Edinburgh Global Mental Health Half-Day

This event brings together University of Edinburgh students, alumni, staff, and external colleagues with an interest in Global Mental Health
About this Event

Join us for the annual autumn Edinburgh Global Mental Health half-day. This online and in-person event brings together University of Edinburgh students, alumni, staff, and external colleagues with an interest in the interdisciplinary field of global mental health. This year’s event will focus on presentations of recently completed dissertation projects by MSc Global Mental Health and Society graduates.

Organized and supported by:

Student Development Office; Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology; Social Work Subject area, MSc Global Mental Health and Society, School of Social Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh and Global Mental Health Collaborative

Agenda:

14:00 - 14:10
Welcome by Dr Sumeet Jain

14:10 - 15:20
GMH&S MSc Dissertation Student Presentations:

• Hikaru Matsushita (pre-recorded): Unpacking Clinical Frustration: A Psychiatric Nurse's Academic Journey, Fighting Back with Theory: Epistemic Injustice in Global Mental Health
• Ashandi Triyoga Prawira (pre-recorded): Navigating Student's-led Placement Based Dissertation in Masculinity and Men's Mental Health
• Aprilia Imaniar: Growing Hope: Exploring Community, Wellbeing and Mental Health Stigma in the Yellow Tulip Project
• Taera Shapoorjee: “Trapped in life”: A scoping review exploring the impact of structural barriers within illness and recovery narratives of people living with mental illness in low- and middle-income countries
• Jessica Meadows-Smith (pre-recorded): The Limits of Social Capital
• Shreeja Upadhyay: Mental health Self-Help Groups and their role in recovery: a case study from Mid-Western Nepal
• Orla Gallagher (pre-recorded): Adolescent Menstrual Health and Psychosocial Well-being in Uganda: A Critical Narrative Approach
• Janhavi Shelar: Intersectional analysis of climate change and maternal mental health in rural Himalayas.
• Rowan Soeiro: A Global Perspective on Bidirectional Learning to Support People Experiencing Severe Mental Illness and Homelessness

15:20 - 15:30
Q&A with online participants
15:30 - 15:50
Break
15:50 - 16:00
Orientation to Careers Service by Dr Anna Chiumento
16:00 - 16:45
Small group discussions: sharing dissertation ideas and experience with alumni

16:45 - 17:00
Questions and large group discussion, followed by event close