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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Urban Mental Health


Summary

About the Conference

Today, more than half of all global humanity lives in urban areas. That figure is projected to grow to more than 60 percent by 2050. Although cities possess conditions that promote good mental health, they also possess conditions - poverty, conflict, and social isolation - that are harmful to mental health. In fact, research demonstrates that city living is linked to increased risk for mental health problems.

Join healthcare professionals, government officials, scholars, and philanthropists in discussions about how to create cities that promote the mental health and well-being of their residents.

Featuring keynote speaker:
Professor Sir Michael G. Marmot MBBS, MPH, PhD
Director, University College London Institute of Health Equity (Marmot Institute)
Chair, European Review on the Social Determinants of Health and the Health Divide

Sir Michael Marmot has led a research group on health inequalities for 35 years. He was Chair of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, established by the World Health Organization in 2005, and produced the report titled "Closing the Gap in a Generation" in August 2008. Principal investigator on the seminal Whitehall Studies of British Civil Servants in which he has documented the inverse social gradient in morbidity and mortality, Professor Marmot is a leading global scholar on the social causation of health inequalities.

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