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The Dalhousie Special Interest Forum for Global Mental Health and Leadership Development is focused on training and preparing faculty, medical residents, fellows, and graduate students to become Global Mental Health Practitioners and Leaders, supporting the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programs that expand access, improve the quality of mental health care, and address mental health inequities.

PURPOSE
The purpose of the Dalhousie Special Interest Forum for Global Mental Health and Leadership Development is to:

• Provide a forum for training, knowledge dissemination, exchange, and advocacy for equity-deserving populations.
• Foster continuing professional development.
• Spark conversation, curiosity, and foster collaborations.
• Create opportunities for residents’ and fellows’ participation in international electives in transcultural psychiatry in low- and middle-income countries through institutional partnerships.

2024 Schedule

March 22, 2024

Topic: Developing a mental health policy: essential steps
Presenters: Drs. LeAnne Revell and Natasha Glover

May 17, 2024

Topic: Developing a mental health plan and programs
Presenter: TBD

September 20, 2024

Topic: Implementation issues for policy, plans and programs
Presenter: TBD

November 15, 2024

Topic: Developing, implementing, and evaluating rights-based legislation on mental health.
Presenter: TBD

How to register:
If you would like to attend these meetings, please register here:  Registration will run for from February 21, 2024 until March 15, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.

The Zoom link for the forums will only be sent to those who have registered.

The special interest forum will be submitted for accreditation.
Interested in presenting?

If you are interested in being a presenter for one of the above sessions, please contact Ariann Greenidge at ariann.greenidge@nshealth.ca, indicating which topic you would like to present.