These events in global mental health have already taken place, but I archive them here, because sometimes they can serve as valuable resources and opportunities for networking. Please note that some of the links may have expired.

January

14 January 2020 — London, UK — “Prioritising policy implementation, services research and human rights promotion in global mental health” by Professor José Miguel Caldas de Almeida at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

14 January 2020 — Atlanta, US — Atlanta’s Role in Global Mental Health by the Carter Center

16 January 2020 — Seattle, US — Psychosocial and mental health effects of men’s migration on their left behind wives in rural Nepal by the University of Washington Global Mental Health Journal Club

27 January 2020 — New York, US — Global Mental Health University Seminar by the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health

February

12 February 2020 — London, UK — Medicalisation at the doorstep? Rethinking community mental health care as service delivery in Ghana by King’s College London

13 February 2020 — London, UK — Mental Health in Conflict by the London School of Economics (thanks to Shannon Doherty for the information)

13 February 2020 — London, UK — Rethinking the Design and Evaluation of Digital Mental Health Treatment by the Centre for Global Mental Health

17 February 2020 — New York City, US — Global Mental Health University Seminar by Columbia University Global Mental Health Program

19 February 2020 — San Diego, US — WI20 Quarterly Conversations – Global Mental Health by UC San Diego Global Health Program

21 February 2020 — Boston, US — Digital Innovations for Global Mental Health: Opportunities for Task Sharing and Early Intervention by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

26 February 2020 — Vancouver, Canada — Lunch and Learn: Global Mental Health by the University of British Columbia

27 February 2020 — Cambridge, US — Human rights and global mental health: challenges, opportunities, and scenarios for the future by the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University

March

9 March 2020 — New York City, US — Global Mental Health University Seminar by Columbia University Global Mental Health Program

12 March 2020 — Seattle, US — Global Mental Health Journal Club by the University of Washington Global Mental Health Program (thanks to the UW newsletter)

19 March 2020 — Seattle, US — The Mapping Project of Global Mental Health Services and Treatment Practices by the University of Washington Global Mental Health Journal Club

24 March 2020 — London, UK — Minding the gaps: Personal reflections on global mental health by the Centre for Global Mental Health and King’s College London

25-28 March 2020 — San Antonio, US — International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses 2020 Conference

April

3 April 2020 — New Haven, US — RebPsych 2020: Decolonizing Mental Health by Yale School of Medicine

6 April 2020 — New York, US — Global Mental Health University Seminar by Columbia University Global Mental Health Program

6-7 April 2020 — Chittagong, Bangladesh — SDG3 Global Mental Health Festival 2020 by Chittagong University Career Club and Turn To Postivie

10 April 2020 — online — Climate Change, Mental Health and Eco-Anxiety: How the Global Pandemic Can Help Us Prepare by the American Public Health Association

16 April 2020 — Seattle, US — Pilot evaluation of an integrated, task-sharing mental health intervention in Beira, Mozambique by the University of Washington Global Mental Health Journal Club

16-18 April 2020 — Providence, US — Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture

20-21 April 2020 — Tokyo, Japan — Global Experts Meeting on Psychiatry and Mental Health

May

6 May 2020 — San Diego, US — Psychological and Medical Anthropology:  Theoretical and Methodological Foundations for Global Mental Health by the University of San Diego

6 May 2020 — online — Global Mental Health for Development Professionals: An Introduction by the London International Development Network

15-20  May 2020 — New York, US — Global Mental Health Summer Institute by the Teachers College of Columbia University

29-31 May 2020 — Shanghai, China — International Conference “Mental Health Care in Cultural Context” by the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry

June

11-13 June 2020 — San Diego, US — Tackling Stigma, Mobilizing Hope: Opening Doors to Quality Mental Health Care for All by the University of San Diego. NOTE: The event has been cancelled due to the pandemic; check event page for more information.

26-28 June 2020 — Moscow, Russia — III Congress on Mental Health: Meeting the Needs of the XXI Century. Children, Society and the Future NOTE: The event has been rescheduled to September 2020 due to the pandemic; check event page for more information.

July

14-18 July 2020 — Porto Alegre, Brazil — Mental Health in America: A New Social Question? thematic session at the IV ISA Forum of Sociology NOTE: The event has been rescheduled to February 2021 due to the pandemic; check event page for more information.

21-24 July 2020 — London, UK — Global Mental Health Summer School by the Centre for Global Mental Health NOTE: The event has been cancelled due to the pandemic.

28-31 July 2020 — Olomouc, Czechia — 25th Congress of the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology NOTE: The event has been rescheduled to July 2021 due to the pandemic; check event page for more information.

August

20 August 2020 — Online — Mental Health and International Development: Launch of DFID’s Position Paper and Voices from the Field by the Centre for Global Mental Health

September

6-8 September 2020 — Jerusalem — 2nd International Conference on Trauma and Mental Health NOTE: The event has been rescheduled to August 2021 due to the pandemic; check event page for more information.

9 September 2020 — Coppenhagen, Denmark — How do we secure the mental wellbeing of children? Conference by Save the Children Denmark

10 September 2020 — Online — In Our Own Voices – presentations by the Global Mental Health Peer Network

15 September 2020 — Online — Effective Approaches to Tackling Mental Health Stigma and Discrimination and Related Fields by Time to Change and UnitedGMH

15 September 2020 — Online — Webinar: Investment in Mental Health by the World Health Organization and the World Bank (link will be available soon)

16 September 2020 — London, UK — KGHI Research Seminar – Global Mental Health by King’s College London Global Health Institute

17-18 September 2020 — Online — Social Disconnection and Late-Life Suicide: Mechanisms, Treatment Targets, and Interventions: virtual workshop by the National Institute for Mental Health US

19 September 2020 — Online — Translating Lived Experience into Mental Health Adocacy by Sangath and Essence

23 September 2020 — Online — Social inequalities in physical and psychological health: An update on current knowledge – webinar by Lee Kum Shaung Center for Health and Happiness at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

24 September 2020 — Online — How Did I Get Here? Career Paths in Global Mental Health: Clinical Focus by the GMH@Harvard initiative

24 September 2020 — Online — Achieving the SDGs: Delivering Mental Health for All by the Global Mental Health Action Network and Devex

24 September 2020 — Online — Framing Global Mental Health Priorities: Policy and Practice through a Human Rights Lens by the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice and the Coming Together for Action Conference

25 September 2020 — Online — 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (part 1)

30 September — 2 October 2020 — Online — 9th European Conference on Mental Health

October

2 October 2020 — Online — Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by Harvard University

6 October 2020 — Online — Investing in mental health: The chance of a generation by the Global Mental Health Action Network and Devex

8 October 2020 — Online — Tackling the dual burden of TB and mental health disorders through people-centered approaches: Improving treatment outcomes and quality of life by the World Health Organization

9 October 2020 — Online — Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by Harvard University

9-10 October 2020 — Paris, France — 3rd World Meeting of the Alliance of Mental Health and Wellbeing (Global Ministerial Summit on global mental health) NOTE: This event appears to have been postponed for 2021 in view of the pandemic

9-10 October 2020 — Online — 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (part 2)

9-10 October 2020 — Online — 24-hour March for Mental Health by Go Speak Your Mind Campaign

10 October 2020 — Online – The Big Event for Mental Health by the World Health Organization

10 October 2020 — Online — In Our Own Voices – presentations by the Global Mental Health Peer Network

13 October 2020 — Online — #MHForAll Webinar Series: Education and Mental Health by United for Global Mental Health, The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network and MHPSS.net

14-17 October 2020 — Bangkok, Thailand – World Congress of Psychiatry by World Psychiatric Association NOTE: This event has been rescheduled to March 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

19 October 2020 — Online — Global Mental Health, part of the Global Health Lecture Series of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

20 October 2020 — Online — Caregiver Mental Health Knowledge Sharing Series: Part 1

22 October 2020 — Online — How Did I Get Here? Career Paths in Global Mental Health: Research Focus by the GMH@Harvard initiative

23 October 2020 — Online — Resilience and well-being through the lens of the pandemic by the University of Harvard

27 October 2020 — Online — Caregiver Mental Health Knowledge Sharing Series: Part 2

27 October 2020 — Online — #MHForAll Webinar Series: Mental Health in the Media by United for Global Mental Health, The Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network and MHPSS.net

29 October 2020 — Online — Impact of COVID-19 on Schools and Children’s Mental Health by the Africa Global Mental Health Institute

29 October 2020 — Online — Parents of the world – the crucial role of parents for individual and global development by The International Child Development Program Norway and members of the Norwegian Global Mental Health Network

November

6 November 2020 — Online — Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by Harvard University

10 November 2020 — Online — In Our Own Voices – presentations by the Global Mental Health Peer Network

10 November 2020 — Online — Caregiver Mental Health Knowledge Sharing Series: Part 3

11 November 2020 — Online — Reconceptualising the treatment gap for common mental disorders: A fork in the road for global mental health? by the Centre for Global Mental Health and the ESCR Centre for Society & Mental Health

12 November 2020 — Online — Distress, Care, and Resurgence: Voices From Sápmi by Yale RebPsych

13 November 2020 — Online — Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by Harvard University

13-14 November 2020 — Online — Global Mental Health: Today & Tomorrow by Generation Mental Health

17 November 2020 — Online — Caregiver Mental Health Knowledge Sharing Series: Part 4

17-20 November 2020 — Rotterdam, Netherlands — 6th World Congress of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry NOTE: The event has been rescheduled to 2021 due to the pandemic; check event page for more information.

18 November 2020 — Online — Indigenous Populations and Mental Health by Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

18 November 2020 — Online — How Did I Get Here? Career Paths in Global Mental Health by the GMH@Harvard initiative

19 November 2020 — Online — Connecting The Dots: A Global Conversation About Youth Mental Health – virtual community screening

20 November 2020 — Online — Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by Harvard University

20 November 2020 — Online — Supporting Adolescent Mental Health in Kenya: The Shamiri Studies by GMH@Harvard

26 November 2020 — Online — “Juntas Podemos”: A pilot study of participatory action learning cycles for improved well-being among internally displaced persons in Colombia by McGill University

December

1 December 2020 — Online — Together For Mental Health Online Preview Event

3 December 2020 — Online — Chesmal Siriwardhana Memorial Lecture by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

4 December 2020 — Online — Friday Morning Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by Harvard University

4 December 2020 — Online — Addressing the mental health needs of asylum seekers and refugees: the RE-DEFINE project by University of Verona

4-5 December 2020 — Chennai, India — 6th Global Mental Health Summit by the Movement for Global Mental Health NOTE: The event appears to have been postponed for a future date.

10 December 2020 — Online — No health without mental health: The urgent need for mental health integration in Universal Health Coverage report launch by United for GMH

10 December 2020 — Online — Launch of SUCCEED Africa: Inclusive mental health research by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

14 December 2020 — Online — Family-Centered and Community-Based Approaches to Global Mental Health: Meeting Children Where They Are by Boston College

15 December 2020 — Online — Research on Parenting Programs Post-COVID in Humanitarian and Middle-Income Country Contexts by the Global & Local Center for Mental Health Disparities at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine

16 Decmber 2020 — Online — Local Data for Local Solutions: Improving Mental Health Care Delivery on the Ground by the University of Global Health Equity in collaboration with CDT-Africa at Addis Ababa University and the Centre for Global Mental Health, King’s College London