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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Posted Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:31:13 This message was forwarded through MEDSOCNEWS. If you wish to make an announcement or publicise an event then please send the text to: [log in to unmask] You can follow us on twitter @MedSocNews +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear Colleagues, We invite paper submissions for a panel titled: Ethnographic perspectives on 'global mental health' at The 17th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), University of Manchester, UK, 5-10 August 2013. Deadline: July 13th, 2012 Panel LD36: Ethnographic perspectives on 'global mental health' Conveners Sumeet Jain (University of Edinburgh), Email: [log in to unmask] David Orr (University of Sussex), Email: [log in to unmask] Short Abstract The 'global mental health' (GMH) agenda has attained considerable policy influence. However, debates continue about its universal validity. This panel takes an ethnographic approach to how GMH-informed interventions respond in practice to disparate manifestations of mental distress. Long Abstract This panel takes an ethnographic approach to investigating how interventions informed by the 'global mental health' (GMH) movement respond in practice to disparate manifestations of mental distress. The GMH agenda now dominates academic and policy discussions of mental health in low and middle income countries. Its rise can be traced to specific developments in the 1990s that shaped how the 'disability burden' of mental health disorders came to be measured, and a series of policy and research reports on mental health which afforded direction and impetus to efforts to push mental health up the list of governmental priorities. Today the GMH agenda is backed by the World Health Organisation and has played its part in the continuing worldwide spread of psychiatry's reach. Yet social scientists and psychiatrists have questioned how 'globally' valid some of its concepts and assumptions prove in framing and acting on experiences of mental distress in diverse contexts and social configurations. This panel invites papers that draw on anthropological theory and ethnographic data to comment on, add to, or critique the evidence base for claims on both sides, and consider how these discourses are formed and re-formed on the ground. High on the list of questions we seek to address are: How are GMH policies deployed in diverse locales? What are the effects of these policies on local populations? How is this agenda re-shaping clinical and non-clinical settings? How do GMH discourses transform the interaction between patient and health professional? How does this approach mould health-seeking behaviours? Please note that the deadline for paper proposals is July 13th, 2012. Proposals should be submitted by July 13th, 2012 through the 'Propose a paper' link on the following page : http://www.nomadit.co.uk/iuaes/iuaes2013/panels.php5?PanelID=1705 If you require further information, do not hesitate to contact either of us. Best wishes, Sumeet Jain & David Orr -- Dr. Sumeet Jain, Lecturer in Social Work, School of Social & Political Science, University of Edinburgh http://www.socialwork.ed.ac.uk/staff_profiles/jain_sumeet Tel: +44-(0)131 651-1463 email: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** 1. For general enquires or problems with the list or to CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS send a message to: [log in to unmask] 2. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set medsocnews nomail 3. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set medsocnews mail 4. To leave MedSocNews, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message (leave the subject line blank and do not include a signature): leave medsocnews 5. To join or subscribe to MedSocNews, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message (leave the subject line blank and do not include a signature): SUBSCRIBE medsocnews firstname lastname 6. Further information about the medsocnews discussion list (including list archive and how to subscribe to or leave the list) can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medsocnews.html **********************************************************************