24 November

9:00–9:30    Opening Session

Representatives of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the World Health Organization and the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health

 

9:30–11:00  The health gap: the challenge of an unequal world | Keynote Lecture

Sir Michael Marmot, University College London, UK
Chair: António Correia de Campos, National School of Public Health, Nova University of Lisbon

 

11:00–11:30 Break

 

11:30–13:00 Economic crisis and mental health in Europe | Round Table

David McDaid, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Luis Salvador-Carulla, Brain & Mind Center, The University of Sydney, Australia

Stelios Stylianidis, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece

Chair: Sérgio Gulbenkian, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

 

13:00–14:30 Break

 

14:30–16:00 Economic crisis, contextual factors and mental health in Portugal | Round Table

Paula Santana CEGOT, University of Coimbra

Graça Cardoso, Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Nova University of Lisbon

Pedro Pita Barros, Nova School of Business and Economics, Nova University of Lisbon

Chair: João Ferrão, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon

 

16:00–16:30 Break

 

16:30–18:00 Old and new vulnerabilities |  Round table

Benedetto Saraceno, Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Nova Medical School

Renato Carmo, Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES –IUL)

Susana Trovão, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Nova University of Lisbon  

Chair: António Leuschner, National Council of Mental Health, Portugal

 

25 November

9:00–10:30  Poverty, inequalities and mental health |  Keynote Lecture

Crick Lund, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Chair: Carlos Farinha Rodrigues, Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon

 

10:30–11:00 Break

 

11:00–12:30 Economic crisis and mental health in Portugal: Preliminary results of the national mental health survey follow-up |  Round table

JM Caldas de Almeida, Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Nova Medical School

Manuela Silva, Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health

Ana Antunes, Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Nova Medical School

Chair: Arne Holt, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway

 

12:30–14:00 Break

 

14:00–15:15 Mental health and families in times of crisis | Round table

Margarida Gaspar de Matos, University of Lisbon

Diana Frasquilho, Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Nova Medical School

Anália Torres, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon

Chair: Daniel Sampaio, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon

 

15:15–16:45 Policies and strategies to alleviate the mental health impact of economic crises |  Mesa Redonda

Kristian Wahlbeck, Finnish Association for Mental Health, Finland

Dan Chisholm, World Health Organization

Clemens Hosman, Maastricht University and Radboud University, Netherlands 

Constantino Sakellarides, National School o Public Health, Nova University of Lisbon

Chair: Miguel Xavier, Nova Medical School, Nova University of Lisbon

 

16:45–17:15 Break

 

17:15–18:15 Recommendations for Portugal and implications for other countries

Benedetto Saraceno, Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health and Nova Medical School

Shekhar Saxena, World Health Organization

Chair: Álvaro de Carvalho, National Programme of Mental Health, Portugal

 

18:15 Closure

Minister of Health, Portugal (TBC)

Representatives of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the World Health Organization and the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health.

 

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