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January 29, 2018(1 event)
Synergi Public Engagement WorkshopSynergi Public Engagement Workshop – A narrated open-access photographic collection for ethnic minority people with lived experience of mental illness, their carers and health professionals. “We are bringing together all voices and views to co-produce the evidence on what drives ethnic inequalities in severe mental illness and how to reduce them, placing accounts of personal experiences at the heart of any analysis. We will be asking ethnic minority people with severe mental illnesses (by ‘severe mental illnesses’ we mean for example those who have psychosis-like symptoms and often, but not necessarily, get the diagnosis of schizophrenia) and their carers to develop their accounts by using photos that represent different aspects of their health and care experiences.
We will host workshops in which the stories in these photos will be enhanced through reflection and discussion, with the intention of marshalling evidence to improve care experiences and reduce inequalities. A narrated open-access photographic collection will showcase a selection of the photos (with the participants’ agreement) to display and communicate the realities of severe mental illness and treatment for mental illness as experienced by ethnic minority people.
We would like to hear from ethnic minority people (aged 16 or older) that have experiences of severe mental illness and its treatment as patients or carers.”
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January 30, 2018(2 events)
Webinar: Self-Care for the Peer SpecialistWebinar: Self-Care for the Peer Specialist – Our mental health is strongly influenced by how we take care of ourselves. While self-care is important for everyone; it is particularly important for those of us engaged in peer support and caregiving professions. We can best support others when we first care for ourselves. Join Denise Camp, Advanced Level WRAP Facilitator, to explore the importance of self-care and how you can do small things to improve your mental health and wellness. Where Is the LineWhere Is the Line – Addictions and mental health charity Music Support is hosting an event aimed at musicians, music industry professionals and those interested in mental health in the music industry. Chaired by Harold Owens, senior director of MusiCares, 'Where is the Line?' is an evening of discussions, presentations and panels addressing key issues and exploring why a holistic approach to addiction and mental heath could benefit the whole industry. Date: 30 January
Time: 6:30 - 9:30pm
Venue:The Tabernacle, Noting Hill
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January 31, 2018(1 event)
Let's Push Things ForwardLet's Push Things Forward – Addictions and mental health charity Music Support is hosting an event aimed at musicians, music industry professionals and those interested in mental health in the music industry. Let’s Push Things Forward is an all-day workshop focusing on real life practical skills to deal with addiction, mental health and recovery. It takes place over a full day on 31 January. Date: 31 January
Time: 9:30am - 5:30pm
Venue: Mariott Hotel, Kensington
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February 4, 2018(1 event)
Mad To Be Normal: The West Coast PremiereMad To Be Normal: The West Coast Premiere – Gnosis Retreat Center and the California Institute of Integral Studies proudly present The United States West Coast Premiere of Mad To Be Normal. All proceeds go to Gnosis Retreat Center and support sanctuary and community for people with altered and distressing experiences of reality. Mad To Be Normal is the story of controversial Scottish psychiatrist, R.D. Laing and the infamous anti-psychiatry experiment he ran at Kingsley Hall- a medication-free sanctuary which made headlines around the world. During the 1960s and 1970s Laing was an international celebrity. In Santa Monica, 4,000 people turned out to see him perform a lecture, a week after Bob Dylan had pulled in the same number. A radio journalist confidently referred to him as the “white Martin Luther King.” His books topped student reading lists the world over, as his language excited and enthralled them: “a child born today stands a 10 times greater chance of being admitted to a mental hospital than to a university….perhaps it is our very way of educating them that is driving them mad… [and]…”so- called ‘normal men’ have in the last 50 years killed perhaps 100 million of their fellow normal men”. It was opinions like these which turned the psychiatric establishment against him. This Premiere, best of all, will host a panel of friends of R.D. Laing; people who lived in the houses started by Laing, worked with him, and knew him intimately. This premiere is proudly presented by Gnosis Retreat Center and sponsored by the California Institute of Integral Studies PsyD department. All proceeds from this event go to support Gnosis Retreat Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of R.D. Laing. To learn more, visit www.GnosisRetreatCenter.org or follow us on Facebook! You can use the code TheRDLaingDiscount to receive a discount. |
February 5, 2018
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February 6, 2018(1 event)
Successfully Employing Peer Specialists: A Framework and ToolsSuccessfully Employing Peer Specialists: A Framework and Tools – In this webinar directed particularly at provider management and supervisors, we will offer a framework for and specific tools on successfully employing peer specialists: 1) Clarifying the peer specialist role; 2) Recruiting, hiring, and training of peers; 3) Educating and supporting non-peer staff; 4) Using the reasonable accommodation (Americans with Disabilities Act) Employee Assistance Programs to address job difficulties and support good performance; 5) Team building: Cross training and co-learning; 6) Key components/elements of organizational culture and infrastructure Successfully Employing Peer Specialists: A Framework and Tools |
February 7, 2018(2 events)
Do We Still Need the Diagnosis of 'Personality Disorder'?Do We Still Need the Diagnosis of 'Personality Disorder'? – Viewpoint in partnership with the UoH (School of Health & Social work) are delighted to invite Dr Lucy Johstone (a clinical psychologist, writer, trainer and speaker) to come to Hertfordshire to speak about critical perspectives on 'Personality Disorder'. Dr Johnstone is currently convening a group of leading UK clinical psychologists and mental health experts who are working to develop an evidence-based and conceptually coherent alternative to the current diagnostic systems. Lucy will present alternatives to diagnosis which can help people to make sense of experiences of distress, however extreme, and which are based on working together to explore personal meaning. She writes a blog Lucy Johnstone #FBPE and is author of two books 'A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis' and 'Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A critical look at Psychiatric practice.' This is a free event and will be of interested to student nurses, social workers and clinical psychology students plus mental health professionals, service users and carers. Webinar: Team-Based Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) for Building Empowerment and ResilienceWebinar: Team-Based Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) for Building Empowerment and Resilience – Paul Grant and Ellen Inverso focus on the use of CT-R in multidisciplinary services, energizing both the person and the team members. |
February 8, 2018(1 event)
Trauma & AddictionTrauma & Addiction – Trauma & Addiction
Toward a new Understanding
20 years ago trauma was not common in
discussions or our response to addiction. Now it is. But - are we too focused on trauma? The journey here was not a
Thursday February 8th, 2018 $150 + HST per person |
February 9, 2018(1 event)
Community Forum: Self-InjuryCommunity Forum: Self-Injury – Self-injury—so often confused with suicide attempts or risk— is an important topic. Myths and misunderstanding about self-injury have led to a great deal of pain and isolation for so many people. For some, they’ve even led to forced hospitalizations. Help us break the silence around this important topic by joining us on: Friday, February 9, from 10am to 12pm All are welcome, but individuals who have personal experience with self harm (cutting, burning, or any other form of self-injury) as a way of coping or adapting to traumatic environments (or for any other reason) are especially encouraged to join us. We will have $20 gift cards available (while supplies last) E-mail us (CLICK HERE) with any questions or if you |
February 10, 2018
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February 11, 2018
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February 12, 2018(3 events)
Global Mental Health and Therapeutic Assemblages: Concepts, Controversy and Necessary TensionsGlobal Mental Health and Therapeutic Assemblages: Concepts, Controversy and Necessary TensionsFebruary 12, 2018 – February 13, 2018 This conference aims to draw out the necessary tensions of the field of global mental health through critical interdisciplinary discussion and debate. It aims to create space to explore how activists, mental health users and survivors, and academics from various fields (such as, Mad Studies, Postcolonial Theory, Disability Studies, Human Geography, History, Literary studies, Education, and Science and Technology Studies, and many more) can enrich and / or trouble debates around global mental health.
The conference is open to all working in and around global mental health and especially welcomes postgraduate and early career researchers, those who have lived experience of a psychiatric diagnosis, or of distress, and those who live and/or work in the global South on mental health issues. It aims to explore and showcase the multiple contemporary (converging and diverging) directions of, and innovations in, global mental health research and practice.
There is no cost for attendance, and lunch and refreshments will be provided free. There is a small amount of money available to cover some travel and related costs for those who need it.
You can find out more details about the event here.
Please submit abstract or queries to [email protected] by 11th December 2017.
Global Mental Health and Therapeutic Assemblages: Concepts, Controversy and Necessary Tensions Lown Institute Vignette Competition DeadlineLown Institute Vignette Competition DeadlineFebruary 12, 2018 The Lown Institute is proud to announce that applications for the Vignette Competition for 2018 are now open! We are seeking clinical vignettes written by trainees describing harm or near-harm from medical overuse. In particular, we want to hear about medical interventions that are commonly performed and seem acceptable, rather than errors or obvious malpractice. Applications should include a clinical vignette that provides an engaging story with pertinent clinical and historical findings. Vignettes must also include a succinct summary of the clinical issues that describes the evidence for medical overuse and suggests an alternative approach going forward. The deadline to submit a vignette is February 12, 2018. Trauma Training with Thomas BrownTrauma Training with Thomas Brown – This training on trauma explores a non-clinical definition of trauma created by a survivor of extreme traumatic experience. The training looks at how and why trauma becomes locked within the body and the effects unresolved trauma has on the mind. The training explores behaviors and thinking patterns related to unresolved traumatic experience and offers ways of freeing ourselves from the confines of traumatic experiences. The training explores the heightened vulnerability to experiencing trauma by being a member of a minority group. Space is limited. Sign up required at [email protected]. We have applied for LCSW & LMHC Continuing Ed Credits. Pizza and salad will be provided for lunch. |
February 13, 2018(2 events)
Global Mental Health and Therapeutic Assemblages: Concepts, Controversy and Necessary TensionsGlobal Mental Health and Therapeutic Assemblages: Concepts, Controversy and Necessary TensionsFebruary 12, 2018 – February 13, 2018 This conference aims to draw out the necessary tensions of the field of global mental health through critical interdisciplinary discussion and debate. It aims to create space to explore how activists, mental health users and survivors, and academics from various fields (such as, Mad Studies, Postcolonial Theory, Disability Studies, Human Geography, History, Literary studies, Education, and Science and Technology Studies, and many more) can enrich and / or trouble debates around global mental health.
The conference is open to all working in and around global mental health and especially welcomes postgraduate and early career researchers, those who have lived experience of a psychiatric diagnosis, or of distress, and those who live and/or work in the global South on mental health issues. It aims to explore and showcase the multiple contemporary (converging and diverging) directions of, and innovations in, global mental health research and practice.
There is no cost for attendance, and lunch and refreshments will be provided free. There is a small amount of money available to cover some travel and related costs for those who need it.
You can find out more details about the event here.
Please submit abstract or queries to [email protected] by 11th December 2017.
Global Mental Health and Therapeutic Assemblages: Concepts, Controversy and Necessary Tensions Disability and Employment Deep Democracy SessionDisability and Employment Deep Democracy Session – Why are some employers still not employing disabled people? What needs to happen to support young people with mental health problems and people with a learning disability and/or autism into work? We are bringing people together to share some of the issues and worries people have around employment. What helps and what doesn’t help. We want to look at possible solutions that increase employment opportunities for disabled people. |
February 14, 2018
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February 15, 2018
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February 16, 2018(1 event)
'A Disorder for Everyone!' - Exploring the Culture of Psychiatric Diagnosis'A Disorder for Everyone!' - Exploring the Culture of Psychiatric Diagnosis – This day is for anyone who is interested in and concerned about the current debates in 'mental health.' It provides a space to explore the critical questions of the day around the biomedical model and the narrative of 'diagnosis and disorder!' Attendees from past AD4E events have included people who identify as the following :- people with lived experience of emotional distress, supporters of people with lived experience, survivors, psychologists, journalists, activists, counsellors, service users, service refusers, psychotherapists, mental health support professionals, psychiatrists, managers and individuals with a general personal interest. 'A Disorder for Everyone!' - Exploring the Culture of Psychiatric Diagnosis |
February 17, 2018
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February 19, 2018(1 event)
Free Hearing Voices Facilitator TrainingFree Hearing Voices Facilitator Training If you are in the St. Paul area, apply to join Caroline Mazel-Carlton and Marty Hadge from the Western Mass Recovery Learning Community along with guest trainer Peter Bullimore for a free four-day Hearing Voices group facilitator training at the Wilder Center, February 19-22.
The training is funded through a grant from the Hearing Voices Research & Development Fund at the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care to expand the Hearing Voices infrastructure across the United States.
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February 20, 2018(1 event)
Free Hearing Voices Facilitator TrainingFree Hearing Voices Facilitator Training If you are in the St. Paul area, apply to join Caroline Mazel-Carlton and Marty Hadge from the Western Mass Recovery Learning Community along with guest trainer Peter Bullimore for a free four-day Hearing Voices group facilitator training at the Wilder Center, February 19-22.
The training is funded through a grant from the Hearing Voices Research & Development Fund at the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care to expand the Hearing Voices infrastructure across the United States.
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February 21, 2018(2 events)
Free Hearing Voices Facilitator TrainingFree Hearing Voices Facilitator Training If you are in the St. Paul area, apply to join Caroline Mazel-Carlton and Marty Hadge from the Western Mass Recovery Learning Community along with guest trainer Peter Bullimore for a free four-day Hearing Voices group facilitator training at the Wilder Center, February 19-22.
The training is funded through a grant from the Hearing Voices Research & Development Fund at the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care to expand the Hearing Voices infrastructure across the United States.
Webinar: Implementation of Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) Across a System, Lessons of SuccessWebinar: Implementation of Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy (CT-R) Across a System, Lessons of Success – Arthur Evans, CEO of the American Psychological Association (APA) and Paul Grant focus on the systemic large-scale implementation of CT-R sharing evidence of culture change. |
February 22, 2018(2 events)
Free Hearing Voices Facilitator TrainingFree Hearing Voices Facilitator Training If you are in the St. Paul area, apply to join Caroline Mazel-Carlton and Marty Hadge from the Western Mass Recovery Learning Community along with guest trainer Peter Bullimore for a free four-day Hearing Voices group facilitator training at the Wilder Center, February 19-22.
The training is funded through a grant from the Hearing Voices Research & Development Fund at the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care to expand the Hearing Voices infrastructure across the United States.
Learn to Talk for a Fit Mind with Talk for Health: FREE Taster SessionLearn to Talk for a Fit Mind with Talk for Health: FREE Taster Session – In today's society it is all too easy to feel lonely and disconnected from others and this can have a negative impact on our mental health and the quality of our life. Here at Talk for Health we know that true connection happens when we let go of our social masks and start being who we really are and that this is why we run our 4.5 day wellbeing programme: to help you feel more connected to yourself and other people. We invite you to come and enjoy a two hour taster session of our programme, which is FREE, to find out if it is right for you. The taster will give you a chance to experience some of the four key learning areas of our full programme:
Come join us and learn how to talk to for a fit mind! If you enjoy the taster session you can sign up for the full programme. The times and dates for this programme are as follows: Saturday 3rd March 2018 11:00 - 17:00 Thursday 8th, 15th, 22nd March 2018 17:30 - 20:30 Saturday 24th March 2018 11:00 - 17:00 Thursday 29th March 17:30:00 - 20:30 Please note that you will need to attend all six sessions outlined above. After the programme you will have access to free peer support groups, more psychology learning opportunities and a growing community of caring and supportive people! If you have any questions at all, please call or text 'call me' on 07826 148 461 or email [email protected]. Learn to Talk for a Fit Mind with Talk for Health: FREE Taster Session |
February 23, 2018
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February 24, 2018(1 event)
Mad Poets Speak Open Mic NightMad Poets Speak Open Mic Night – Poetry open-mic night for people who've experienced mental distress to come and share their poetry and for anyone who wishes to come and listen. |
February 25, 2018
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February 27, 2018(1 event)
Self-Direction Through Personalized BudgetingSelf-Direction Through Personalized Budgeting – Self-direction is a model for organizing supports in which the participant manages an individual budget to purchase for a variety of services and goods used to facilitate their recovery journey. This webinar will start with an introduction to SDC, including a brief history and the places that are testing it out. There will be three perspectives shared: 1. Bevin Croft: The research that has been done, preliminary results here and in England. Future directions in research and funding for research. 2. Julie Schnepp will share the ways that SDC has changed her life, both its impact on her capacity to live in the community and her self-confidence. She will comment on the advocacy especially by Joe and Susan Rogers that got the program set up in PA. She will also share the difference between the pilot program and the sustainable county funded program. 3. Pam Werner will share the perspective of a state administrator, what role she played in bringing SDC to Michigan, she will share the funding and the evaluation, as well as ways that an administrator sees advantages to the program. |
February 28, 2018(1 event)
2018 National Peer-Supported Open Dialogue Conference2018 National Peer-Supported Open Dialogue Conference – Peer-supported Open Dialogue is a form of client-driven, relationship-centred mental healthcare that aims to bring friends, families and peers together to support the person experiencing distress.
The conference will feature the founders of Open Dialogue and practitioners from around the world, including Jaakko Seikkula. A progress report will also be given on the world’s largest trial of Open Dialogue, now underway in the UK.
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March 1, 2018
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March 2, 2018(3 events)
Call for Abstracts and Workshops Deadline: Cochrane Colloquium Ediburgh 2018Call for Abstracts and Workshops Deadline: Cochrane Colloquium Ediburgh 2018March 2, 2018 The 2018 Cochrane Colloquium will be held in Edinburgh at the International Conference Centre in Scotland from 16-18 September 2018. It will hosted by Cochrane UK and is expected to attract up to 1200 delegates.
Cochrane state that “The theme of the event is ‘Cochrane for all – better evidence for better health decisions’ and we look forward to receiving submissions on the sub-themes of ‘producing evidence,' ‘making evidence accessible’ and ‘advocating for evidence.’
One of the key aims of the event is to increase the involvement of patients, carers and family members (healthcare consumers) in Cochrane’s work. As such, all abstracts are required to consider their impact on, and relevance to, patients and other healthcare consumers. Abstracts that are co-designed, co-produced and/or co-presented with patients or other healthcare consumers are welcomed.”
Call for Abstracts and Workshops Deadline: Cochrane Colloquium Ediburgh 2018 Promoting Healing After Psychosis: Using Holotropic BreathworkPromoting Healing After Psychosis: Using Holotropic Breathwork – What does it mean to heal after a psychotic episode? Is it just about trying to “get back to normality” and to suppress any further “psychosis” - or does something deeper need to happen? In 1996, Sean Blackwell had his own experience of psychosis within an apparent bipolar episode, and it seemed obvious to him that the episode was an attempt by his psyche to accomplish something quite profound. Rather than being an illness, Sean has always considered his break-down as a critical break-through in his own personal development. In 2011, he authored the book “Am I Bipolar or Waking Up?” while also producing numerous YouTube videos which explore the connection between psychotic episodes and psychological transformation. This entire creative process has led Sean to speaking with hundreds of people who have experienced psychosis which they found to be somehow meaningful. However, modern forms of treatment don’t provide much space for people to explore altered states to see what might be positive in them: instead, action is taken to bring people back to some simulation of “normality” as quickly as possible. Once that happens, most people are understandably frightened of going back into an altered state, which is likely to both disrupt their life and bring on more intrusive “treatment.” Unfortunately, this can lead to being stuck in a kind of limbo state, with the person’s psyche still struggling to transform, but with the conscious mind firmly opposed to any further dangerous disruption of stability. For years, Sean wrestled with the question of how to help people complete their healing journey in a way that would be sufficiently safe. He eventually turned to Holotropic Breathwork, which is a powerful therapeutic process originally developed in the 1970’s by Dr. Stanislav Grof and his late wife, Christina. While breathwork facilitators certified by Grof Transpersonal Training generally avoid using this method with people who have had a history of psychosis, Sean has found that for many people with such histories, holotropic breathwork can be both very effective and reasonably safe, provided that it is performed in a highly secure, private retreat setting. In this presentation, on 3/2/18, at 12:30 PM EST, Sean will share the details of his retreat program, with a focus on how modifications to the standard holotropic breathwork format have led to increasingly positive results. A few of Sean’s clients, Moni Kettler and Tim Knoote, are expected to join him, to share their experiences of healing - living a life free of both psychotic symptoms and psychiatric medications. (For additional information, you may want to read this article from Moni Kettler which goes into detail regarding her initial healing process with Sean: https://www.madinamerica.com/2016/11/how-i-healed-bipolar-disorder/) ISPS-US webinars are free to ISPS members, with a donation of $5-$20 requested from others, though no one turned away for lack of funds. Please do register if you want to attend, at https://healingafterpsychosis.eventbrite.com! Promoting Healing After Psychosis: Using Holotropic Breathwork |
March 3, 2018(2 events)
2018 Building Bridges Conference2018 Building Bridges Conference We invite you to join us for the 23rd Annual Building Bridges Conference, Mental Health: Exploring the Unacknowledged Civil Rights Journey, on Saturday, March 3 at Gustavus Adolphus College. The conference will begin at 9:00 AM in Christ Chapel and conclude around 6:30 PM that evening. This student-led social justice conference will explore and address mental health using an inter-sectional lens, as it seeks to explore and dismantle stigmas attached to mental illness and health, discuss accessibility to mental health care, and address mental health in disadvantaged communities. The conference features two keynote speakers, a highlighted workshop, a student organized choral performance, an interactive walk-through, and a variety of smaller workshops for individuals to attend. We are thrilled to welcome our first keynote speaker, Leah Ida Harris, a mental health and trauma activist, suicide prevention advocate, trainer, speaker, writer, and social entrepreneur. Leah Ida Harris has been working to stop the perpetuation of harmful and traumatic practices in mental health. Her approach emphasizes the importance of people retaining dignity and the right to self determination. Building Bridges is excited to welcome Deborah Prothrow-Stith, as she will be the second keynote speaker of the day. Deborah Prothrow-Stith focuses on disparities in access to care for racial minorities. She is an internationally recognized public health leader who since 2008 has advised top tier healthcare, life sciences, academics for nonprofit institutions. She established the first Office of Violence Prevention in a state department of public health. The conference is supplemented with a series of workshops and an interactive walk-through to allow attendees to fully explore the dynamic role of mental health and bringing about social change. This conference focuses on laying down the foundation for critical dialogue about pressing global issues, and dispelling any beliefs that one’s actions cannot be a catalyst for creating positive social change. |
March 4, 2018
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