session is 50 minutes.
TESTIMONIALS
“An excellent initiative at this time of great need for focusing on mental health.” - Dr Shekhar Saxena, Department of Global Health and Population at Havard
“These webinars with global perspectives sharing innovative practice and data come highly recommended.” - Sue Baker OBE, Time To Change Global
“Thanks so much for bringing us together to discuss issues relating to mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak.” - Alison Brunier, WHO
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Previous Webinars
May 17th 2022 - Mental Health in Emergencies
The webinar had the following panel of experts: Marcio Gagliato, MHPSS Specialist, Libya (chair), Fahmy Hanna, Technical Officer, WHO from the Ukraine frontline, Orest Suvalo, coordinator of community based mental health services development, Mental Health for Ukraine project, Ukraine, Karla Alvear-Veintimilla, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Specialist, International Medical Corps, Venezuela and Ann Willhoite, MHPSS Specialist, UNICEF, South Africa).
April 26th 2022 - Climate Change & Mental Health
Speakers included Wendy Ager, (Intervention Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict-Affected Areas) (chair), Dr Lennart Reifels, (Melbourne School of Population and Global Health), Dr Jura Augustinavicius, (McGill University and MHPSS Collaborative), Dr Brandon Gray, (World Health Organization) and
Jessica Novia, (YAKKUM).
March 29th 2022 - Financing Mental Health through Universal Health Coverage
Speakers included Yves Zuniga as chair (MentalhealthPH), Daniel Chisholm (WHO), Paul Bolton (USAID) and Benjamin Ballah (Cultivation for Users Hope).
March 8 2022 - COVID-19 & Mental Health
Speakers included Dr. Mark van Ommeren (WHO), Prof. Dr. Marit Sijbrandij (Vrije University, WHO Collaborating Centre), Prof. Brigitte Khoury (American University of Beirut Medical Centre) and Judy Kariuki (BasicNeeds Kenya).
February 22 2022 - THE EFFECTS OF CONVERSION THERAPY ON THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY
Speakers included Dr. Shruti Chakravarty (Mariwala Health Initiative, India), Yvonne Wamari (OutRight Action International, Kenya), Robbie de Santos (Stonewall, UK), Dr. Amir Ahuja (Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, US) and Barbra Wangare (East African Trans Health Advocacy Network, Kenya).
January 25 2022 - Driving Forward Meaningful Youth Participation
Speakers included Aviwe Funani (Waves for Change), Saisha M (Mariwala Health Initiative), Ahmad Nisar (Mental Health Advocate), Michelle Cruickshank (Grand Challenges Canada), and Gary Shaughnessy (Zurich Foundation).
December 14 2021 - Global advocacy in a virtual world
Speakers included Yves Zuniga (MentalhealthPh), Sarah Kline (United for Global Mental Health), Alison Brunier (WHO), Ann Willhoite (UNICEF), Arshinta (Yakkum)
November 30 2021 - Leave No One Behind. No Health Without Mental Health.
Speakers included Rob Yates (Executive Director, Center for Universal Health, Chatham House) , Dr. Asma Humayun (Technical Advisor, Ministry of PDSI Pakistan), Peter Yaro (Executive Director, Basic Needs Ghana) and Pradeep Gunarathne (National Organizer, CANMHLanka).
October 26 2021 - The case for decriminalising suicide
Speakers included Sarah Johnson (The Guardian), Wendy Orchard (IASP),Natalie Drew (WHO), Prof. Joseph Osafo, (University of Ghana/IASP Special Working Group), Senator Shahadat Awan (Senate of Pakistan) and Dr. Soumitra Pathare (Center for MH Law & Policy, India).
September 28 2021 - The Data Gap in Mental Health
Speakers included Pam Das (The Lancet), Tarun Dua (World Health Organisation), Cecilia Vaca Jones (Bernard van Leer Foundation), Liliana Carvajal (UNICEF), and Suraj Koirala (Transcultural Psychosocial Organization).
June 29 2021 - Putting Psychoses on the Global Mental Health Agenda
Speakers included Craig Morgan (Centre for Society and Mental Health at King’s College London), Rangaswamy Thara (Schizophrenia Research Foundation), Soumitra Pathare (Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy), Ying Ying Lee (Institute of Mental Health, Singapore), and Mark van Ommeren (WHO).
May 20 2021 - Mental Health & The World Health Assembly
Speakers included Raj Mariwala (Mariwala Health Initiative), Mark Van Ommeren (WHO), Niall Boyce (Lancet Psychiatry), Nasri Omar (Focal Point Mental Health System and Services, Mental Health Division, Ministry of Health, Government of Kenya), Taiwo Lateef Sheikh (Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria).
May 4 2021 - State of Mental Health: Financing
Speakers included Raj Mariwala (Mariwala Health Initiative), Dan Chisholm (World Health Organization), Ben Dossen, (The Carter Center), Douglas Otieno (TINADA Youth Organization), Valentina Iemmi (London School of Economics).
April 20 2021 - Youth Mental Health
Speakers included Zeinab Hijazi (UNICEF), Chiara Servili (WHO), Matt Hughsam (citiesRISE), Yves Miel Zuniga (MentalHealthPH), Aviwe Fuanani (Waves For Change), and Joanna Lai (UNICEF).
April 6 2021 - Mental Health and Early Childhood Development
Speakers included Andrea Torres (Bernard Van Leer Foundation), Bruno Rivalan (Global Financing Facility), Giselle Dass (Child, Adolescent and Family services), and Ben Perks (UNICEF).
March 23 2021 - Mental Health and Migrant Populations
Speakers included Gulli Schinina (IOM), Monica Blotevogel (Coreszon), Juliet Cohen (Freedom from Torture), David Karorero (Youth Activist and Founder of Burundian Youth for a Brighter Future).
March 9 2021 - Mental Health in Prisons and Institutions
Speakers included Senop Tschakarjan (Deputy Head of the MHPSS unit, ICRC), Mathew Mutiso (Nanga Support Network), Howard Ryland (Health Professionals for Global Health), and Robert Van Voren (Chief Executive of Human Rights in Mental Health-FGIP).
February 23 2021 -The Year of Human Rights and Mental Health
Speakers included Michelle Funk (WHO Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse), Yvonne Owino-Wamari, (OutRight Action International), Simon Vasseur-Bacle (WHO Collaborating Center for research and training in mental health), and Tanja Kleinsorge (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development)
February 9 2021 - Human Rights and Mental Health
Speakers included Julie Hannah (University of Essex), Ana Lucia Arellano (International Disability Alliance) and Michael Njenga (Africa Disability Forum, Users and Survivors of Psychiatry in Kenya).
January 26 2021 - COVID-19 and the Impacts of a Global Pandemic
Speakers included Florence Baingana, World Health Organisation, Carmen Moreno, University of Madrid, and Nev Jones, University of South Florida.
January 12 2021 - COVID-19 and the Direct Impacts on Mental Health
Speakers included Ed Bullmore, University of Cambridge, Maxime Taquet, University of Oxford, Nisreen Alwan, University of Southampton, and John McConnell, The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
December 1 2020 - Mental Health Research Funding
Speakers included Danielle Kemmer, International Association of Mental Health Research Funding, Vikram Patel, Harvard School of Public Healt, Miranda Wolpert, The Wellcome Trust, Kwame McKenzie, Wellesley Institute.
November 24 2020 - Public and Population Mental Health
Speakers included Steve Appleton, IIMHL, Kathy Langlois, IIMHL, Sean Russell, Thrive West Midlands, Nina Acco Weston, Wellesley Institute.
November 10 2020 - Mental Health, HIV and TB
Speakers included Neerja Chowdhary, WHO, Vongai Munatsi, Frontline AIDS, Ethel Nakimuli-Mpungu, Researcher MQ, Aneeta Pasha, IRD Pakistan.
October 13 2020 - Mental Health and Education
Speakers included Ann Willhoite, UNICEF, Paul St John Frisoli, Lego Foundation, Geoffrey Omega, Basic Needs Basic Rights Kenya, Johnson Tekay Hinneh, Liberian Ministry of Education, Sarah Kline, United for Global Mental Health.
October 27 2020 - Mental Health in the Media
Speakers included Yves Zuñiga, #MentalHealthPH, Wannie Ngaujah, Radio Democracy, Kari Cobham, The Carter Center, Alex Bushill, Mind.
September 29 2020 - World Mental Health Day Activities and Campaigns
Speakers included Ingrid Daniels, World Federation for Mental Health, Alison Brunier, WHO, Taha Sabri, Speak Your Mind, Eleni Misganaw, Mental Health Service Users' Association Ethiopia.
September 15 2020 - Stigma and Discrimination
Speakers included Sue Baker and Louise Brookes, Time to Change, Esenam Drah, Mental Health Society of Ghana, Charlene Sunkel, Global Mental Health Peer Network, Petra Gronholm, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London.
September 1 2020 - Substance Use
Speakers included Professor Alexander Baldacchino, St Andrews University Medical School and International Society of Addiction Medicine, Vladimir Poznyak, World Health Organisation, Olga Belyaeva, Eurasian Network of People who Use Drugs, Nirvana Morgan, Network of Early Career Professionals working in the area of Addiction Medicine.
August 25 2020 - The Return to Work and New Ways of Working
Speakers included Manal Azzi, International Labour Organisation, Aiysha Malik, World Health Organisation, Emma Jacobs, Financial Times, Poppy Jaman, City Mental Health Alliance, Charlotte Kirby, Salesforce.
August 18 2020 - Suicide and Suicide Prevention
Speakers included Murad Khan, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Chris Caulkins, Minesota Center of Suicidology, Michael Eddlestone, University of Edinburgh, Cassey Chambers, South African Depression and Anxiety Group.
July 28 2020 - LGBTQIA+ Affirmative Mental Health Practices
Speakers included Raj Mariwala, Mariwala Health Initiative, Bonnie Sepora, Open Hands Botswana, Michael King, Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry, UCL and Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett, The Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion.
July 21 2020 - Integrating Mental Health into Health Systems
Speakers included Shekhar Saxena, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Githinji Gitahi, AMREF Health Africa, Devora Kestel, WHO, Akwasi Osei, Mental Health Authority of Ghana and Peter Yaro, BasicNeeds Ghana.
July 14 2020 - How to Support Patients and Caregivers
Speakers included Jasmine Kalha, Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, India, Aakanksha Kapoor, Minds At Play, Neevam Foundation, India, Santie Terreblanche, Deputy Executive Officer, Cape Mental Health, Andrea Alvarado, Clinical Psychologist, Ecuador and Spain.
July 7 2020 - Mental Health and Poverty Alleviation
Speakers included Dr Daniel Vigo, University of British Columbia, and Harvard Medical School, Adv. Liron David, Enosh, The Israeli Mental Health Association, Pooja Pillai, Project Burans, India, Cathy Conteh, Partners in Health, Sierra Leone and Dr Fizza Yasmeen, BasicNeeds Pakistan.
June 30 2020 - Workplace Mental Health
Speakers included Professor Sir Graham Thornicroft (Kings College London), Enoch Li (Bearapy), Emma Codd (Deloitte) Sapna Mahajan (Centre of Expertise on Workplace Mental Health).
June 23 2020 - MHPSS For Refugees, Migrants and Asylum Seekers
Speakers included Peter Ventevogel (UNHCR), Theresa Ombalo (WHO), Lynne Jones, OBE (Independent MH Expert & Activist), Rama Shyam (SNEHA), Guglielmo Schinina (IOM).
June 16 2020 - Stories From the Front Line: Innovations in Mental Health Care
Speakers included Alal Single Dora, Country Director of Thrive Gulu, Francisco J. Muñoz Martinez, Chile Family Therapy, Paul Fearon, St. Patricks Mental Health Service, Dr Wisam Aldhannoon Psychiatrist, IMC - Iraq and Peter Ventevogel, UNHCR.
June 9 2020 - Mental Health and Human Rights
Speakers included Dainius Puras, Special Rapporteur on Right to Health, Akiko Hart, NSUN, Shantha Rau Barriga, Human Rights Watch and Innocentia Mgijima, University of Pretoria.
June 2 2020 - Mental Health of Youth, Children and Carers
Speakers included Chiara Servilli, WHO, Zeinab Hijazi, UNICEF, Matias Irarrazabal, Chilean Ministry of Health and youth mental health campaigners Aimee Wade from Belize and Josiah Tualamali'i from New Zealand.
May 26 2020 - Mental Health and Humanitarian Crises
Speakers included Fahmy Hanna, WHO; Ken Miller, War Child Holland; Deborah Magdenlena, IOM; Phiona Koyiet, World Vision; Peter Ventevogel, UNHCR.
May 19 2020 - COVID-19 & People in Vulnerable Situations
Speakers included Katrin Seeher, WHO; Sudipto Chatterjee, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore and Parivartan Trust, India; Martin Prince, King’s College London; Víctor Lizama, Coordinator of the Team of Justice Facilitators of the Disability and Justice Program of the Mexican NGO Documenta.
May 12 2020 - Mental Health & COVID-19 Beyond Face to Face
Speakers included Ken Carswell, WHO; Ifedayo Ward, Mentally Aware Nigeria; Piers Gooding, University of Melbourne. Chaired by Shekhar Saxena, Harvard.
May 5 2020 - Mental Health & COVID-19 Best Practice Public Health Information Campaigns
Speakers included Alison Brunier, WHO; Pattie Gonsalves, Sangath, India; Taha Sabri Taskeen, Pakistan.
April 28 2020 - Mental Health & COVID Financing
Speakers included Sarah Kline, United for Global Mental Health; Danielle Kemmer, IAMHRF; Rajvi Mariwala, Mariwala Health Initiative; Nasri Omar, Focal Point Mental Health System and Services, Mental Health Division, Ministry of Health, Government of Kenya.
April 21 2020 - Mental Health & COVID-19 Research
Speakers included Mark van Ommeran. WHO, Switzerland; Dr. Lola Kola, WHO Collaborating Center, Ibadan, Nigeria; Edward Bullmore, Cambridge University, UK; Emily Holmes, Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; Charlene Sunkel, Global Mental Health Peer Network, South Africa.
April 14 2020 - Supporting the Mental Health of Frontline Health Workers
Speakers included Aiysha Malik of WHO, Beatriz Rodriguez Vega: University Hospital of La Paz, Madrid, Spain, Mohammad Elshazly: UNHCR Egypt, Cox’s Bazaar (Bangladesh), Eliza Cheung: Hong Kong Red Cross, China. Co-organised by Ananda Gallappatti, MHPSS.net, Sri Lanka and chaired by Shekhar Saxena, Harvard.
April 7 2020 - Mental Health & COVID-19 Latest Knowledge
Speakers included Dévora Kestel, Director of Mental Health and Substance Use at WHO, and researchers already reporting on the impact of social isolation; the impact of COVID-19 on serious mental health conditions; and the challenges of dramatic societal change and what to do next.