An international learning program for mental health leaders and professionals willing to develop public health skills in mental health policy and services, with a special emphasis on low- and middle-income countries will be organized during 2017 as a new and innovative development of the International Master on Mental Health Policy and Services (NOVA University of Lisbon).
The Lisbon International Learning Program integrates a series of short residential courses (2 or 3 days) focusing on the following areas: basic epidemiology for public mental health; reading and understanding scientific literature; global mental health and prevention strategies; implementation of innovative mental health promotion, prevention strategies and care delivery; strategies and interventions for long term severe mentally disabled; rights of persons with mental disability; and rational use of psychotropic drugs.
The Program is based on the experience developed in the six past editions of the International Master on Mental Health Policy and Services, one of the most successful global courses in this area, attended by students from 48 countries. It consists of four blocks of one week, each of them including two modules (3+2 days). Check out the program here.
Enrollment deadline is on 15 January 2017. Applicants should be holders of a bachelor degree or legally equivalent qualification in the field of Medicine, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Sciences or Health Economics. For further information about the registration, please contact Ana Meireles, registration@lisboninstitutegmh.org.
