Date: Friday 6 September 2024 Time: 8AM (EDT)/1PM (GMT) Chair: Lisa Cosgrove Location: Zoom https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/92831922870 RSVP: Please register here for the talk. Where possible, we would appreciate if attendees could register for the talk, however this is not essential as the meeting link is included above. In this talk, Alicia Ely Yamin will first give a…

On 10 October 2024, Prof Dainius Pūras, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, will be giving a keynote address at the event “From Ticking Boxes to Transformation – A New Script for Mental Health”, taking place from 10am at The MAC Arts Centre, Exchange St West,…

Prof Dainius Pūras, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, and Alberto Vasquez, Co-director for the Center for Inclusive Policy, will be speaking at an upcoming conference in Oslo (in person and online) on 10 September 2024, organised by the Human Rights Foundation ReDo*. Please see below…

Chair: Cristian Montenegro. Historically, occupational health has identified workplace injuries as physical. However, with the global rise of psychiatric language, new conceptions of psychological injury are emerging. What do these mental health injuries enact concerning historical and current labour issues? What roles do workers, occupational healthcare professionals, and ‘psy’ specialists…

Date: 24 April 2024 Time: 8AM (EDT)/1PM (GMT) Chair: Lisa Cosgrove Location: Zoom https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/96540727782  Recent decades have seen the rise of mental health speak in the general population and social media.  Even though most is done with the best intentions, this cultural change poses many questions and potential dangers that have…