Program
Wednesday the 6 may
Location: Hotel Kea
17-19 Registration
20.00 -21.30 Reception
The reception is an invitation from Akureyri City
Thursday the 7 may Moderator of the day: Gudjon Magnusson, Iceland
Location: Auditorium, Church
8-9 Registration
9.00-9.30 Welcome
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Iceland
Professor Gudjon Magnusson, Reykjavik University, Iceland
9.30 – 12.00 New perspectives
9.30-10 What is best practice – is evidence based practice the answer?
Professor of Psychology Tor-Johan Ekeland, Volda University College, Norway (english)
10-10.30 Coffee Break
10.30-11.00 Promotion and prevention in mental health: Case Finland
Research Professor Kristian Wahlbeck, THL-National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland (english)
11.00-11.30 Promotion of Mental Health in Young people: two perspectives
Associate Professor Sven Bremberg, Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Sweden (english)
11.30-11.45 Short information of the workshops in the afternoon 1-5
Maarit Aalto, projectleader, Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues, Sweden
12.00-13.30 Lunch at KEA Hotel
13.30 -15.00 Workshops
Location: Rosenborg
Workshop 1 Evidence based practise in daily life
Introduction: Associate Professor. Alain Topor, Stockholms Universitet Moderator Lars Fredén (Scandinavian language)
Workshop 2 Inter sectorial collaboration – obstacles and possibilities in organizing Mental Health.
Director Roberto Mezzina, WHO Collaborating Centre, Trieste, Italy Moderator Maarit Aalto (english)
Workshop 3 How can participation promote mental health among elderly?
Professor Karin Ringsberg NHV, senior lecturer Evastina Björk NHV and Associate Professor Stefan Thorpenberg NHV, Sweden Moderator Marianne Smedegaard (Scandinavian Language)
Workshop 4 Family and relatives – What can the family/relatives do?
Introduktion Research Professor Tytti Solantaus, THL-National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland (english)
Moderator Sigursteinn Másson
Workshop 5 Best psychiatric practices in suicide prevetion; suicides of Young adults reported under the Act on Professional Activity in Health and Medical Services, Lex Maria
Introduction MD, PhD Jussi Jokinen, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Moderator Lillian Zöllner (english)
16.30 Start with busses at hotel KEA to Sightseeing and Dinner at Mývatn Lagoon
Friday 8 may Moderator, Sigursteinn Másson Gedhjalp, Iceland
Location: Auditorium, Church
9-10.15 Society and Inclusion
9-9.45 The person in the Community: a paradigm for recovery and social inclusion after deinstitutionalization in Trieste, Italy
Director of CMHC Roberto Mezzina, WHO Collaborating Centre, Trieste, Italy (english)
9.45-10.15 Recovery for a better life
Associate professor Alain Topor, Stockholm University, Sweden (english)
10.15 – 10.30 Coffee
10.30 -12.00 Best practice in the Nordic countries
All the national organisations of service users in the Nordic countries are choosing best practicing municipalities. They will be presented for ex. by showing short documentary films made and seen through the eyes of the users of mental health services in each municipality.
12.00 -13.30 Lunch Kea Hotel
13.30 – 14.30 Workshops
Location: Rosenborg
Workshop 6 Psycho-social rehabilitation, Århus City, Denmark
Recoverysecretary Lisa Jul Pedersen, Århus
Hanne Wiingard, Herlufmagle, LAP
Moderator Marianne Smedegaard (English)
Workshop 7 We just do it together, Akureyri. Iceland
Director for Social Services Krístín Sigursveinsdóttir, Akureyri, Iceland, Manager Sveinn Magnusson, Gedhjalp
Moderator Sigursteinn Másson (english)
Workshop 8 Experiences of the early interventions- working with families, Nurmijärvi, Finland
Coordinator of Preventive work Olli Laiho, Nurmijärvi, Finland
Rehabilitation coordinator Outi Ståhlberg MTKL
Rehabiltation coordinator Olli Rauhala MTKL
Moderator Maarit Aalto (english)
Workshop 9 Tool box for user participation
Associate Professor Ole Petter Askheim, Norway
Course leader Björg kaspersen, Mental Health, Norway
Moderator Elin Ebba Asmundsdóttir (Scandinavian language)
14.30 – 15.00 Coffee break
15-16.00 Panel discussion Moderator: Lars Fredén. Associate professor, Nordic Research Academy in Mental Health, Sweden
The future is now. Which new perspectives can we introduce? How could we implement good solutions in mental health?
The Panel
Kristian Wahlbeck, Research Professor, THL-National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Lara Björnsdottir, director Ministry of Social Aiffairs, Iceland
Tor-Johan Ekeland, professor, Volda University College, Norway
Tytti Solantaus, Research Professor, THL-National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Sven Bremberg, Associate professor, Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Sweden
16.00 End of conference