Boklansering og forfatterpresentasjon

tirsdag 22. september 2026 Kl. 15:00 - 20:00

From psychiatry to community, epistemologies - rights and practices for a new mental health paradigm.

Børge Baklien, Ragnfrid Kogstad, Raffaella Pocobello (Eds)

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

The book is being presented in Lillehammer over two days: Tuesday, September 22, from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and Wednesday, September 23, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The book comprises 27 chapters by a total of 43 authors from 12 different countries. Several authors from various countries will be present. Language: English. The event is free of charge.

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

Gratis inngang.