Mental Health and Child Development in Societies of Change

Please refer to the common BSRS programme for the Monday morning programme

Monday 12 June
13:30 – 14:00 Introduction to course topic: “Mental Health and Child Development in Societies of Change”
Professor Ingunn Engebretsen (UiB)

14:00-15:00 Introduction lecture: "Measurements of Mental Health in low to middle income countries"
Ingrid Kvestad (Uni Research)

15:30-16:15 Introduction lecture: “The role of (mental) health in international institutions and globalizing societies”
Melf Kühl PhD Candidate (UiB)

16:15-16:30 Course Logistics, Students Groups, Logistics
Professor Ingunn Engebretsen (UiB) and Melf Kühl (UiB)

Tuesday 13 June
09:00 – 10:30 “Recognition and identification of ADHD and ASD and associated problems”
Adjunct Professor Maj-Britt Posserud (UiB)

11:00-12:30 “Researching mental health in children in LICs with a focus on vulnerable groups”
Researcher Esperance Kashala Abotnes (UiB)

Wednesday 14 June

NOTE: All Wednesday sessions will be taught at Haukeland Hospital and CiH, UiB

09:00-10:30 Research Workshop at Medical Library, Haukeland SH: Systematic Review
Higher Executive Officer Hilde Wedwich

11:00-12:30 Students’ introductory presentations based on essays
Professor Andrea Sylvia Winkler (UiO), Ingrid Kvestad (Uni Research) and Melf Kühl (UiB)

13:30-15:00 “Preventive Mental Health Programs incl. ICDP. Experiences from Africa and work among Migrants in Norway using knowledge based medicine”
Patrick O'Loughlin

15:30 – 17:00 “Severe mental health disorders in a global health perspective:  Early risk factors and warnings signals with focus on intervention programs”
Professor Ketil Ødegaard (UiB)

Thursday 15 June
09:00-12:30 (incl. breaks) “Neurology, harmful exposures on the brain in LMICs: epidemiology, detection, preventive measures and interventions” (title tbc)
Andrea Sylvia Winkler and Ingunn Engebretsen

13:30-14:00 “An example for cross-cultural mental health research: qualitative research methods to assess differences in the clinical management of bipolar disorder”
Christine Ødegaard

14:00-15:00 Group Work
Professor Ingunn Engebretsen (UiB) and Melf Kühl (UiB)

Friday 16 June
09:00-10:30 “Culture, Migration and Mental Health: an Overview”
Professor Gro Sandal (UiB),  Professor David Sam (UiB) and U.S.-based colleagues

11:00-12:30 “Culture, Migration and Mental Health: Health seeking behaviour in different cultures”
Professor Gro Sandal (UiB),  Professor David Sam (UiB) and U.S.-based colleagues

13:30-15:00 “Culture, Migration and Mental Health: Mental health treatment in different groups and different traumas”
Professor Gro Sandal (UiB),  Professor David Sam (UiB) and U.S.-based colleagues

15:30 - 17:00 “International research progress on and research tools assessing Alcohol, illegal drugs and substance (ab)use”
Kjell Arne Johannson (UiB and AFR), (60 min. lecture, 30 min. discussion)

Monday 19 June
09:00-10:30 “Health system integration strategies”
Professor Ingunn Engebretsen

11:00-12:30 Group presentations
Professor Ingunn Engebretsen (UiB) and Melf Kühl (UiB)
(schedule tbd)

Please refer to the BSRS programme for common BSRS sessions

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Kashala, E., Elgen, I., Sommerfelt, K., & Tylleskar, T. (2005). Teacher ratings of mental health among school children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 14(4), 208–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-005-0446-y

Kashala, E., Tylleskar, T., Elgen, I., Kayembe, K. T., & Sommerfelt, K. (2005). Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder among school children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. African Health Sciences, 5(3), 172–81. https://doi.org/10.5555/afhs.2005.5.3.172

Kvestad, I., Taneja, S., Kumar, T., Bhandari, N., Strand, T. A., & Hysing, M. (2013). The assessment of developmental status using the Ages and Stages questionnaire-3 in nutritional research in north Indian young children. Nutrition Journal, 12(1), 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-12-50

Lo, S., Das, P., & Horton, R. (2017). A good start in life will ensure a sustainable future for all. The Lancet, 389(10064), 8–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31774-3

Machel, G. (2017). Good early development—the right of every child. The Lancet, 389(10064), 13–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31700-7

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Murray-Kolb, L. E., Rasmussen, Z. A., Scharf, R. J., Rasheed, M. A., Svensen, E., Seidman, J. C., … MAL-ED Network Investigators. (2014). The MAL-ED cohort study: methods and lessons learned when assessing early child development and caregiving mediators in infants and young children in 8 low- and middle-income countries. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 59 Suppl 4(suppl 4), S261-72. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu437

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Tsang, T. W., Elliott, E. J., Popova, S., Lange, S., Probst, C., Gmel, G., … Elliott, E. (2017). High global prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy and fetal alcohol syndrome indicates need for urgent action. The Lancet. Global Health, 0(0), 74–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30008-6

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Update is expected