Local is Global: Global Mental Health Conference
Global innovation for mental health ÌýÌý
Café scientifique with Dr. Vikram Patel
April 14, 2015, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
91ÉçÇø Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish, Montréal, QC H3A 1X9
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Vikram Patel is Professor and Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK). He is the Joint Director of the School's Centre for Global Mental Health and Professor at the Public Health Foundation of India. He serves on the WHO's Expert Advisory Group for Mental Health and the Global Agenda Council for Chronic Conditions and Mental Health and is co-chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health. As editor of the Lancet Series on Global Mental Health (2007) and the PLoS Medicine series on packages of care for mental disorders (2009) he led the efforts to launch the Movement for Global Mental Health. He also serves on the board of Sangath, an Indian NGO which he founded.
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