Conference Programme

MHE CONFERENCE 2010

Challenging Poverty – Creating Hope
Breaking the cycle of poverty and mental health problems

In collaboration with the Institut Wallon pour la Santé Mentale and the Vlaamse Vereniging voor Geestelijke Gezondheid with the support of the Ligue bruxelloise francophone pour la Santé Mentale

In the frame of the European Year for combating poverty and social exclusion
In the frame of the celebration of MHE's 25th anniversary

With the support of the PROGRESS Programme

Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre

22-23 October 2010

PROGRAMME

The programme of the Conference is available in PDF version here (final version)

Information about the Parallel Sessions

Parallel sessions on several topics will be organised for the conference. Attendants of the conference can make their preferences clear by completing the registration form which can be found here

Parallel sessions will be organised on the following topics:

• Intergenerational poverty and mental health problems
• The impact of poverty on the mental health of the children
• Mental health problems, poverty and discrimination: a human rights issue
• (Un)employment and mental health : the working poor and the unemployed
• Vulnerable groups, mental health and poverty
• Empowerment: a tool for combating poverty and social exclusion
• Social support systems

Conference languages:

English, French and Dutch for the plenary sessions;

in principle English only for the parallel sessions, but whispering translation into French and Dutch may be provided depending on availability.