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: Making Mental Health a Global Priority - a talk by A/Prof Harry Minas
| What | Symposium |
|---|---|
| When |
10/10/2008 from 13:00 to 14:00 |
| Where | Public Lecture Theatre, Public Lecture Theatre, University of Melbourne , VIC |
| Contact Name | Rosa Brezac |
| Contact Email | events-provost@unimelb.edu.au |
| Contact Phone | 03 8344 9005 |
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Director of the Centre for International Mental Health in the Melbourne School of Population Health and also the Director of the Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, Associate Professor Harry Minas, is speaking at this event on World Mental Health Day
This forum will mark Mental Health Week 2008 - from 6 to 10 October. The University will be running a range of informative activities during this week to promote student and staff wellbeing and raise awareness of issues related to mental illness.
People with mental illness are often neglected and abused in all societies throughout the world. Poverty and mental illness are clearly linked, with each worsening the other. Persistent failure by governments to invest in mental health services means that they are generally of poor quality and inaccessible. Sustained action by citizens is needed to make mental health a global public health priority and to scale up services. You can become part of the movement for global mental health.
Associate Professor Minas has done a lot to promote cross-cultural awareness in clinical practice in Australia. He has created specialist services for refugees and asylum seekers. Internationally, A/Prof Minas is involved in the provision and development of mental health services in areas such as Banda Aceh in Indonesia, with strong collaborative ties continuing since the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.
A/Prof Minas is also the Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Substance Abuse and a Member of the WHO International Panel of Experts on Mental Health and Substance Abuse.
This is a free event to mark World Mental Health Day.
