Internasjonal lansering av antologien “From psychiatry to community – epistemologies, rights and practices for a new mental health paradigm”. (Fra psykiatri til fellesskap – epistemologier, rettigheter og praksiser for et nytt psykisk helse-paradigme)
Børge Baklien, Ragnfrid Kogstad, Raffaella Pocobello (Red)
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2026
Sted: Kulturhuset Banken, Lillehammer
Tid: 22. september kl 15-20 og 23. september kl 10-13
Språk: Arrangementer er på engelsk
Gratis ingang, ingen påmelding
Om boken
Boken har 27 kapitler av i alt 43 forfattere fra 12 ulike land. Flere forfattere fra ulike land vil være til stede.
I boken utforskes tjeneste-løsninger innen psykisk helsefeltet som er i tråd med menneskerettighetene og en psykososial grunnforståelse slik denne er skissert av FN og WHO. Det vitenskapelige og epistemologiske grunnlaget for dette nye paradigmet diskuteres og vi får en rekke eksempler på tjenester og initiativ der disse tilnærmingene fremmes, over hele verden.
Om forfatterne du vil kunne møte, lytte til og snakke med:
Børge Baklien, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN). He holds a PhD in Health Sciences. His research interests include mental health, phenomenology, and the sociocultural determinants of health. Before joining USN, he worked for many years in social work and mental health services.
Ragnfrid Kogstad is a sociologist and professor emeritus dr. philos, in mental health care at the Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Inland University, Norway. Her main research areas include environmentally oriented healthcare, nature-based services, mental health and human rights.
Raffaella Pocobello, PhD in Clinical Psychology, is a researcher at the National Research Council of Italy in Rome, where she coordinates the CaRe Lab (Capabilities and Relational Practice in Mental Health). She lectures at Sigmund Freud University in Vienna and is an Open Dialogue trainer and supervisor. Her work focuses on dialogical and community-based approaches in mental health.
Nontembeko Bila is a Full Professor and Head of the Department of Social Work and Criminology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She is a registered social worker and an established scholar in mental health and disability. Her research focuses on recovery-oriented mental health practice, cultural beliefs and help-seeking behaviour, disability, and community-centred psychosocial support.
Dr. Tommaso Bonavigo is a psychiatrist at the Mental Health Center “Maddalena” in Trieste, within the Mental Health Department of Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina (ASUGI), Italy. He is a member of the team coordinating the activities of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health in Trieste.
Michael Warren Cornwall P.hD. is the Alternative Approaches Senior Editor at the Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JHP). He had harrowing unmedicated lived experiences of extreme states as a young man. He has served as a licensed Psychotherapist specializing in helping people in extreme states for 45 years and served for 26 years in a public mental health system.
Tor-Johan Ekeland is professor dr.philos. emeritus in social psychology at the Faculty of Social Science and History, Volda University College, Norway. He has previously held positions at University of Bergen, Molde Scientific College and Nordic University of Public Health, Gothenburg. Recently, his research has addressed the interplay between epistemology, professional practice and neoliberal governing. He also has experience as a psychotherapist.
Dag Leonardsen is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Inland Norway. His main areas of research are within welfare sociology, political analysis, social impact assessment, and crime in Japan. He has published books and articles within all these fields.
Christine Aastrup Nyquist is Section Manager at The Medication Free Treatment Unit in The Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at The University Hospital of North Norway. She is a clinical psychologist specialist in adult clinical psychology and has been involved in establishing and developing the unit from the start.
Dr. Alessandra Oretti is Director of the Psychiatric Inpatient Unit (SPDC) in Trieste, within the Mental Health Department of Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina (ASUGI), Italy. She is a member of the team coordinating the activities of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health in Trieste.
Dainius Pūras is a professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and teaches at the Faculty of Medicine, Institute of International Relations and Political Science and Faculty of Philosophy of Vilnius University, Lithuania. He is also a visiting Professor at the University of Essex, United Kingdom, and a Distinguished Visitor with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, USA. From 2014 to 2020 he was the UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. He is a human rights advocate who has been actively involved during the last 30 years in the process of transforming public health policies and services, with special focus on the rights of children, persons with mental disabilities, and other groups in vulnerable situations.
John Stigmar is a lecturer at the Department of Social Work, Malmö University. He has a professional background in recovery-oriented practice supporting people who is experiencing mental health problems. His main interests and teaching revolve around applied phenomenology, empathy, social psychiatry and recovery in/with mental health problems. He works extensively with conversation training, professional conduct, and relational social work.
Ha Pham Thi Thanh is a Vietnamese professional dedicated to advancing community mental health initiatives. She holds two master’s degrees in supply chain management and psychology, reflecting a unique blend of operational expertise and human-centered insight. Currently, she serves as the Chief Representative of We Bloom Inc. in Vietnam, where she leads strategic development and implementation of mental health programs.
Linh Bui Thi Thuy is pharmacist with an MBA and an MSc in Psychology, based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. With over 17 years of experience across the healthcare sector, including clinical practice in a hospital setting, she has developed a deep understanding of both medical systems and community health needs. She currently serves as a Board Member and leads the Vietnam Committee of the We Bloom Organization, where she designs and implements community-based mental health support programs.
Christina Thorpe is a specialist nurse working in residential treatment for individuals with substance use disorders. She holds a master’s degree in mental health work and has been involved in equine‑facilitated psychotherapy and has co-authored the article “Equine facilitated psychotherapy as a supplementary treatment for patients with mental and/or substance use disorders: an observational study on treatment outcome.”
Miranda Thurston joined the University of Inland Norway (INN) as a professor of public health in 2011. Currently, she is leader of the Critical Public Health Research Group at the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences (INN). She has an honorary professorial position in the Division of Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing at the University of Chester, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, UK. Her research interests include mental health and wellbeing, particularly with regard to social determinants and social inequalities in health as well as the potential role of non-medical approaches in promoting health.
Odd Volden has a master’s degree in educational science from the University of Oslo and is a non-fiction author. He has been a representative at several levels in the user organization Mental Health of Norway and has written book reviews for Mad In Norway. Volden has worked as a peer consultant and advisor for a state service provider in the psychosocial field and blogged for a state expertise center. He has an extensive body of work with a particular focus on issues related to discrimination against citizens with psychosocial challenges and disabilities.
Robert Whitaker is the author of five books, three of which tell of the history of psychiatry. In 2010, his Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness won the U.S. Investigative Reporters and Editors book award for best investigative journalism. He is the founder of madinamerica.com, a website that features research news and blogs by an international group of writers interested in “rethinking psychiatry.”
Program:
Tuesday 22. September
15.00: Opening: Raffaella, Börge and Ragnfrid: The process and the content of the book
Music
15.30: Dainius Puras: How to embrace the human rights approach fully in mental health care
15.45: Tor-Johan Ekeland: Epistemological errors in the prevailing paradigm
16.00: Robert Whitaker: What comes after the disease model
16.00: Michael Cornwall: The way we worked at I Ward – a deeply humanistic project
16.15: Coffee break
16.45: Nontembeko Bila: The African Ubuntu-philosophy: A transformative framework for addressing mental health challenges locally and globally
17.00: Ha Pham Thi Thanh and Linh Bui Thi Thuy: How to build community-based mental health support program in underprivileged areas
17.15: John Stigmar: The personal Ombudsman. The case and the structural conditions
17.30: Dag Leonardsen: Reflections on the societal root causes of mental health problems
17.45: Break
18.15: Odd Volden: From relation to arena
18.30: Vegard Högli: PTMF – an alternative to the diagnostic manuals
18.45: Raffaella: Open dialogues
19.00 Music, mingling, bar and a simple hot dish
Wednesday 23. September
10.00: Linh Bui Thi Thuy: The evolution of nature-based practices in Vietnam
10.15: Christina Thorpe: Equine facilitated psychotherapy
10.30: Miranda Thurstone: Therapeutic horticulture
11.45: Break
12.14: Christine Astrup: Medication free services
12.30: Tommaso Bonavigio and Alessandra Oretti: Trieste: Experience, system and model for community mental health
12.45: Dialogues, concluding the event
