1. Promoting Mental Health
And Social Justice
NORTHERN INDIA|APRIL9-17, 2015

2. The Global Mental Health Program at Columbia University Medical Center,
in collaboration with the World Health Organization and with the assistance of
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the Columbia Global Centers |
South Asia and an International Advisory Board, conducted a remarkable
and diverse series of programs on Mental Health and Social J ustice in India.

3. O N E M I S S IO N
Alleviating the suffering of millions
of people through the advancement
of evidence-based mental health
treatment globally.

4. T H R E E P U R S U I T S
Global Mental Health Research Consortium &Scholars Program
Global Symposium on Mental Health: Gender, Youth &Social J ustice
J ourney of Discovery: International Advisory Board

5. G L O BA L M E N TA L H E A LT H R E SE R AC H C O N S O RT I U M & S C H O L A RS PRO G R A M
Conducting global collaborative research on mental health in 139 countries

6. Africa
247
SoutheastAsia
576
EasternMediterranean
371
Europe
4,382
WesternPacific(Asia)
3,007
WesternPacific(Oceania)
332
Americas(North)
1,648
Americas(South)
1,246
Celebrating the enrollment of 11,871members of the WHO Global Clinical Practice Network

7. Prolific research and publication record,
with over 200 original publications
on mental health generated by the
consortium and collaborators.

8. Building research capacity and increasing the use of evidence-based
practice globally with 7 Global Scholars in attendance
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, M D
India
Joseph El-Khoury, M D
Lebanon
Rachna Bhargava, P h D
India
Ravinda Rao, M D
India
Rebeca Robles, P h D
M exico
Scott Stroup, M D , M P H
USA
Reuben Robbins, P h D
USA

9. ICD-11development
informed by case-control
field studies led by
leadership from all
WHO regions conducted
in 139 countries
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE
DISORDERANXIETYANDFEARRELATED
DISORDERS
ECOLOGICALIMPLEMENTATIONFIELD
STUDIESCLASSIFICATIONANDTECHNOLOGYUSESURVEY
SEXUALDYSFUNCTIONS
STUDYDISORDERSDUETOSUBSTANCEUSE
TRANSGENDERINTERVIEWSTUDY

10. SYMPOSIUM ON MENTALHEALTH: GENDER, YOUTH &SOCIAL J USTICE

12. “Not providing people with the treatments we know
already exist for mental illness is a gross violation of
social justice, yet less than 1% of budgets worldwide
are spent on mental health.”
SHEKHAR SAXENA
WHO DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE

13. “53% of women in India think it is alright
for a man to beat them if they burn the food”
KAVITARAMDAS
FORD FOUNDATION

14. “Poverty is violence”
MIRAI CHATTERJEE
SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN’SASSOCIATION (SEWA)

15. “People have become comfortably indifferent
to the disadvantaged.”
HARSH MANDER
CENTRE FOREQUITY STUDIES, NEW DELHI

16. INTERNATIONALADVISORY BOARD
A Journey of
Discovery

17. “T he way to spot a wise person
is to look for that individual
who is working for the
welfare of the world”
BHAGAVAD GITA

18. Intellectual exchanges with 4 NGOs:
fostering dialogue and understanding.

20. APNE AAP:
founded by 22 courageous women
in prostitution who had a vision
for a world where no woman could
be bought or sold.

21. MANAS:
providing multi-faceted
mental health services
reaching thousands
of marginalized citizens

22. SALAAM BAALAK TRUST:
health care and education
to over 5,000 street
and working children

23. BAREFOOT COLLEGE:
empowering impoverished, rural women
living on less than $1a day as agents
of sustainable change

24. Thank you to our corporate sponsors: