INTERDISCIPLINARY POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

Leading international authorities from the different core disciplines of the field (psychiatry, psychology, economics, health policy, services research) will serve as instructors for the formal in-person courses. The teachers have been distinguished speakers at international congresses, have published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals, have relevant experience in academic education and training. This course provides an interdisciplinary, introductory approach to the core components of the field. It will develop a common, "core" set of information and expertise that is needed by all researchers, regardless of discipline, to conduct research in this area and to communicate with one another in a common language. The participants will be trained in each of the core components of the field of mental health policy and economics and provided a picture of how the disciplines relate to each other and are integrated to produce high quality research in this field. The participants will learn what each discipline contributes (principally clinical, health services analysis, health economics, health policy, study design and methods) in joint research projects development. It will enable participants both to refine the contribution of their specific discipline and to develop awareness of when they need to rely on collaboration with informed researchers from other disciplines to design and conduct a "sound" research project. .

The training material and the related references (Syllabus and References) referring to the issues that each instructor will cover, are available to the Participants through password on the ICMPE website at www.icmpe.org upon registration. It will enable participants to receive substantial information prior of the interactive events: July 7-28, 2010.

All the interactive events will be held at 5.00pm-6.30pm (UK time), with the exception of Dr. Saxena's events that will be held at 2.00pm-3.30pm (UK time).

WHO's Activities on Global Mental Health Resources
Shekhar Saxena
M.D., Programme Manager of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Abstract - Free access
Syllabus and References - Password Access Only
Training Material - Password Access Only
Interactive Events - July 12, July 15, 2010 - Password Access Only
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Mental Health Policy, Services and Evaluation Research
Howard H. Goldman
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

Abstract - Free access
Syllabus and References - Password Access Only
Training Material - Password Access Only
Interactive Events - July 8, July 15, July 22, 2010 - Password Access Only
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Economic Evaluation for Health Care Decision Making
Michael Drummond
Ph.D., Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, United Kingdom

Abstract - Free access
Syllabus and References - Password Access Only
Training Material - Password Access Only
Interactive Events - July 14, July 23, July 27, 2010 - Password Access Only
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Mental Health Financing Policy and Outcome Analysis
Teh-wei Hu
Ph.D., Professor in Graduate School, Professor Emeritus of Health Economics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

Abstract - Free access
Syllabus and References - Password Access Only
Training Material - Password Access Only
Interactive Events - July 19, July 20, July 21, 2010 - Password Access Only
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Economic Evaluation for Mental Health Interventions
Martin Knapp
Ph.D., Professor of Health Economics, Centre for the Economics of Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London; and Professor of Social Policy, LSE Health & Social Care, London School of Economics, London UK

Abstract - Free access
Syllabus and References - Password Access Only
Training Material - Password Access Only
Interactive Events - July 13, July 16, July 28, 2010 - Password Access Only
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