Saving Lives in Nordic Countries: addressing excess mortality
in people with mental disorders 22.11.2010
A one day conference: Monday November 22, 2010, Copenhagen,
Denmark
Place: The conference will take place in the Nordic Council of
Ministers premises in Copenhagen, Ved Stranden 18.
Nordic collaborative research has shown 20 years shorter life
expectancy in people with mental illness. This is a major health
inequality. This one day conference is organized to support actions
to reduce excess mortality among people with mental disorders.
Program
10.00 Opening and welcome
Moderator of the day: Professor Vappu Taipale, former Finnish
health minister
10.15 Saving lives: Nordic Council of Ministers project on life
expectancy in mental disorders
Professor Kristian Wahlbeck, THL, Finland and WHO Regional
Office
10.30 Excess mortality in mental illness in the Nordic
countries: presentation of results
Professor Merete Nordentoft, University of Copenhagen
11.30 User perspective on mental health and mortality
Knud Kristensen, SIND, Danish users' and relatives'
organization
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Reduced life expectancy in mental disorders - a
consequence of stigma and discrimination?
Graham Thornicroft, Professor of Community Psychiatry at the
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
14.00 Coffee break
14.20 Panel discussion: What can be done to reduce the mortality
gap?
Moderator: Hedinn Unsteinsson, Policy Analyst, Prime Ministers
Office, Iceland Lars Ahlin, Chairperson, Swedish Psychological
Association Anders Fink-Jensen, Chairperson, Danish Psychiatric
Society Jyrki Korkeila, Chairperson, Finnish Psychiatric
Association Leena Rauhala, Member of Parliament, Finland, Susanne
Rolfner Suvanto, Training Coordinator, Swedish Association of Local
Authorities and Regions Preben Rudiengaard, Member of Parliament,
Denmark Thor Rogan, Director of Department, Ministry of Health and
Care Services, Norway
15.40 Conclusions
Regional Advisor Matt Muijen, WHO European Region
16.00 End of conference
Registration:
The conference is free of
charge. Registration is needed before November 4th 2010. Please
register by email to
louise.teurneau@nhv.se.
Place: The conference will take place in the Nordic Council of
Ministers premises in Copenhagen, Ved Stranden 18.
Further information: Please feel free to contact us if you have
further questions regarding the conference.
Contact persons:
Lars Fredén
Director of the Nordic Academy for Research on Mental Health
Nordic School of Public Health
E-mail:
lars.freden@nhv.se
Phone: +46 (0)31 693970
Louise Teurneau,
Nordic School of Public Health (Administrator)
E-mail:
louise.teurneau@nhv.se
Phone: +46 (0)31 693984 |