Kalmunai Mental Health Association

Workshop on Community Mental Health

 

 

5th October 2010

at

 

Seminar Room, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

 

Organised by:

 

  • Trauma and Global Health (TGH) Program  (People’s Rural Development Association (PRDA) Sri Lanka and McGill University, Canada)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  • Department of Psychology, University of Peradeniya
  • Barnet, Enfield and Haringey (BEH) MH Trust, UK

 

Programme

9.00 – 9.15 a.m.

Workshop inauguration

Welcome address

Ms. Udeni Appuhamilage, Lecturer in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Peradeniya

Session: I – Healing and Therapy for Mental Health Problems

Chair: TBA

9.15 – 9.35 a.m.

Trauma and Recovery: violence, traumatic memory and mental health outcomes

Dr Duncan Pedersen, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, and Scientific Director of the Montreal-based WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health

9.35 – 9.55 a.m.

Religion and mental health  in the conflict affected areas

Professor K. Tudor Silva, Professor of Sociology, University of Peradeniya and Director, International  Centre for Ethnic Studies

and Mr. Upali Weerakoon, PhD student, University of Peradeniya

9.55 – 10.15 a.m.

Faith and the recovery journey

Ms. Tobi Welstand-Keryk, Senior Occupational Therapist, BEH Mental Health NHS Trust, UK

10.15 – 11.00 a.m.

Panel discussion & questions from participants:

Dr. Duncan Pedersen, Professor K. Tudor Silva, Mr. Upali Weerakoon, Ms. Tobi Welstand-Keryk, Dr Jaswant Guzder, Dr Suman Fernando and Mr. Jim Symington

 

Themes: Concept of ‘trauma’ in healing and therapy, spiritual healing, role of religion and spirituality

11.00 – 11.20 a.m.

Tea

11.20 – 11.40 a.m.

Ayurveda and psychological wellbeing

Ms. C.B. Manel Chamalee, Department of Psychology, University of  Peradeniya

11.40 – 12.00 noon

Contextualized vocabulary for emotions

Ms. Udeni Appuhamilage

12.00 – 12.20 p.m.

Working with Asian Diaspora families in Canada: affects, metaphors and meaning

Dr Jaswant Guzder, Associate Professor at Department of Psychiatry and Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal and Head of Child Psychiatry and Director of Childhood Disorders Day Hospital at the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal

12.20 – 1.00 p.m.

Panel discussion & questions from participants:

Ms. C.B. Manel Chamale, Ms. Udeni Appuhamilage, Dr Jaswant Guzder, Mr. Steve Tall, Ms. Lynne Parry & Mr. Chamindra Weerackody

 

Themes: vocabularies for communication and therapy, collective suffering, liaising with indigenous doctors and healers

1.00 -2.00 p.m.

Lunch

Session: II – Mental Health Services in the Community

Chair: Mr. Oliver Treacy

2.00 – 2.20 p.m.

Models of care in community settings in UK

Dr Imelda Duignan, Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Lead in the Adult Psychosis Service, BEH MH NHS Trust, UK

2.20 – 2.40 p.m.

Community nursing

Ms. Lynne Parry, Nurse Specialist, BEH Mental Health NHS Trust, UK

2.40 – 3.00 p.m.

Counselling in areas of conflict

Rev. Sister Rita Kurusumuttu (Vavuniya)

3.00 – 3.20 p.m.

Training to work in the community / Service user satisfaction with services in Batticaloa

Mr. Ananda Galappatti, Medical Anthropologist

3.20 – 4.30 p.m.

Panel discussion & questions from participants:

Dr Imelda Duignan, Rev. Sister Rita Kurusumuttu, Mr. Ananda Galappatti, Dr Jaswant Guzder, Mr. Jim Symington & Dr S. Suthakaran

 

Themes: Developing culturally sensitive services, family involvement

4.30 p.m.

Conclusion & Tea