#MHForAll Webinar Series
Throughout the year, we conduct webinars exploring various aspects and intersections of mental health, showcasing the transformative work being led by Action Network members.
These webinars offer diverse perspectives from the field including academics, UN agency representatives, civil society advocates, donors and more! Sessions are curated to provide insights into the latest mental health data and research with prominent global experts and amplify the voices of national partners and people with lived experience. They are designed to offer practical solutions to address the most pressing challenges in mental health.
Upcoming #MHForAll Webinars
Breaking Barriers: Reclaiming ‘mad activism’, shifting power structures and how lived experience is shaping the future of mental health
10th April 2025 - 8:30 AM BST | 10:30 AM EAT | 1PM IST
Before lived experience experts were known as key to mental health research and policy, and before there was greater general awareness of what “Public and Patient Involvement” / service users / Lived Experience experts can contribute, mad activists movements and other such survivor groups were fighting for recognition and shared power in decision making. These groups have been key in shaping the landscape for lived experience, but sometimes their methods and language are contested as "controversial".
In this webinar, we will reflect on these movements and how they helped shape “expertise by experience” as we know it. We will explore the role of lived experience in shaping the future of mental health policy, practice, science and advocacy, as well as what we need to understand to make this future a reality.
This is a key issue in decentralising power in global health and a core strategic aim for the Global Mental Health Action Network, articulated through our 2035 Vision. The webinar takes place as part of Global Public Health Week 2025, with the theme: “Redefining Equity: Decolonizing Public Health for a Healthier World”.
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Recent #MHForAll Webinars
Faith, Religion & Mental Health
While research suggests that religiosity reduces suicide rates, alcoholism and drug use, the history of mental health also carries negative connections to religion. In certain cultures, there are testimonies of religious beliefs and practices increasing the prevalence of anxiety through the induction of guilt and fear. At this #MHForAll webinar, we were joined by experts from Switzerland, India, the USA, Somaliland and the UK to examine this complex relationship and explore the evidence base.
