October 2011

10 - World Mental Health Day

The day raises public awareness about mental health issues, investments in prevention and treatment services. The treatment gap for mental, neurological and substance use disorders is formidable especially in poor resource countries. Related links Promoting Mental Health in Schools

World Federation for Mental Health Congress

MVI presentation: Mental Health and Media

European Public Mental Health Policy: Reaching Many

Convened MVI and Erasmus Medical Center 
  

November 2011

22 - London, United Kingdom 4th Promoting Mental Health in Schools conference. Organized by: Optimus Education

(event website http://www.optimuseducation.com/conferences/conference/promoting-mental-health-schools-conference/main)

February 2012

02  - The Early Years Conference 2012 Vancouver Canada 

08  - THEMATIC CONFERENCE OF THE WORLD PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION Granada Spain 

March 2012

Trauma and Media Conference, Nairobi. MVI is co-convener with Plan Kenya, organized by Aquarius Media.

Cape Town, South Africa 17 - 21, 13th World Conference of the World Association for Infant Mental Health: Babies in Mind – the Minds of Babies: A View from Africa

Held for the first time on the African continent. The majority of infants live in low and middle income countries, but they are underrepresented in scientific studies. The evidence base for clinical interventions comes thus from the rich countries, resulting in interventions which are not necessarily applicable or practical in poorer countries.

April 2012

13 - Syracuse New York State  The Empathic Therapy Conference 2012  Better approaches to emotional trauma and distress in children & adults and critical psychiatry.

18 - Vancouver, Canada Fifth National Biennial Conference on Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Social Justice – Moving Forward   

18 - London United Kingdom  ISAD 2012: Affective Disorders - Mind, Body and Society 

May 2012

3 - Prague Czech Republic  20th European Congress of Psychiatry 

3 - Berlin, Germany 8th International Congress on Mental Dysfunction & Other Non-Motor Features in Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders 

30 - Cancun Mexico  Symposium Internacional sobre Controversias en Psiquiatría 

July 2012

21 - Venice, Italy Primary Care: Mental Health Issues with a focus on Drugs and Behavior 

August 2012

28 - Utrecht, Netherlands Measuring Behavior 2012  

June 2013

29 - Lisbon Portugal  XXI World Congress of Social Psychiatry