This page will soon provide access to the pre-program of the Congress. After processing and acceptance of papers, the full program will be made available here.
CPD POINTS
This Congress is eligible for CPD point subject to peer group approval (Royal College of Psychiatrists).
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Tuesday 16 September
- Forensic issues in Mental Health and Deafness.
- Deaf Organisations and Professionals Session.
- Adults With Acquired Hearing Loss: Early Intervention – Prevention And Management Of Mental Health Issues
- Nurses Forum for people working in the field of Mental Health and Deafness.
- Social Work Forum.
- Interpreters Day
18:00 Opening Ceremony (Belfast City Hall)
Wednesday 17 September
8:30 Registration & Annoucements
9:30. Plenary 1. Dr. Liisa Kauppinnen. Key factors towards quality of life through the lense of human rights
10:30 Coffee-break
11:00. Plenary 2. Prof. Roy McClelland. New Mental Capacity Legislation in Northern Ireland -a pathway to rights for all citizens with mental health needs
12:00. Posters session
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Parallel Sessions
15:00 Coffee-break
15:30 Paralel Sessions
17:00 Poster session
Thursday 18 September
8:30 Registration & Annoucements
9:00. Memorial lecture in Honour of Dr Nick Kitson - Former president ESMHD
9:30. Plenary 3. Prof. Dr. Michael Schwartz. The Professional and the Personal: Some Reflections on Mental Health Care for Deaf People
10:30 Coffee-break
11:00 Plenary 4. Prof. Dr. Cathy Chovaz. The right to language and implications for mental health
12:00. Addressing rights and equality issues for Deaf people in Northern Ireland. Dr. Michael Wardlow, Claire Keating & Patricia Lewsley-Mooney
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Parallel Sessions
15:00 Coffee-break
15:30 Paralel Sessions
17:00 Posters session
Friday 19 September
8:30 Registration & Annoucements
9:00 Parallel Sessions
10:30 Coffee-break
11:00 Plenary 5. Prof. Goldberg & Dr. Fellinger. Addressing the mental health problems in Primary Health Care. Access to adequate Health Care - a basic right of Deaf People
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Parallel Sessions
14:30 Plenary 6. Prof. Emeritus Dr. Jan van Dijk. "I want to break free" Early Deafblindness and the Ingenuity of the Human Brain Can the Brain Find an Answer when Bereft from the Input of Sight and Hearing? Hinderinces to Overcome in Order to Safeguard the Rights of Deaf Blind Children to Develop Communication with the Outside World.
15:30 Coffee-break
16:00 Prof. Emeritus Dr. Jan van Dijk & Dr. Tiejo van Gent. Grand Finale of the Pathways to Rights. Querying the Forum of Experts with Questions of the Audience.
16:45 Belfast Declaration
Saturday 20 September
- "Meet the World Experts", Meeting the Educational, Social and Emotional Needs of Deaf Children and Young People - an International Perspective.
- Visit do Deaf Village, Dublin. Visitors are invite to be at Deaf Village (Dublin) for 7pm for BBQ and Ceili Dancing to follow
