Global Health Alerts: Why mental health matters to global health

Friday 9 March 2012

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE

The Global Health Alerts is a series of free evening events organised by and held at the RSM. This series of talks aims to allow RSM members and non-members to engage in Global Health and learn about its past, current and future challenges. Well respected speakers or organisations are invited to address controversial issues and current challenges in their areas of activity.

Professor Patel will address arguably the most neglected and stigmatized of all the causes of human suffering around the globe. The lecture will demonstrate not only why addressing health conditions affecting the brain are central to global health and development, but also that at long last, things are beginning to change for the better and there are clear directions where we need to be going.

Vikram Patel is professor of international mental health and Wellcome Trust senior research fellow in clinical science at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where he is joint director of the School's Centre for Global Mental Health. In addition, professor Patel is an adjunct professor with the Public Health Foundation of India and founder of Sangath, a community-based nongovernmental organization in India, through which he leads research and capacity-building programs in child development, adolescent health, and mental health. Professor Patel serves on two World Health Organization expert advisory committees and on the scientific advisory groups of research institutions in the United States, Australia and India.

Following the presentation and a chaired discussion, delegates will be invited to a networking reception.

*** Online registration has now closed. Places are still available - please register on the door from 6.30pm ***

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Registration Details:
Non-member: Free of charge
RSM Member: Free of charge