Joint Congress of the European Association for Mental Health in Intellectual Disability & IASSID Challenging Behaviour & Mental Health SIRG
1 - 3 September 2011, Palace Hotel, Manchester, UK
Hosted by DCP Faculty for Learning Disabilities
It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the 2011 congress to be held in the vibrant city of Manchester situated in the north of England. Manchester is a city
of heritage, art, music, theatre, sport and excitement. Manchester is surrounded by dramatic countryside and many significant attractions.
Our two organisations have decided to come together to create a place for the exchange of research, practice and perspectives, and to share and explore new findings and new ideas. The Congress is being hosted by the British Psychological Society¡¯s Faculty for Learning Disabilities who will be holding their annual continuing professional development event concurrently with the Congress.
The Congress will include coverage of all topics within the theme of Mental Health and Challenging Behaviour. There will be an exciting mix of symposia, individual papers, posters, workshops and round table discussions. In addition to this we have successfully secured a number of high profile keynote lectures including:
- Offending behaviour, Professor Bill Lindsay, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Castlebeck, Scotland.
- Challenging behaviour, Professor David Allen, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Healthboard and Cardiff
University, Wales.
- Psychotherapy, Dr Pat Frankish, Pat Frankish Associates, Pat Frankish Psychology & Psychotherapy Consultancy
Services Ltd, England.
- Attachment, Professor/Dr Carlo Schuengel, Dept head Clinical Child and Family Studies, VU University
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- The broken mirror: The child with a learning disability, his familyand the psychoanalyst, Professor Simone
Korff-Sausse, University Paris VII Denis Diderot, France.
We will also be holding the ¡®Great psychological therapy debate¡¯ with Professor Richard Hastings, Professor Bill Lindsay and Professor Nigel Beail.
A number of pre-congress workshops will take place on the morning of the 1 September. Themes include ¡®A quality of life approach to autism: What about residential settings, psychopharmacological and life span approaches?¡¯
The call for submissions is now open, deadline Thursday 14 April 2011
Dear participants and presenters of the 7th European Congress EAMHID ,
During 3-5 september 2009 we have had an inspiring and interesting congress with almost 500 participant coming from 27 different countries!
We have added some new elements , like the co-referent after the keynote-speaker and the input of antropology. We also provided french-english translation to stimulate the french-speaking people to participate.
Was emphais during the first congress 15 years ago, on diagnostic of psychopathology and behavioural problems, now the emphasis is on promoting mental health and prevention of mental illness in many papers about findings in services and in dailly life. Then there were only researchers from universities, now there were also some case-studies and other kind of research from professionals in the care.
We can look back on a congress which has enhanced new steps and developments to promote mental health for people with intellectual disabiltiy.
I want to express my thanks to all of you of your great contribution and the very friendly and open atmosphere to interact and make new contacts.
On behalf of the ECMHID I hope to meet you all again in Manchester in 2011!
Patty van Belle-Kusse, president of the congress
Johan de Groef, vice-president
Raymond Ceccotto, vicepresident