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European Society for Mental Health and Deafness |
 ESMHD is an international Non-Government Organisation for the promotion of the positive mental health of deaf people in Europe.
Mental health includes healthy emotional, psychological and social development, the prevention and treatment of mental illness and other disorders. ESMHD focuses on people, who were born deaf or deafness occurred in early childhood and whose first or preferred language is sign language.
The ESMHD is interested in the mental health of all deaf people, whatever the age of onset or degree of deafness. |
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4th World Congress on Mental Health and Deafness |
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Brisbane (Australia), 28 - 30 October 2009 The 28-30 October 2009 will see 3 days dedicated to the exploration and understanding of the complexities and interdependent relationship between mental health and deafness. The Congress will be a transformational event that will have a significant impact on the lives of deaf and hard of hearing people. It will promote awareness of the mental health issues faced by deaf and hard of hearing people in Australia and lead a collaborative movement that brings together both the deafness and mental health sectors internationally. It is confirmed the top international keynote speakers, http://www.mhd2009.org/key_note_speakers with some local Australasian Speakers to be confirmed as soon as the abstracts have been reviewed by the Scientific Committee. A detailed program will be complete, following the Scientific Committee Review Process (currently underway) all papers will be blind peer reviewed. There are many very interesting papers to select from, which will make for a great program. New research findings will be presented and world’s best practice preventative programs launched at Congress - not to be missed! Call for papers are now closed (as of 01/06/09). An official invitation is available http://www.mhd2009.org/sites/mhd2009.org/files/Letter%20of%20Invitation%20for%20International%20delegates_Final%20May09_0.pdf The congress will use Auslan and ISL Interpreters, Interpreter applications can be lodged here http://www.mhd2009.org/call_for_interpreters . All information regarding Call for papers, Registration, Acocmodation, Draft Programme is available at www.mhd2009.org 
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