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10 OCT 2025 . LISBON, PORTUGAL . 120 HOURS
Lisbon International Learning Program on Mental Health Policy and Services 6th edition - 2025/26
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International Learning Program on Mental Health Policy and Services 6th Edition
Enrolment deadline: 15 June 2025
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1st Presential in Lisbon (2 weeks working hours)
+ e-Learning Activities (8 weeks)
+ 2nd Presential in Lisbon (2 weeks – working hours)
The program is based on the experience of our group in the last 15 years in the development of Learning Programs on Mental Health Policy and Services, attended by students from 51 countries.
This Diploma incorporates several important curriculum innovations with the aim of responding to new emerging priorities in global mental health.
Description
The Program includes a series of Advanced Courses (2 or 3 days) for mental health leaders and professionals willing to develop public health skills in mental health policy and services, with a special emphasis on low and middle-income countries.
The Course will run with a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 24 students.
Focus
The focus of these Advanced Courses will be on the following areas:
- Understanding evidence, epidemiology and information in the field of mental health
- Mental Health Promotion and Prevention in the general population
- Mental Health policy development and implementation
- Organization of mental health services
- Programs for long-term severe mentally disabled persons
- Implementing integrated mental health care
- Child and Young People mental health
- Older People and mental health
- Rights of people with mental disabilities
- Deinstitutionalisation: experiences and controversies
- Mental health in complex emergencies
- Globalization, development and health diplomacy
Goal
The goal of the Lisbon Learning Program is to provide an updated
and solid understanding of the main topics of these areas and
to provide training in: formulation, implementation and evaluation
of mental health policies, plans and programs.
For whom
Leaders of Mental Health
Health Professionals
NGO’s and International Organizations
Applicants
Applicants should be holders of a bachelor’s degree or legally equivalent qualification in the field of Medicine, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Sciences or Health Economics.
The selection of applicants to the Courses will be based on the assessment of the CV and cover letter (in English).
Attendance
Attendance to the courses is mandatory for the participants formally enrolled.
Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance for each Advanced Course.
The successful attendance of the four Advanced Courses will be awarded with a Diploma from the NOVA University of Lisbon.
ECTS
The 11 ECTS obtained in the Lisbon International Learning Program may be credited to the NMS Ph.D. Programs.
Deadline
The enrolment deadline is on the 15 June 2025
Structure of the Program
The Lisbon International Learning Program on Mental Health Policy and Services consists of 4 Advanced Courses, each including two modules (3+2 days of in-class course followed by 8 weeks of e-learning activities).
Students can choose to attend one or more Advanced Courses. The attendance of one Advanced Course will award a Certificate of Attendance. A Diploma from the NOVA University of Lisbon will be awarded to the students who will successfully attend the four Advanced Courses. The assessment of these students will be made through an essay or a work project, written under the supervision of one of the members of the faculty.
Program
Check out the full program details below
- Advanced Course 1
EVIDENCE FOR PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH - Advanced Course 2
INNOVATION IN MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS - Advanced Course 3
SPECIAL POPULATIONS - Advanced Course 4
GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Module 1
From the generation of evidence to its uptake in clinical and policy practice
Module 2
What is the evidence on promotion and prevention interventions in mental health?
Module 1
Mental Health Policy development and implementation
Module 2
Developing innovative mental health services
Module 1
Child and Young People mental health
Older People mental health
Module 2
Mental health and human rights
Module 1
A practical primer to responding to mental health and psychosocial support needs in humanitarian emergencies
Module 2
Global Mental Health and Health Diplomacy
Coordinators
José Miguel Caldas de Almeida
Professor of Psychiatry, NOVA Medical School (Faculdade de Ciências Médicas), Nova University of Lisbon, is the President of the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health. He was the Chief of the Mental Health Unit at the Pan American Health Organization, the Regional Office of the World Health Organization for the Americas, in Washington D.C., from 2000 to 2005. He was Temporary Adviser for WHO in Africa, Europe and Latin America, and was the Coordinator of the European Union Joint Action for Mental Health and Wellbeing (2013 -2016).
Benedetto Saraceno
Prof. Benedetto Saraceno is a psychiatrist and holds a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Public Health . He was the leader of the WHO special program Nations for Mental Health (1996 -99). He was Director of the Department of Mental Health at the World Health Organization, Geneva, from 1999 to 2010. In 2001, he was the leader of the WHO World Health Report on Mental Health. At present, he is the Secretary General of the Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health .
ALL 4 Advanced Courses
Each Advanced Course 800€
A limited number of (total and partial) registration fees’ waivers may be granted to persons from Low Income countries and from Portugal. Requests will be assessed case by case, based on a letter of motivation. For further information on this topic, contact the Lisbon Learning Program.
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General information
Enrolment deadline: 15 June 2025
Selection criteria:
Applicants should be holders of a bachelor degree or legally equivalent qualification in the field of Medicine, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Sciences or Health Economics.
The selection of applicants to the Courses will be based on the assessment of the CV and Cover Letter.
The modules will run with a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 24 students.
Admission procedures:
- Applicants must submit the application form, and send a Bachelor’s Certificate or equivalent academic qualification, a CV and a Cover Letter in English, detailing how you and your skills fit with the program and what you may add to the discussion, your motivation to enrol in this course and how enrolling in the program will impact your future and your work, should be attached to the application.
- For further information about the registration please contact the Lisbon Learning Program through our Contact page.
Fees:
- The cost of the whole Learning Program is 3000€.
- The cost of attending one out of the four Advanced Courses is 800€.
- A limited number of (total and partial) registration fees’ waivers may be granted to persons from Low Income countries and from Portugal. Requests will be assessed case by case, based on a letter of motivation. For further information on this topic, contact the Lisbon Learning Program coordination team.
Attendance:
- Attendance to the courses is mandatory for the participants formally enrolled.
- Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance for each Advanced Course.
- The successful attendance of the four Advanced Courses will award a Diploma from the NOVA University of Lisbon.
ECTS:
The 11 ECTS obtained in the Lisbon International Learning Program may be credited to the NMS Ph.D. Programs.