Forthcoming symposium: Mental Health and the Environment
Date: 31st March 2011
Time: 1000 to 1700 hrs
Venue: University of Edinburgh
Fees: None
The Centre for Research on the Environment, Society and Health (CRESH)
is pleased to announce an interdisciplinary symposium to be held at the
University of Edinburgh on 31st March 2011. The event is being organised
with the University’s Human Geography Research Group, in the School of
GeoSciences.
It is well recognised that mental health and illness are significant
causes of human disability and impairment. Academic researchers and
policy makers are increasingly concerned with the relationship between
the environment and various mental health related outcomes. It is
acknowledged that risk and resilience to mental illness and distress is
a strongly linked to characteristics of the environments in which we
live, work and play. This symposium will draw on work from a number of
fields to consider the role of the physical, social, built and
healthcare environments in understanding human mental health and
wellbeing. This interdisciplinary symposium will be of interest to
policy makers, students and academic researchers working in the field of
mental health and wellbeing.
Confirmed speakers:
Professor Sarah Curtis, Durham University
Dr Anne Ellaway, MRC, Glasgow.
Professor Christine Milligan, Lancaster University
Prof Richard Mitchell, University of Glasgow
Dr Liz Twigg, University of Portsmouth
Please sign up before 28th February 2011 by contacting:
Anna Kenyon ([log in to unmask])
Further details:
http://cresh.org.uk/2010/12/03/forthcoming-symposium-mental-health-and-the-environment/
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Dr Jamie Pearce
Reader in Human Geography
Institute of Geography, School of GeoSciences
University of Edinburgh
Drummond Street
Edinburgh EH8 9XP
Tel: + 44 131 650 2294
Centre for Research on Environment Society and Health (CRESH)
http://cresh.org.uk/
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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