The Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health (LIGMH) aims to generate innovative knowledge, build capacity and provide technical collaboration to governments and non-governmental organisations in the area of Public Mental Health.
The LIGMH should be seen as a main stakeholder in the Global Mental Health community, in continuity with the successful mental health initiatives and projects developed in recent years through the collaboration of NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, with the technical support of the World Health Organization.
The Institute is an independent organisation, hosted by NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The founding members of the new Institute include the NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, the National School of Public Health of Portugal and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. A selected group of public health and mental health experts has also joined the institutional founding group in their personal capacity.
The Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform has finished its activities, which will be continued by the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. In 2011, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation established the Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform, whose initiatives, undertaken in close collaboration with the WHO, have made it a key stakeholder in the global mental health community. The Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform was intended to make a significant contribution to mental health in collaboration with WHO to improve mental health care in low- and middle-income countries; and to promote human rights of people with mental disabilities.
Learn moreOne of the major goals of the LIGMH is to contribute to the development of a framework for action in mental health policy at the European level, building on previous work developed under the European Pact for Mental Health and Wellbeing. To address this challenge the LIGMH is actively involved in several EU initiatives (e.g., the EU Joint Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Consortium on Mental Health Policy), in collaboration with the European Commission and key stakeholders in the mental area in Europe.
Learn moreIn collaboration with the NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, the LIGMH provides training in areas related to the formulation, implementation and evaluation of mental health policies and plans, and mental health law and human rights. It also offers courses on global health and health diplomacy, as well as on mental health services organisation, implementation and evaluation.
Learn moreThe Institute aims to develop studies contributing to increase the knowledge on public mental health issues. Current projects led by the Institute or with its participation include, among others, studies in the area of human rights of people with mental disorders, epidemiological research on the impact of the economic crisis on mental health of the populations, studies on financing models of mental health services, and studies on the quality of services for people severe mental disorders.
Learn moreNovember 25th, 2019
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