Two March 15th Deadlines

2007 World Mental Health Congress to Be Held in Hong Kong

The 2007 World Mental Health Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health will be held in Hong Kong August 19-23. The deadline for abstract submission is March 15; the early bird registration deadline is April 15. The theme is “Impact of Culture on Mental Health: East Meets West.” Additional information is available at the link below:

http://www.wmhc2007.com/?page_id=2&language=en



MindFreedom Conference to Be Held July 12-15, 2007

MindFreedom’s 2007 conference, "Creative Revolution in Healing: Turning Our Minds Around," gathers at Wisdom House, a retreat center in Litchfield, Conn., July 12-15, “to help create a choice of alternatives to the conventional mental health system.” The deadline for presentation proposals is March 15, 2007.

http://www.mindfreedom.org/campaign/choice/

Alternatives 2007

Join us in St. Louis October 10-14th for the annual Alternatives Conference. The theme of this year's conference is Spanning the Recovery Movement: Consumer Control & Choice.

The Clearinghouse will be hosting the conference, and has just launched a new website to provide information about the city and all things Alternatives related: www.alternatives2007.org.

Attending or presenting at Alternatives is a great way to meet like-minded people working on peer services, transforming systems and working for human rights in mental health. If you're interested, check out the 2006 conference at www.alternatives2006.org or 2005 at http://www.power2u.org/alternatives2005/alternatives-conference.html.

Hope to see you there!

Get Involved, Get Conferencing

We have a couple of announcements to share and I thought it would be best to just post them all at once. There are newly announced conference scholarships and a chance to guide the direction of future research at NIMH.

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Request for Information (RFI): Input on Public Health Relevant Research Questions for NIMH’s Clinical Research Networks

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is seeking input from the clinical research community, mental health professionals, patient advocates and individuals living with mental illnesses, private and public mental health service systems and providers, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, and other interested groups about important public mental health research questions that could be addressed using the infrastructure provided by three NIMH clinical research networks - the Bipolar Trials Network (BTN), the Depression Trials Network (DTN), and the Schizophrenia Trials Network (STN).

http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MH-06-128.html

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MHA 2007 Annual Meeting
"Bringing Wellness Home"
June 6 - 9, 2007
Washington, DC

Center for Mental Health Services Application for Financial Support Application deadline: March 30, 2007

The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), through a contract with AFYA, Inc. (AFYA), is providing financial support to consumers of mental health services who would like to participate in the annual conference sponsored by the Mental Health America, formerly the National Mental Health Association. The purpose of the scholarships is to foster transformation of mental health care to focus on recovery. Please note: To be eligible for this scholarship, a completed application and letter of recommendation must be received by March 30, 2007.

Conference information is available at: www.mentalhealthamerica.net

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NAMI 2007 Convention
Building our Movement. Building our Future
June 20 - 24, 2007
San Diego, CA

Center for Mental Health Services Application for Financial Support Application deadline: March 1, 2007

The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), through a contract with AFYA, Inc. (AFYA), is providing financial support to consumers of mental health services who would like to participate in the annual conference sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The purpose of the scholarships is to foster transformation of mental health care to focus on recovery. Please note: To be eligible for this scholarship, a completed application and letter of recommendation must be received by March 1, 2007.

Conference information is available at: www.nami.org

posted by j. melinn