School of Social and Political Science

Description

Join us to celebrate World Mental Health Day. This online and in-person event brings together University of Edinburgh students, alumni, staff, and external colleagues with an interest in the interdisciplinary field of global mental health.

The day will feature:

• A panel discussion on climate change and mental health
• Lightening research talks from MSc alumni, PhD students and staff
• A global mental health careers talk

If you are a GMH&S alumni or current PhD student in a related area and are interested in doing a short talk (4 to 6 minutes) based on current/previous global mental health research please fill this form in by Sept 27th.

This event is co-sponsored by the Edinburgh Global Mental Health network; Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology; and the MSc Global Mental Health and Society, Social Work subject area, SPS.

Event location: Violet Laidlaw Room (6.02), Chrystal Macmillan Building.

Attendance: Hybrid, in-person and online. Attendees who register to attend online will receive a link via email shortly in advance of the start of the event.

The programme for the day is as follows: