Invitation
 
 
Committees
Program at a glance
Scientific Program
 
 
Scientific Program Information
 
 
Abstract Submission
 
 
Congress Information
 
 
Registration Fees
 
 
Hotel Accommodation
 
 
Key Dates
 
 
 
Global Mental Health Summit 2009
 
 
Congress Abstracts
 
 
Under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Democracy
 
 
 
 
 
 

Co- sponsored by:

 
     
  >The World Psychiatric Association    
     
  > World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation  
     
  > The Psychiatric Association of Eastern Europe and the Balkans  
Organizing Committee
   
Congress President George Christodoulou (Greece)
 
Members Mohammed Abou-Saleh (UK)
Dimitrios Anagnostopoulos (Greece)
Maan Barry (Yemen)
Elena Berger (USA)
Gabriela Camara (Mexico)
John Copeland (United Kingdom)
Ingrid Daniels (South Africa)
Athanasios Douzenis (Greece)
Tony Fowke (Australia)
L. Patt Franciosi (USA)
Preston J.Garrison (USA)
Ioannis Giouzepas (Greece)
Helen Gretsa (Greece)
Helen Herrman (Australia)
Haralambos Ierodiakonou (Greece)
George Kaprinis (Greece)
Athina Karatzoyianni (Greece)
Sylvester Katontoka (Zambia)
Sylvester Katontoka (Zambia)
Christos Kittas (Greece)
Constantine Kollias (Greece)
Vassilios Kontaxakis (Greece)
George Kreatsas (Greece)
Dusica Lecic-Tosevski (Serbia)
Ioannis Liapas (Greece)
George Lyketsos (Greece)
Lefteris Lykouras (Greece)
Deborah Maguire (USA)
Maria Margariti (Greece)
Janet Meagher (Australia)
Juan Mezzich (USA)
Anastasia Michopoulou (Greece)
Helen Millar (Scotland)
Roger Montenegro (Argentina)
George Papadimitriou (Greece)
Haralambos Papageorgiou (Greece)
Andreas Paraschos (Greece)
Andreas Rabavilas (Greece)
Charles G.Ray (USA)
Irene Siouti (Greece)
Costas Stefanis (Greece)
Alexandra Stroumbou-Askouni (Greece)
Shona Sturgeon (South Africa)
Vassilios Tsipas (Greece)
Nikolaos Tzavaras (Greece)
Argyro Voulgari (Greece)
Deborah Wan (Hong Kong)

 

World Federation for Mental Health

2007-09 Executive Committee
President John Copeland, UK
President Elect
Anthony Fowke, Australia
Corporate Secretary Brian Howard, Ireland
Immediate Past President Shona Sturgeon, South Africa
Treasurer Charles G. Ray, USA
Vice President Constituency Development Shridhar Sharma, Australia
Vice President Program Development L. Patt Franciosi, USA

2007-09 Regional Vice-Presidents
AFRICA Felicien Ntone-Enyime, MD CAMEROON
ASIA PACIFIC Deborah Wan Hong Kong
EASTERN MEDITERANEAN Haroon Chaudhry, MD PAKISTAN
EUROPE Helen L. Millar, MD SCOTLAND
LATIN AMERICA Roger Montenegro, MD ARGENTINA
NORTH AMERICA Richard Studer UNITED STATES
OCEANIA Helen Herrman, MD AUSTRALIA

Directors
AFRICA Sylvester Katontoka ZAMBIA
Elizabeth Matare SOUTH AFRICA
Brian Robertson, MD SOUTH AFRICA
ASIA PACIFIC
W. T. Soong, MD TAIWAN
EUROPE Mohammed Abou-Saleh, MD UNITED KINGDOM
George Christodoulou, MD GREECE
Raluca Nica ROMANIA
LATIN AMERICA Gabriela Camara MEXICO
Mercedes Rivas-Torres, MD COSTA RICA

2007 - 2009 Nominating Committee
AFRICA
Shona Sturgeon (Chair) SOUTH AFRICA
ASIA PACIFIC
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, MD JAPAN
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Maan Barry, PhD YEMEN
EUROPE
Leo de Graaf, MD NETHERLANDS
LATIN AMERICA
Miguel Jorge, MD BRAZIL
NORTH AMERICA
William McPhee CANADA
OCEANIA
Janet Meagher AUSTRALIA
   
SENIOR CONSULTANT
Eugene B. Brody, MD
SENIOR CONSULTANT WFMH
Collaborating Centers Max Abbott, MD
LEAD REPRESENTATIVE UNITED NATIONS –NEW YORK
Nancy Wallace, MSW
LEAD REPRESENTATIVE UN AND WHO – GENEVA Myrna Lachenal-Merritt

Staff at the WFMH Secretariat
Preston J. Garrison Secretary-General & Chief Executive Officer
Elena Berger Director, WFMH Office for Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention in Mental Disorders
Deborah Maguire
Director, Mental Health Awareness and Information Services
Betty Z. Jones
Executive Assistant & Membership Services
Diane Tacker Financial and Administrative Assistant