Programme

The IV International Public Mental Health School 2019 aimed and created opportunities to explore the state of the art of Public Mental Health knowledge, develop research skills and build interdisciplinary networks across Europe.

LOCATION: Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Room 354, M.K.Čiurlionio str. 21, LT 03101 Vilnius, Lithuania.

Monday, 7 October, 2019

9.00 – 10.00 Registration, welcome coffee
10:00 – 10:30

Introduction to the course

Assoc. Prof. Marija Jakubauskiene, Lithuania

Prof. Jutta Lindert, Germany

10:30 – 11:15

Genetics and public mental health

Prof. Algirdas Utkus, Lithuania

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania

11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00

Public mental health: a population approach to mental disorders and mental health

Prof. Jutta Lindert, Germany

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30

Outcomes in public mental health

Prof. Jutta Lindert, Germany

15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 17:00

Mental health during the life course

Assoc. Prof. Marija Jakubauskiene, Lithuania

19:00

Welcome evening

Place: Restaurant SAULA, Didžioji str. 26, Vilnius

Tuesday, 8 October, 2019

9:00 – 10:30

Research ethics in public mental health

Prof. Eugenijus Gefenas, Lithuania

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30

Scientific writing: why do we publish

Dr. Sayed Rahman, Sweden

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00

Scientific writing: how to write scientifically

Dr. Sayed Rahman, Sweden

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 17:00

Scientific writing: publication ethics

Dr. Sayed Rahman, Sweden

Wednesday, 9 October, 2019

9:00 - 10:30

Violence related disorders

Prof. Jutta Lindert, Germany

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30

Violence and resilience

Prof. Jutta Lindert, Germany

12:30 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 16:00

Case study of violence. Site visit Paneriai memorial

Prof. Jutta Lindert, Germany

16:00 - 17:30

Cultural concept of distress

Dr. Eva Heim, Switzerland

17:30 – 17:45 Coffee break
17:45 – 19:15

Scalable interventions for public mental health

Dr. Eva Heim, Switzerland

Thursday, 10 October, 2019

9:00 - 10:30

Suicide epidemiology

Prof. Johan Bilsen, Belgium

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30

Suicide risk factors

Prof. Johan Bilsen, Belgium

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:45

Suicide prevention

Prof. Johan Bilsen, Belgium

14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 - 16:00

History of psychiatry in Lithuania

Prof. Arunas Germanavicius, Lithuania

16:00 - 17:30

Suicide prevention: a case of Lithuania

Marius Stricka, Lithuania

Friday, 11 October, 2019

9:00 - 10:00

European public health strategies and mental health perspectives

Dr. Dineke Zeegers Paget, EUPHA, The Netherlands

10:00 – 11:30

Pitching of research papers

Prof. Johan Bilsen, Dr. Marija Jakubauskiene

11:30 – 12:00 Closing of the course. Certificate award ceremony
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch