7th Global Mental Health Summit
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7th Global Mental Health Summit
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Join us for the 7th Global Mental Health Summit, taking place in the vibrant city of Cape Town, South Africa, 10-12 November 2025.

Block your diaries now to secure your space at this transformative event!

Email info@7thGMHSummit.org for details
🟣 Symposium: Research Ready: Co-Producing an Accessible Online Training Curricula to Develop and Enhance Lived Experience Expertise in Engaging Research

Equity in research begins with shared expertise.

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025

With voices from 🇿🇦 South Africa and 🇺🇸 USA.
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🟣Symposium: A Spotlight on Mental Health Innovation in Africa

Innovation rooted in Africa is shaping the future of mental health.🌍💡

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025

Collaboration in action with voices from 🇬🇧 UK, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, and 🇰🇪 Kenya.

#GMHSummit2025 #InnovationInAfrica
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🟣 Symposium: UPSIDES - Using Peer Support in Developing Empowering Mental Health Services

Lived experience is the heart of stronger mental health systems.

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025

Collaboration in action with voices from 🇩🇪 Germany, and 🇹🇿 Tanzania.

#GMHSummit2025
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Beyond the Toolbox: Cultivating the Ecosystem of Wellbeing - Perspectives from aves Mental Health

Wellbeing grows where connection, collaboration, & compassion take root.

📍Cape Town, South Africa
🗓10–12 November 2025

Voices from 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇮🇳 India, 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone, 🇰🇪 Kenya, and 🇿🇦 South Africa
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Symposium: Climate Change & Mental Health in LMICs: Impacts and Adaptation Strategies

As the planet warms, so do our minds bear the heat🌍

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025

Featuring perspectives from 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇦🇺 Australia, and 🇹🇯 Tajikistan

#GMHSummit2025 #ClimateChange
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Symposium: Prison Mental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

Incarceration should not mean invisibility and should not be forgotten or overlooked.

📍Cape Town, South Africa
🗓10–12 November 2025

Insightful voices from 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe, 🇰🇪 Kenya, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇺🇸 USA, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, and 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🟣 Symposium: Searching for Salama: Trauma, Survival, and Mental Health in Cyclical Violence

When safety is out of reach, healing must begin where people already stand. 🕊️💬

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025

Powerful voices from 🇺🇸 USA/🇬🇹 Guatemala, 🇰🇪 Kenya, 🇿🇦 South Africa, and 🇬🇧 UK.
November 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Symposium: 45 Years of FGIP - How Mental Health Care Has Changed Over the Past 45 Years

From institutions to inclusion, 45 years of transformation in global mental health.💡🌍

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025

Reflections from 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇬🇧 UK, 🇿🇦 South Africa, and 🇳🇱 Netherlands.
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Symposium: Coalition for Mental Health Investment: Ambitious, Collaborative and Innovative Financing for Mental Health

Innovative financing and bold partnerships are reshaping global mental health.

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025

Voices from 🇺🇸 USA, 🇬🇧 UK, 🇰🇪 Kenya, and 🇵🇰 Pakistan
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Symposium: The EMPOWER Peer Support Initiative: Lessons from Global Co-creation Efforts to Build the Peer Workforce

Global co-creation in action 🌍 Empowering lived experience through scalable peer support training.

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 Nov 2025

Voices from 🇺🇸 USA & 🇿🇦 South Africa
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Symposium: Innovation in Action: Bridging Lived Experience and Global Mental Health Solutions

From tech to policy to community-based solutions shaping the future of global mental health

📍Cape Town, South Africa
🗓10–12 Nov 2025

Voices from 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇪🇨 Ecuador, 🇯🇴 Jordan, 🇶🇦 Qatar & 🇬🇧 UK
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Symposium: Advancing Africa CDC’s Mental Health Agenda: From Strategy to Action

Africa CDC is turning strategy into action, strengthening mental health systems, policies, and community support across Africa

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 Nov 2025

Voices from 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇿🇦 SA, 🇬🇧 UK & 🇳🇴 Norway.
October 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Symposium: Building the Brain Economy: A Global Call to Action to Foster Resilient Communities and Strengthen Societal Well-being

How brain health and skills can strengthen communities and resilience worldwide.

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓️ 10–12 Nov 2025

🌍 Voices from 🇨🇦 Canada | 🇺🇸 USA | 🇨🇩 Congo
October 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Symposium: Nurturing Strength and Mental Wellbeing: Supporting Child and Adolescent Resilience

Exploring how collaborative research and community programs strengthen youth resilience in Africa 🌍

📍 Cape Town, South Africa

🗓 10–12 November 2025

Voices from 🇿🇦 South Africa| 🇿🇲 Zambia| 🇨🇩 DRC

#REPSSI
October 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🟣 Symposium: From Pilot to Policy: Embedding Adolescent Wellbeing in National Education Systems

Exploring how to make wellbeing a guaranteed part of education, from pilots to national systems change.

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓️ 10–12 Nov 2025

🌍 Voices from 🇺🇸 USA | 🇬🇧 UK | 🇰🇪 Kenya

#WorldBeing
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Symposium: From Evidence to Action: Collaborative Models for Transforming Youth Mental Health

Collaboration, innovation, and prevention are driving systems change for young people worldwide.

🌍 Voices from 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 🇨🇦 Canada

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Symposium: Psychosis Research in Africa: Where We’ve Been, What Works, Where Next?

From lived experience to scientific discovery, shifting from deficit to strength in understanding psychosis

Voices from 🇬🇭 Ghana | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

📍Cape Town, South Africa
🗓10–12 November 2025
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Symposium: Peer Support Models for Global Communities Impacted by War and Adversity

From shared experience to shared recovery, community-led models strengthening mental health after conflict and displacement

Voices from 🇺🇸 USA | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 🇯🇴 Jordan

📍Cape Town, South Africa
🗓10–12 November 2025
October 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Symposium: Integrating Lived Experience Meaningfully and Authentically

Lived experience is leadership in action💬

From service users to service providers — empowerment, equity, and inclusion in practice.

🌍 Voices from 🇺🇸 USA | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 🇿🇦 South Africa

📍Cape Town, South Africa

🗓10–12 November 2025
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🎤Abstract presenter at the 7th Global Mental Health Summit!

📍Cape Town|10–12 November 2025

For more information, please visit: www.7thgmhsummit.org

#GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthSummit #CapeTown2025 #LivedExperience #SpeakerSpotlight #MentalHealthLeadership #Research #Coproduction #Wellbeing
October 20, 2025 at 6:03 AM
🎤Abstract presenter at the 7th Global Mental Health Summit!

📍Cape Town|10–12 November 2025

For more information, please visit: www.7thgmhsummit.org

#GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthSummit #CapeTown2025 #LivedExperience #SpeakerSpotlight #MentalHealthLeadership #Research #Coproduction #Wellbeing
October 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🎤Abstract presenter at the 7th Global Mental Health Summit!

📍Cape Town|10–12 November 2025

For more information, please visit: www.7thgmhsummit.org

#GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthSummit #CapeTown2025 #LivedExperience #SpeakerSpotlight #MentalHealthLeadership #Research #Coproduction #Wellbeing
October 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎤Abstract presenter at the 7th Global Mental Health Summit!

📍Cape Town|10–12 November 2025

For more information, please visit: www.7thgmhsummit.org

#GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthSummit #CapeTown2025 #LivedExperience #SpeakerSpotlight #MentalHealthLeadership #Research #Coproduction #Wellbeing
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎤Abstract presenter at the 7th Global Mental Health Summit!

📍Cape Town|10–12 November 2025

For more information, please visit: www.7thgmhsummit.org

#GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthSummit #CapeTown2025 #LivedExperience #SpeakerSpotlight #MentalHealthLeadership #Research #Coproduction #Wellbeing
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
HPCSA practitioners can earn #CPD points by attending the #7thGMHS
October 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM