Innovations in Mental Health: Expanding Accessibility
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Session Description
Some 450 million people live with a mental health condition, and approximately 260 million cope with post-traumatic stress. People with mental illness face stigma and exclusion from society, a division within communities facing recovery from conflict, displacement, and other traumas. Globally, mental health services are inadequate or nonexistent, and when they exist, Western-oriented therapies are often culturally inappropriate. We’ll share two innovative mental health support and community resilience approaches, and discuss how these models intersect with the work of social entrepreneurs.
Time & Location
Time:
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM, Thursday, April 6, 2017
BST
Location:
Classroom 2 (WW)
Speakers
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Speaker
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Trauma Resource Institute
Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW is an author, radio show host, social worker, trauma therapist, co-founder, former Executive Director and current Director of Innovation of the Trauma Resource Institute and key developer of the Community and Trauma Resiliency Models.
She is the author of Building…
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Speaker
Chris is a global mentor with mentees in many countries and a leading exponent on global mental health practice. His mentees currently work in organisational and financial management, estate agency, the linen trade, mental health in the UK, Europe and low- and middle-income countries…