ISPS UK webinar series
A New Mental Health Act? What Needs to Change
Our webinar series continues on 25 February, 19.00-20.30 GMT.
Our panel of speakers will discuss what they feel needs to change in the Act, from professional and lived experience. For more information and to book your place, please visit
https://mentalhealthact.eventbrite.co.uk
If you have any queries please contact us at admin@ispsuk.org.
There is an online bookstall associated with this webinar. The bookstall has been set up to sell books associated with the subject matter of the webinar. Many of the titles are offered at a reduced price especially for the webinar, and more titles are being added. To visit the bookstall please click here: ** ISPS WEBINAR – A New Mental Health Act? What needs to change….. ** Archives – Psychological Therapy Books
Making Real Change Happen
30 August – 3 September
@ University of Liverpool
See: www.isps2017uk.org
Parallel sessions: Schedule
Download: ISPS International Flyer
Program: http://programme.exordo.com/isps2017/
Deadline for Abstracts: 1 December 2016
Deadline for Early Bird Bookings: 31 January 2017.
Plenary speakers include: Jacqui Dillon, Jim van Os, Kwame McKenzie, Alison Brabban, Grainne Fadden, Rachel Waddingham, Svein Friis, Jon Vidar Stromstad and Anne Berit Eie Torbjornsen.
Can a conference be a catalyst for change? It is exactly this wish that inspired the title and theme of the 2017 ISPS international congress.
Sadly this is a wish born out of frustration. Attitudes, practices and services too often seem barely touched by the steadily developing understanding of psychological and social aspects of psychosis and of what is helpful for people who experience it. So we aim for this conference to be not only about the valuable sharing of new research, ideas and developments, but also, as in the title, about making real change happen. The large number of organizations who have given their support to this conference can be seen here.
We are delighted to be meeting in the exciting city of Liverpool. Carl Jung saw it as ‘the pool of life’ and we hope its rich heritage (not just football and music!) will make it an energizing setting for a conference thinking about change. More information about the social programme will be available soon and meanwhile take a look at these ideas.
Delegates at previous international conferences have often commented on how ISPS events stand out. They point to the unique mix of opportunities not only to learn from high quality presentations, but also to join a rich dialogue between people with a wealth of experience and expertise, a fertile mix of professionals from a wide range of disciplines, and people whose experience and expertise comes through personal experience of psychosis.
ISPS conferences have also traditionally been warm and welcoming gatherings, where people go away feeling inspired and reinvigorated. We hope this one will be no exception and look forward very much to welcoming you to Liverpool in August 2017.
Alison Summers, Chair of ISPS 2017 organizing committee
Jan Olav Johannessen, Chair of ISPS
