The Global Mental Health Program at Columbia University, in collaboration with the WHO and AIIMS, conducted a series of programs in India on mental health and social justice. The programs included a global mental health research consortium with over 11,000 members from around the world, a symposium discussing gender, youth and social justice issues, and meetings with four NGOs to foster dialogue on mental health and social issues. The goal was to alleviate suffering from mental illness through evidence-based treatment and address social injustices related to mental health.

1. Promoting Mental
Health And Social
JusticeNORTHERN 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
Justice 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
Justice Journey 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-11 development
informed by case-
control field studies led
by leadership from all
WHO regions
conducted in 139
countries
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE
DISORDERANXIETYANDFEARRELATED
DISORDERS
ECOLOGICALIMPLEMENTATIONFIELD
STUDIESCLASSIFICATIONANDTECHNOLOGYUSESURVEY
SEXUALDYSFUNCTIONS
STUDYDISORDERS
DUE TO
SUBSTANCE

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’S ASSOCIATION
(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. “The 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 $1 a day as
agents
of sustainable change

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