This is a list of global mental health events taking place in 2025. I select the events to include according to my preferences and I usually try to include free and/or large events, online and in-person. Often events are announced at short notice, so keep coming here every week to see the latest. I usually don’t know much about these events beyond what is published on the websites, so if you have questions regarding an event, it is best to get in touch with the organizers. If you would like to suggest an event for me to include, please get in touch with me via the form at the bottom of the About Me page. If you wish to see past events, the calendars for 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 can be found at the links, though some older event links may be expired. I wasn’t active in 2023 and 2024 so there are no lists for those years.
If you are looking for more on global mental health, check out my newsletter Global Mental Health Unboxed which features the latest events, publications, job ads and resources. Check out also the Resources page on this website (although I’m currently working to update this page in March 2025, so maybe come back in April!).
Note: I wasn’t active in January and February 2025 so there aren’t any events listed for these months. This year’s list will start at March 2025.
Past events
March
12 March 2025 — Online — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the US: Implications for Cultural Psychiatry and Global Mental Health webinar by the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture
13 March 2025 — London, UK and online — Identity, integration and mental health in migration webinar by the Centre for Global Mental Health
20 March 2025 — Online — Presenting GMHPN’s Renumeration Framework & Lived Experience Inclusion Assessment Tools by the Global Mental Health Peer Network
25 March 2025 — Online — Launch of the WHO Mental Health Policy (read more about this in my March 2025 newsletter)
26 March 2025 — Geneva, Switzerland and online — Prioritizing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Resource-Constrained Settings by the Interagency Standing Committee on MHPSS
31 March 2025 — Online — Addressing Dementia in refugees and migrants by the World Health Organization
April
3-5 April 2025 — Albuquerque, United States — SSPC 46th Annual Meeting by the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture
8 April 2025 — Online — Prioritising mental health and substance use disorders in prisons in Africa by the Global Mental Health Peer Network and Africa Mental Health & Justice Network
9 April 2025 — Online — Involving children, young people, and parents/carers in mental health research by UCL Catalyst Seminar Series
10 April 2025 — Online — Breaking Barriers – Reflecting on ‘Mad Activism,’ Power Structures & Centring Lived Experience webinar by the Global Mental Health Action Network
24 April 2025 — Online — Beyond Innovation: A Framework for Digital Mental Health Implementation by the Society for Digital Psychiatry
May
6 May 2025 — Online — Adolescent Mental Health Hub Launch by UNICEF
7 May 2025 — Online — Mental Health Regulations, Metrics, and Building Sustainable High Performance by the World Federation for Mental Health
8 May 2025 — Online — Transatlantic dialogue on climate change and mental health by WHO EURO and PAHO
8 May 2025 — Online — Mental Health and Climate Change: When a global crisis and planetary emergency collide – Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School
8 May 2025 — Online — The Nexus Between Planetary Health, Climate and Environmental Crises, and Youth Mental Health by the Planetary Health Alliance (link for YouTube streaming)
13 May 2025 — Online — Reflections on Mental Health Work in Post-Conflict Aceh, 2004-2024 – Harvard Global Health Institute
13 May 2025 — Online — Shifting Societal Norms on Mental Health: The Story of Time to Change by Catalyst
13 May 2025 — Online — Mental Health Dialogues: From Research to Real-World Implementation by Horizon Europe
16 May 2025 — Online — Human Rights-based Approaches to Mental Health in Asia-Pacific by MHIN Asia Hub and CBM Global
19-25 May 2025 — Online — European Mental Health Week
19 May 2025 — Geneva, Switzerland and online — Mental Health and Human Rights: Towards Community-Based Mental Health Care by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and United for Global Mental Health
20 May 2025 — London, UK and online — Hot Brain 3: Climate change and brain health by UCL and Lancet Neurology
20 May 2025 — Online — Unleashing the Power of Multidisciplinary Collaboration for Better Mental Health by EU-PROMENS project
22 May 2025 — Online — Launch of Let’s Cee! network
22 May 2025 — Online — The Power of Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Mental Health Services: lessons learned from the European Programme for Mental Health Exchange by EU-PROMENS project
23 May 2025 — Online — Mental Health and Homelesness: the vicious cycle of powerlesness by GlobalInMind
30-31 May 2025 — Kahama, Tanzania — Tanzania Mental Health Summit 2025
June
4 June 2025 — Online — Community Health Worker Supervision: A Practical Knowledge-Sharing Session by Catalyst Now
4-5 June 2025 — Gold Coast, Australia — From Local Communities to Global Perspectives: Reimagining & Revolutionising Mental Health by the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association
5 June 2025 — Online — Stories that heal: Cultural perspectives & creative approaches in Global Mental Health by Global Mental Health Peer Network
5 June 2025 — Online — Mental health and climate change: Making mental health systems climate resilient and sustainable by United for Global Mental Health
10-11 June 2025 — Boston, United States — Future of Mental Healthcare conference
10 June 2025 — Online — Launch Webinar: Educating medical and nursing students in mental, neurological and substance use care – A WHO Guide to Pre-service Education by the World Health Organization
13 June 2025 — Edinburgh, Scotland, and online — Global Mental Health Day by University of Edinburgh
14 June 2025 — Oxford, UK and online – Starving for Love: Decolonizing Maternal Depression in Rural India Through Visual Art by St John’s College Oxford (registration to attend in-person and online)
16-17 June 2025 — Paris, France and online — Mental Health in All Policies: Address Challenges and Design Shared Solutions by WHO Europe (conference will be streamed online at the page)
17 June 2025 — Online — Post Migration Realities: what can grassroots teach us about refugee mental health? by the ESCR Centre for Society and Mental Health
16, 18, 20 June 2025 — Online — Improving Mental Health Care in the Global South by the Network of Engaged International Donors
25 June 2025 — London, United Kingdom — Project Launch: Transitions – Rethinking Psychiatric Reform by King’s College London
25 June 2025 — Online — Mental health in context: work and welfare transitions over time by the ESCR Centre for Society and Mental Health
26 June 2025 — Online — To be (t)here? Reimagining Mental Healthcare Across Borders by the European Federation for Psychologists’ Association
26 June 2025 — Online — Global Mental Health Research – Launch Webinar of online platform by University of Surrey
26 June 2025 — Online — Weathering the Storm: Climate and Mental Health Resilience in South Africa by the Leicester DClinPsy Global Mental Health Seminar
30 June 2025 — Online — Transforming mental health through lived experience: A roadmap launch by WHO Europe
30 June 2025 — Online — Human Rights and Forced Migration: Implications for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support by the Centre for Global Mental Health
July
2 July 2025 — Online — Caring in crisis: Centering children and families in mental health and psychosocial support by the Interagency Standing Committee
3 July 2025 — Online — Critical Dialogues on MHPSS #1: “Opening the Conversation” by MHPSS.net
17 July 2025 — Online — Launch of the Regional Coalition For Mental Health And Substance Use Prevention in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
22 July 2025 — Online — Youth Reimagining Leadership in Mental Health by the Global Mental Health Action Network
August
19 August 2025 — Online — Orygen Global Report Launch – A low-intensity, low-cost model for youth mental health: the headspace Denmark approach
September
2 September 2025 — Online — WHO’s Mental Health Atlas launch: State of the world’s mental health today – by WHO and GMHAN
4-5 September 2025 — Nottingham, UK — Refocus on Recovery 2025 by the Institute of Mental Health UK
5-6 September 2025 — Online and in Nairobi, Kenya — Bridging Voices, Building Future conference by Generation Mental Health
8 September 2025 — Online — Introducing the EQUIP Foundational Helping Skills Training Manual by WHO and EQUIP team
9 September 2025 — Online — MHPSS in Mass Casualty Incidents by the Red Cross Red Crescent Society
10 September 2025 — Online — Preventing Suicide and Self Harm in Africa: Start the Conversation by WHO African Region Office
10 September 2025 — Online — From Conversations to Guidelines – A Shared Journey Towards Responsible Content by the Mental Health Information Network and Content Forum Malaysia
11 September 2025 — Online — Digital Mental Health is Here – Part I by eMHIC
11 September 2025 — Online — PROSPERH Webinar – in connection with World Suicide Prevention Day 2025
17 September 2025 — Online — Healing Together: Mental health and wellbeing through child, youth and family participation and peer support by IASC
18 September 2025 — Online — Bringing Better Outcomes to mothers in Africa: a new model for investing in maternal mental health by Healthy Brains Global Initiative
18 September 2025 — Online — Suicide Prevention Webinar: From People to Policy: Your Voice Matters by the Caribbean Suicide Decriminalization Coalition
24-26 September 2025 — San Francisco, United States — INEBRIA conference
25 September 2025 — New York, United States — High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and well-being
25 September 2025 — Verona, Italy and online — Optimizing mental health care in poor resource settings: a global challenge by Universita di Verona
30 September-1 October 2025 — Doha, Qatar — 6th Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit
October
1 October 2025 — Online — Bridging the Gap for Mental Health Care in Cross-Border Regions by Karakter
1 October 2025 — Online — Caring in Silence: Understanding the Hidden Impact of Mental Illness on Unpaid Family Carers and Exploring Solutions by Catalyst
1 October 2025 — Online — Building a skilled workforce for child and adolescent mental health in humanitarian settings by the Wolfson Centre at the University of Cardiff
7 October 2025 — Online — Investing in Mental Health Pays Off webinar by Global Leadership Exchange and Dutch Mental Healthcare Association
7 October 2025 — Durham, US and online — Now More than Ever: Addressing the Global Imperative of Mental Health Equity global mental health conference by Duke University
9-10 October 2025 — Champaign, US and online — Beyond Borders: Global Collaborations for Mental Health Research and Services Conference by University of Illinois-Urbana
10 October 2025 — Brussels, Belgium and online — Healthy minds, stronger Europe by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies and partners
10 October 2025 — Online — Strengthening Mental Health Systems before, during and after disasters and emergencies by WHO Regional Office for Africa
10 October 2025 — Online — World Mental Health Day: Access to Mental Health in Emergencies by the World Health Organization and partners
10 October 2025 — Singapore and online — Developing a policy and practice ecosystem for psycho-social supports for people with serious mental illness: lessons from Australia – Duke-NUS Medical School
14-17 October 2025 — Şanlıurfa, Türkiye — MHPSS-European Network Forum 2025 by the Red Cross Red Crescent Society
15 October 2025 — Brussels, Belgium — A Generation’s Wellbeing: From Rights to Action in Children’s Mental Health by the European Parliament Intergroup on Mental Health
22 October 2025 — Online — Hearts and minds: How stories, data and relationships impact decision-making in mental health by the International Alliance for Mental Health Research Funders and partners
22 October 2025 — Online — Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of forcibly displaced populations by the Refugee Mental Health and Place Network and partners
24 October 2025 — Amsterdam, Netherlands and online — Inaugural lecture dr. W.A. Tol: Wellbeing and justice by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
27 October 2025 — Online — Initiative for Peer Respites (Bremen) by JA MENTOR project
28 October 2025 — Online — Advancing the WHO Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan – Global Perspectives and Country Progress by WHO
29 October 2025 — Online — Together Apart: Talking About Loneliness & Connection by Let’s CEE!
November
4 November 2025 — Online — Beyond the High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health:Reflections, Implementation and Accountability by GMHAN
5 November 2025 — Online — Cultural Formulation, Cultural Programming, and the Future of Equity in Mental Health Care by the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture
6-8 November 2025 — Hong Kong — Hong Kong International Mental Health Conference 2025 by Mind HK
7 November 2025 — Online — Pollinating Resilient High-Impact Mental Health Ecosystems in APAC and LATAM by Catalyst 2030
10-12 November 2025 — Cape Town, South Africa and online — 7th Global Mental Health Summit
17-19 November 2025 — Durban, South Africa — 8th Annual AGMHI Conference
19 November 2025 — Online — What gets measured gets noticed: Reflections from the WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health by WHO
19 November 2025 — Liverpool, UK and online — The World Turned Upside Down: Mental Health And A New Global Health Architecture by LSTM
19-21 November 2025 — Toronto, Canada and online — 10th Digital Mental Health Global Congress by eMHIC
20 November 2025 — Online — Trials, Tribulations and Innovations in Global Mental Health by University of Toronto
25 November 2025 — Online — WHO Guidance on Mental Health Across Government Sectors virtual launch by the World Health Organization
26 November 2025 — Online — Where Creativity Meets Care: Strengthening Child and Youth Mental Health through the Arts
27 November 2025 — Online — Voces y Trayectorias: Conversations on Psychiatric Deinstitutionalisation by the Transitions project
27 November 2025 — London, UK — Heat on the Mind by SOAS
27 November 2025 — Online — Centering Lived Experience in Mental Health Research and Policy by the African Population Health Research Centre
December
1 December 2025 — Online — Webinar Learning Series EQUIP in Practice: National Mental Health Programme (NMHP), Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon by the EQUIP team
1 December 2025 — London, UK and online — Community Conversation on Racial Equity in Mental Health Care by CAMHRA and Rethink Mental Illness
2 December 2025 — Brussels, Belgium — Together for Mental Health: Regions building Europe’s Healthier Future by EUREGHA
3 December 2025 — Online — A conversation on the intersection of mental health and climate change by Kokoro and Latimpacto
4 December 2025 — Online — Psychological Support for Palestinian Refugees Amid Genocide and Structural Injustice by the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health
5 December 2025 — Online — Better mental health is a matter of time: addressing waiting times for mental health services by WHO Europe
7 December 2025 — Online — Repoliticizing the mental health landscape through life writing by Academia SG and MHIN Asia
9 December 2025 — Online — Destigmatization and Network Building by JA MENTOR project
10 December 2025 — Online — Annual webinar by SUCCEED Africa for Human Rights Week
11 December 2025 — Brussels, Belgium and online — The Power of Prevention – Let’s Talk about Children seminar by University of Turku and Mental Health Europe