Guyana Mental Health & Well-Being Conference     December 5 – 8, 2023 | Georgetown, Guyana

Schedule

Abstracts

2023 Scheduled Sessions

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

  • 8:30 AM (GUY) / 7:30 AM (EST)
  • Zoom
  • Registration and Coffee
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Welcome

  • Mr. Neaz Subhan
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Brief Remarks

  • Prof. Emanuel Cummings
  • Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Guyana
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Brief Remarks

  • Mr. Nicholas Pron
  • UNICEF Deputy Representative for Guyana and Suriname
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023
  • Dr. Vasha E. Bachan

Update on the Guyana Well-Being Studies

  • Prof. Christina Hoven
  • Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, Director, Global Psychiatric Epidemiology Group (GPEG), Columbia University
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • OPENING PLENARY LECTURE
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023
  • Ms. Alicia Solomon

STATUS OF MENTAL HEALTH IN GUYANA

  • Hon. Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony MP
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Brief Remarks

  • Mr. Adam Loyer
  • Canada's Head of Corporation to Guyana and Suriname
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Brief Remarks

  • Dr. Alexandra Harvey
  • Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Brief Remarks

  • Ms. Alison Drayton
  • CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Brief Remarks

  • Dr. Katjia Khan
  • President, Caribbean Alliance of National Psychological Associations (CANPA)
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Brief Remarks

  • Prof. Prabha Chandra
  • Dean, Behavioral Sciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Brief Remarks

  • Dean Michael Joseph
  • Vice Dean for Education, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Greetings

  • Prof. Afzal Javed
  • Immediate Past-President, World Psychiatric Association (WPA); Consultant Psychiatrist (UK and Pakistan), & Honorary Professor, University of Birmingham and University of Warwick
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Greetings

  • Prof. Warren Ng
  • Immediate Past-President, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Professor of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Greetings

  • Prof. Norman Sartorius
  • President, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programs & Former Director, WHO Division of Mental Health
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Greetings

  • Prof. Helen Herrman
  • Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Australia, & Recent Past President, World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Greetings

  • Prof. Lakshmi Vijayakumar
  • Suicidologist & Member of the WHO Network for Suicide Research and Prevention
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Greetings

  • Dr. Battuvshin Lkhagvasuren
  • Director, Brain Science Institute, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Greetings

  • Prof. Norbert Skokauskas
  • Chair, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
  • 9:30 AM (GUY) / 8:30 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Tuesday, 5th of December 2023

Greetings

  • Prof. Danuta Wasserman
  • President, World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Professor of Psychiatry and Suicidology, Karolinska Institutet

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

  • 8:30 AM (GUY) / 7:30 AM (EST)
  • Zoom
  • Coffee
  • Wednesday, 6th of December 2023
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Just How Important is Prevention?
  • Wednesday, 6th of December 2023
  • Prof. Judit Balazs

Putting Prevention Into Practice

  • Dr. Mirza Rahman
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 1
  • Interpersonal Violence in Guyana: Women, Men and Intervention
  • Wednesday, 6th of December 2023
  • Mr. Derek Harp

Attitudes Of Women Towards Domestic Violence In Guyana: Analyses Of A Nationally Representative Survey

  • Dr. Gary Joseph
  • Christopher Morrison; Charlie Branas
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 1
  • Interpersonal Violence in Guyana: Women, Men and Intervention
  • Wednesday, 6th of December 2023
  • Mr. Derek Harp

Trauma Interventions For Men Who Use Violence In Relationships

  • Mrs. Sandra Rupnarai & Ms. Monica Riutort
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 2
  • Clinical Training: Anxiety in Primary Care
  • Wednesday, 6th of December 2023
  • Ms. Aziza Khan

Assessment And Management of Anxiety In Primary Care Settings

  • Dr. Lawrence Amsel
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 3
  • Pregnancy, Parenting and Mental Health
  • Wednesday, 6th of December 2023
  • Dr. Alexandra Harvey

Common Mental Disorders In Antenatal And Postnatal Mothers Who Receive Public Health Care In Georgetown, Guyana

  • Dr. Winifred Allison Mardenborough-Razack
  • Flavia Azevedo Gomez-Sponholz
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 4
  • Pregnancy, Parenting and Mental Health
  • Wednesday, 6th of December 2023
  • Dr. Alexandra Harvey

Poor Parental Impact: The Prevalence Of Mental Health Illness, Personality Disorders, Developmental And Learning Disabilities Among Children And Adolescents In Guyana

  • Mr. Telford Layne
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 4
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Wednesday, 6th of December 2023
  • Ms. Cilandell Glen

Suicide Awareness And Prevention

  • Dr. Cherlin Simon
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 5
  • Genocidal Violence and Psychopathology
  • Wednesday, 6th of December 2023
  • Mr. Timothy Muia

The Contribution of Exposure to Genocidal Violence and Resulting Psychopathology in the Empathic Capacities of Victims

  • Dr. Richard Neugebauer
  • 10:30 AM (GUY) / 9:30 AM (EST)
  • Central Hall
  • Zoom
  • Coffee
  • Wednesday, 6th of December 2023

Thursday, December 7, 2023

  • 8:30 AM (GUY) / 7:30 AM (EST)
  • Zoom
  • Coffee
  • Thursday, 7th of December 2023
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Suicide in Youth: What are the Pathways?
  • Thursday, 7th of December 2023
  • Prof. Judit Balazs

Pathways To Suicide In Youth

  • Prof. Alan Apter
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 1
  • Trends in Adolescent Suicide in Guyana
  • Thursday, 7th of December 2023
  • Dr. George Musa

The Darkness Inside (poem)

  • Mr. Brandon Singh
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 1
  • Trends in Adolescent Suicide in Guyana
  • Thursday, 7th of December 2023
  • Dr. George Musa

Characteristics of Patients 10 To 17 Years Old Who Attended The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation Psychiatry Clinic From 1St January 2016- 31St December 2022.

  • Dr. Jenese October
  • Elizabeth Nickram-Validum
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 1
  • Trends in Adolescent Suicide in Guyana
  • Thursday, 7th of December 2023
  • Dr. George Musa

Characterization Of Suicidal Behavior Among Patients 2 To 17 Years Old Who Attended The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation Psychiatry Clinic From 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022

  • Dr. Shion Alecia Toney
  • Jenese October
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 2
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Thursday, 7th of December 2023
  • Ms. Mosa Hutson-Prince

COVID-19, Food Insecurity And Mental Health

  • Ms. Megan Ryan
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 2
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Thursday, 7th of December 2023
  • Ms. Mosa Hutson-Prince

Trends In New Psychiatric Diagnoses In Persons During Peri-Pandemic Periods At The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation

  • Dr. Triston Griffith
  • Elizabeth Nickram-Validum
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 3
  • Nursing During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Guyana
  • Thursday, 7th of December 2023
  • Dr. Thelma Mielenz

Experiences Of BSc Nursing Students At The University Of Guyana Berbice Campus During The Transition From Face-To-Face To Online Learning (1st Cohort)

  • Mr. Terrence Oswald Ross
  • William Adu-Krow; Reeta Gobin
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 3
  • Nursing During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Guyana
  • Thursday, 7th of December 2023
  • Dr. Thelma Mielenz

Clinical Experiences Of Final-Year Nursing Students In Four Selected Nursing Schools During The First Wave Of The COVID-19 Pandemic In Guyana. A Mixed Study

  • Dr. Noel Holder
  • Tabitha Mallampati; Terrence Ross; Meshel Williams Sampson; and Rev. Dr. Noel Holder
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 4
  • The Importance of Social Work in Guyana
  • Thursday, 7th of December 2023
  • Ms. Alicia Solomon

Reconciling A Broken Heritage: Developing Mental Health Social Work In Guyana

  • Ms. Coya Nietta Halley & Dr. Stephen Cowden

Friday, December 8, 2023

  • 8:30 AM (GUY) / 7:30 AM (EST)
  • Zoom
  • Coffee
  • Friday, 8th of December 2023
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Zoom
  • Global Mental Health
  • Friday, 8th of December 2023
  • Prof. Christina W. Hoven

A New Agenda for Mental Health in the Americas

  • Dr. Renato Oliveira E Souza
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 1
  • Mental Health, Cancer and HIV
  • Friday, 8th of December 2023
  • Ms. Justine Wright

Mental Health Assessment Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)- Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) In Guyana

  • Ms. Rohanie Totaram
  • Tariq Jagnarine; Eson Crandon
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 1
  • Mental Health, Cancer and HIV
  • Friday, 8th of December 2023
  • Ms. Justine Wright

Fear Of Cancer Recurrence Among Cancer Survivors In Guyana

  • Mrs. Anju Vivekanandaraj
  • Dave Laltoo; Latoya Gooding
  • 9:00 AM (GUY) / 8:00 AM (EST)
  • Room 3
  • Pregnancy, Parenting and Mental Health
  • Friday, 8th of December 2023
  • Ms. Megan Ryan

Poor Parental Impact: The Prevalence Of Mental Health Illness, Personality Disorders, Developmental And Learning Disabilities Among Children And Adolescents In Guyana

  • Mr. Telford Layne
  • 10:30 AM (GUY) / 9:30 AM (EST)
  • Zoom
  • Coffee
  • Friday, 8th of December 2023
  • 10:30 AM (GUY) / 9:30 AM (EST)
  • 2nd floor lobby
  • Zoom
  • Ask the Expert: Refugee Child Mental Health
  • Friday, 8th of December 2023
  • Prof. Judit Balazs, Child Psychiatrist
  • 11:00 AM (GUY) / 10:00 AM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Global Initiative in the Americas to Prevent Suicide
  • Friday, 8th of December 2023
  • Dr. George Musa, GRITT Co-Investigator

Partnerships For Life – Global Initiative To Prevent Suicide: An Update On Progress In The Americas

  • Dr. Mark Sinyor
  • Daniel Sanchez-Morales
  • 12:00 PM (GUY) / 11:00 AM (EST)
  • Zoom
  • Lunch
  • Friday, 8th of December 2023
  • 1:30 PM (GUY) / 12:30 PM (EST)
  • Dome
  • Closing Ceremony: Youth Ambassadors for Mental Health
  • Friday, 8th of December 2023
  • Ms. Cilandell Glen

The Darkness Inside (poem)

  • Mr. Brandon Singh

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