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World Mental Health Month – Public Mental Health Research…

This special event, in honour of World Mental Health Month, will highlight the work done by the Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health (CPMH) over the past year

Overview of the CPMH:
Prof Katherine Sorsdahl (Co-director)
Ms Gillian Hanslo (Administrative Officer)

Capacity building:
CPMH postrgraduate programme
Ms Songelwa Mobo (Administrative Assistant)
African Mental Health Researchers Inspired and Equipped (ARISE)
Ms NomaKhawuta Moshani (PhD Fellow) & Ms Claudia Swinny (PhD Fellow)
African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI) & Sue Struengmann Initiative (SSI)
Assoc Prof Claire van der Westhuizen (Deputy Director)

Presentations:
Assessing the feasibility and accessibility of an emotion regulation intervention with physical activity elements for older adolescents at risk of depression and anxiety
Ms Chesney Ward-Smith (PhD Fellow)
The development of the Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions – South Africa (EASE-SA) programme among young adolescents and their caregivers
Ms Mirriam Mkhize (PhD Fellow)
Developing a CBT-based therapist-assisted parent-delivered mental health intervention for children in South Africa: Recommendations from experts and parents
Ms Suzanne Human (PhD Candidate)
Improving adolescent mental health by reducing the impact of poverty: overview and progress of the ALIVE project in South Africa
Dr Emily Garman (Snr Research Officer) & Ms Zoleka Maqina (Research Assistant)

Perinatal Mental Health Project:
Service and Midwife Obstetric Unit training
Ms Liesl Hermanus (Clinical Services Coordinator)
Monitoring & Evaluation Project & Secret History Mobile Application
Ms Tyla Prinsloo (Mental Health Counsellor)

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Alan J Flisher Memorial Lecture with Dr Victoria Mutiso…

The Alan J Flisher Memorial Lecture is held annually in memory of Prof Flisher who was a pioneer in the field of public mental health in South Africa and a world-renowned scientist, academic, mentor and mental health professional. This year, Dr Victoria Mutiso will be delivering the lecture.  

Dr Victoria Mutiso is a Clinical Psychologist and head of research at the Africa Mental Health Research and Training Foundation (AMHRTF), Kenya.

Her research interest is on child and adolescent mental health, development and adaptation of culturally-appropriate interventions around promotion of mental well-being and prevention of/or delay of the onset of mental illness in young people as well as under-served and marginalized populations in Kenyan urban and rural settings. She has experience in navigating the Kenyan political and bureaucratic terrains and with this experience has successfully engaged with a Kenyan county government to integrate mental health services at primary healthcare level. She has been Principal and Co-Investigator in several mental health projects at AMHRTF and with other Kenyan and international collaborators on mental health and substance abuse which are the basis for policy and practice in Kenya. In addition, she has several publications on various aspects of public mental health in Kenya.

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