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 2018

25 January 2018 — Edinburgh, Scotland — Inter-disciplinary roundtable on diagnosis and global mental health by Edinburgh Global Mental Health Network

26 January 2018 — London, UK — Lunchtime seminar with the MINDS Foundation Experiences from a Mental Health NGO in India

27 January 2018 — Oxford, UK — Global Mental Health 2018 conference by Green Templeton College (sold out)

29 January 2018 — New York, USA — Global Mental Health Meets Neuroscience: Synergy and Opportunity seminar by Dan Stein

30 January 2018 — London, UK — The Friendship Bench project at University College London, presented at Students for Global Health UCL

31 January 2018 — London, UK — Global Mental Health lunchtime seminar with Professor Cornelius Katona by UCL’s Working Group on Global Mental Health

31 January 2018 — London, UK — Anne Stevenson: a career in global mental health held in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

February 2018

5 February 2018 — online — Cultural Psychiatry 101 by the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture

7 February 2018 — London, UK — Mental health interventions in low-income countries: Zimbabwe’s Friendship Bench by Dorcas Gwata, organized by Trainees for Global Mental Health at the Maudsley

8-9 February 2018 — Johannesburg, South Africa – 5th Global Mental Health Summit by the Movement for Global Mental Health

12 February 2018 — online — Promoting Research on Mental Health, Resilience and Well-being in the Arctic by the Arctic Research Consortium of the US

12-13 February 2018 — Sheffield, UK — Global mental health and therapeutic assemblages: concepts, controversy and necessary tensions conference by the University of Sheffield

16-17 February 2018 — Kathmandu, Nepal — International Mental Health Conference Nepal by the government of Nepal

24 February 2018 — Boston, US — Re-Imagining Health Care: Emerging models during a time of change by The Collaborative (TC) and the Center for Community Health Education, Research & Service (CCHERS)

28 February 2018 — Montreal, Canada — Global Mental Health film series by McGill University’s Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry (also on 21 March and 28 April)

March 2018

2 March 2018 — London, UK — Childhood, Violence, and Psychological Trauma: Transcultural Perspectives — by the Institute for Advanced Studies, UCL

9 March 2018 — New York, US — Parent-Based Treatment for Childhood Anxiety and Related Disorders by Child Mind Institute

10 March 2018 — London, UK — Leaving No Mind Behind: Global Mental Health conference by Students for Global Health UCL

15 March 2018 — Montreal, Canada — Global Mental Health Conference by Comparative Healthcare Systems Program at McGill University

19 March 2018 — London, UK — Mental health system development in the Asia-Pacific: Example from Timor-Leste by Dr. Ritsuko Kakuma, Programme Director for MSc Global Mental Health at LSHTM and King’s College London

21 March 2018 — Montreal, Canada — Global Mental Health film series by McGill University’s Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry (also on 28 February and 28 April)

21 March 2018 — London, UK — GMH Seminar: Global Mental Health: All doom and gloom? with Dr Derek Summerfield, organized by UCL’s Global Mental Health Working Group

29-30 March 2018 — Lille, France — 5th International Meeting of the WHO Collaborating Centre of Lille – Active Citizenship and “Empowerment” in Community Mental Health

31 March – 1 April 2018 — Kingston, Jamaica — Global Mental Health conference by the Caribbean Institute of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

April 2018

5 April 2018 — Harvard University, US — Global Mental Health Hackathon by Harvard University

6 April 2018 — online — Grand Rounds: Global Mental Health of Children by the University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle’s Children

6-7 April 2018 — Harvard University, US — Global Mental Health Open Day by Harvard University

18 April 2018 — Yale University, US — Global Mental Health and Aging in Asia by Arthur Kleinman

19-21 April 2018 — San Diego, CA, US — What Does Culture Mean? Evolving Definitions in Mental Health Service, Training and Research by the Society for Study of Psychiatry and Culture

22 April 2018 — San Diego, CA, US — UC Global Health Day by the Center for Global Mental Health at UC San Diego

25 April 2018 — Montreal, Canada — Cultural Psychiatry Day 2018: Indigenous Mental Health by McGill University’s Department of Psychiatry

25 April 2018 — Montreal, Canada —  Global Mental Health film series by McGill University’s Division of Social & Transcultural Psychiatry (also on 28 February and 21 March)

May 2018

1-2 May — Bethesda, US — Diversity: A Tool for Solving Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health by the National Institute of Mental Health, US, Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health and Grand Challenges Canada

2-4 May 2018 — New York, US — Emerging Mental Health Challenges across the Globe by the World Psychiatric Association, Epidemiology and Public Health Section

3 May 2018 — New York, US — Stand Up for Mental Health – fundraising event by the Columbia University Global Mental Health programme

11 May 2018 — Harvard University, US — Friday Morning Seminar on Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by the Department for Global Health and Social Medicine

11 May 2018 — Leicester, UK — Global Mental Health: Training in an International Context by the University of Leicester

11 May 2018 — Enfield, UK — Introduction to challenging mental health stigma and discrimination by Time to Change

16 May 2018 — Edinburgh, Scotland — Global Mental Health: WPA’s Action Plan seminar by University of Edinburgh

23-24 May 2018 — Leicester, UK — Inter-Cultural Mental Health Perspectives National Conference by De Montfort University, Leicester

June 2018

15 June 2018 — London, UK — A Global Perspective on Best Practice in Infant Mental Health by PIP UK and the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust

20 June 2018 — London, UK — Global Women’s Maternal Mental Health Conference by Roshni-2 and Queen Mary University of London

21 June 2018 — London, UK — Research on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Settings – memorial lecture for Dr. Chesmal Siriwardhana by the Centre for Global Mental Health

28-29 June 2018 — London, UK — Challenges and priorities for global mental health research in low- and middle-income countries workshop by the Academy for Medical Sciences and IAP for Health

July 2018

2-13 July 2018 — Yogyakarta, Indonesia — Advocacy Skills in Mental Health System Development: From Research to Policy (Note: the link will take you to the previous year edition of the course) – an international short course by the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada

10 July 2018 — London, UK — Depression and health seeking in Sri Lankan migrants and Anglo-Australians; illness beliefs and social networks by the Centre for Global Mental Health

19 July 2018 — London, UK — Development and evaluation of a pilot, arts-based intervention to reduce mental health stigma among youth in India (CREATORS) seminar by the Centre for Global Mental Health

23-24 July 2018 — Los Angeles, US — Going Deeper: Diversity, Determinants and Disparity by Maternal Mental Health Now and PAC/LAC

August 2018

1-2 August 2018 — Rockville, US — Mental Health Services Research Conference by the National Institute of Mental Health

6 August 2018 — London, UK — Advances in Child Mental Health Services: International Perspectives by the University College London

8-10 August 2018 — Queensland, New Zealand — 19th International Mental Health Conference by the Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

30 August-1 September — Chennai, India — International Conference on Schizophrenia (IConS) by the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF)

September 2018

10 September 2018 — online — Multilevel Interventions: State of The Science in Global Mental Health webinar by the National Institute of Mental Health, US

15-16 September 2018 — Kolkata, India — International Conference on Mental Wellness in Communities by Anjali and Sangath

18 September 2018 — London, UK — E-learning in Global Mental Health Annual Day Conference of the Volunteering and International Psychiatry Special Interest Group to the Royal College of Psychiatrists

19 September 2018 — London, UK — Patient and Public Involvement in Research: Lessons from Mental Health by the Centre for Global Mental Health and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

25 September 2018 — Durham, US — The Mental Health and Conceptions of Mental Health Among Clergy in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by Duke Global Health Institute

25 September 2018 — Edinburgh, Scotland — Scaling, evidence and social innovation in global mental health: case studies from India by the University of Edinburgh

26 September 2018 — New York, US — Time to Act on Global Mental Health by The Global Campaign for Mental Health, United Nations Headquarters

27-30 September 2018 — Mexico City, Mexico — World Congress of Psychiatry: Stand Firm for Mental Health by the World Psychiatric Association

28 September 2018 — Cambridge, US — Configuring Epidemic Suicide in Oceania by the Friday Seminars in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health, Harvard University

October 2018

all October 2018 — online — The Largest Virtual Mental Health Summit in Africa by Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative (many thanks to Victor Ugo for sending in this event)

3 October 2018 — Boston, US — Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development by the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine of Harvard Medical School

5-6 October 2018 — Singapore — 1st Global Summit of Mental Health Advocates by NGO Silver Ribbon

5-6 October 2018 — London, UK — Cartographies of Suffering and Mental Health in Latin America by Platform for Social Research or Mental Health in Latin America (PLASMA)

8-12 October 2018 — Liverpool, UK — 5th Global Symposium on Health System Research by Health Systems Global

9-10 October 2018 — London, UK — Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit by the government of the United Kingdom

9-11 October 2018 — Montevideo, Uruguay — Second Latin American Meeting on Human Rights and Mental Health

10 October 2018 — worldwide — Lancet Commission Launch Events – Universal Health and Mental Health Coverage

11-12 October 2018 — London, UK — Global Summit on Mental Health Culture Change by The Campaign to Change Direction

11-13 October 2018 — Columbia University, NY, US — Achieving Global Mental Health Equity – 5th world congress of the World Association for Cultural Psychiatry

15 October 2018 — New York, US — Chile: E-Mental Health to Improve Access to Specialized Services by Dr. Graciela Rojas and Columbia University

19 October 2018 — Seattle, US — Global Action on Mental Health Event by the University of Washington and The Lancet

19-20 October 2018 — Abu Dhabi, UAE — Abu Dhabi International Mental Health Conference

20 October 2018 — Melbourne, Australia — Inaugural Global Youth Mental Health Forum by the Peaceful Mind Foundation

23 October 2018 — Boston, US — GMH@Harvard showcase and film screening by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

24 October 2018 — London, UK — Primary Care Mental Health Conference by the Royal College of Psychiatrists

25-26 October 2018 — Kiyv, Ukraine — II International Conference on Mental Health Care by the Kiyv Institute of Modern Psychology and Psychotherapy and partners

26 October 2018 — Cambridge, US — Friday Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by Harvard Medical School

29-30 October 2018 — Gaborone, Botswana — 1st African Mental Health Symposium for Civil Society by the African Umbrella for Mental Health Society

29-30 October 2018 — Kathmandu, Nepal — Culture, Spirituality and Mental Health International Conference on Global Mental Health by McGill University (Canada) and Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine (Nepal)

November 2018

2 November 2018 — Cambridge, US — Friday Seminar in Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health by Harvard Medical School

7 November 2018 — Manchester, UK — 8th Culture and International Mental Health Conference by the Global Mental Health and Cultural Psychiatry Research Group

8-9 November 2018 — New York, US — Healthier, Longer Lives for People with Serious Mental Illness Conference by the WHO Collaborating Center for Global Mental Health at Columbia University Medical Center

14 November 2018 — London, UK — Why Refugee Mental Health Matters – A Discussion with Dr. Ahmed Hankir by KCL Global Health Society

15-16 November 2018 — Newcastle, Australia — International e-Mental Health conference by University of Newcastle, Australia

19-20 November 2018 — Paris, France — Annual Congress on Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing by Conference Series Ilc LTD

21 November 2018 — Ontario, Canada — Diversity Forum: Mental Health and Culture by the Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre

22 November 2018 — London, UK — Visual Story Telling in Mental Health: CGMH Documentary Screening and Photo Exhibition by the Centre for Global Mental Health

26 November 2018 — Mental Health & The Developing World: Challenges and Opportunities by KCL PsychSoc and Students for Global Health KCL

28 November 2018 — Oslo, Norway — Global Mental Health Day by the Centre for Global Health at the University of Oslo

December 2018

10 December 2018 — New York, US — Building Global Research Capacity: Ethiopia Case Study by Dr. Christina Borba and Columbia University

12-14 December 2018 — Valletta, Malta — Universal Health and Mental Health Coverage for All by Österreichische Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Familienmedizin

13 December 2018 — Montreal, Canada — ‘Trauma and prayer in post-conflict northern Uganda’, seminar by Dr. Lars Hedegaard Williams organized by McGill University Global Mental Health Program Speaker Series

12-14 December 2018 — Hong Kong — International Mental Health Congress by the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists

26 October 2019 — Brisbane, Australia — 5th International Association on Youth Mental Health conference 2019

*Please note that I rely on publicly available information for the selection of these events and can’t guarantee their quality. If you have an event you’d like to add here, use the form below and I will be glad to put it on the list.