Date/Time
Date(s) - 25/01/2016
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Dr. Vikram Patel, co-founder and former director of the Centre for Global Mental Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, presents a talk titled The Black Dog: Why We Don’t Care. Although depression is one of the leading causes of the global burden of disease, there is little action by global or national policy makers to implement the interventions which are known to help people recover. This lecture considers the assumptions and myths which underpin this inaction and the knowledge base which addresses these. The lecture proposes the necessary steps for the global health community to address one of the most neglected health conditions of our times.