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@TessNRoberts: Reason for low demand for mental health service should not be reduced as just "stigma", or lack of awareness. Qualitative study shed light on their thoughts - individuals living in poverty do not think MH services can address their hardship @kcsamh
... Have to acknowledge that Mental Health is Political & Social - to engage with the social realities. Dr. Roberts call for populational level research in #GlobalMentalHealth
@Ginamiguel sharing her PhD study on the reasons why some people in rural Mexico do not seek help from mental health services
Symptoms, but not the causes of mental illness was dealt with. This fed into the vicious cycle - poor experience with mh service --> discontinue of care.
Costanza Torre: Palabek, the worst Refugee Settlement in Uganda. How can psychological services be incorporated in primary care systems to help close the treatment gap in Uganda? What are some barriers of psychoeducation in Uganda?
Analysis of Electronic Health Records found increasing CMD diagnosis between Dec & March - where food is less accessible. Distress, or psychiatric illness, is understood as the lack of basic necessities by local staff. Refugee do not feel listened, not in Mental Health Services..
Pooja Pillai: Uttarakhand, North India. What does social recovery mean in Uttarakhand? How does it take place in the community? Coproduction with local experts by experiences - a coproduced recovery tool.
@thewrittenro: the landscape of GMH research is changing, that the field has came a long way from pre-defined paradigm, to allow people to define their own problems. Key words: "Leave Space"
Alex Cohen: "Global Mental Health is not psychiatry - the field was founded by psychiatrists, but to truly become a public health field, we need to look at the mental health of the populations, not just individuals."
definitely not doing justice to these great talks. Slides and recordings will be made available @kcsamh - please do check them out :) "Reconceptualising the treatment gap for common mental disorders: A fork in the road for global mental health?" Thanks @TessNRoberts for chairing!
