2nd Seminar on Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
After the success of the 1st Seminar on Mental Health and Intellectual Disability, the Catalan Health Institute, the Catalan Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health and Granés Fundació are coming together to organise the 2nd Seminar. It will be held on 19 May, from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, in a mixed format: in-person at the Functions Room of the Hospital Santa Caterina, Parc Hospitalari Martí i Julià in Salt, and it can also be followed online. Registration for the event is now open at this link.
The health community is talking about the new healthcare paradigm based on values shared by the local community to foster social engagement and connectivity, solidarity and recognition of diversity, while also recommending fair, sustainable, transparent use of available resources to achieve better results and experiences for each individual. Mention is made, especially, of reducing or eradicating “low value” practices for which there is insufficient evidence of the benefits they offer or which have an unfavourable risk-benefit ratio.
People with intellectual disability, autism or both conditions have a higher likelihood of undergoing this type of practice and, among them, a higher likelihood of being prescribed psychotropic drugs (often without a diagnosis that justifies it); a higher likelihood of using practices that limit consensual decision-making; or using mobility restriction strategies as the sole measure for behavioural control.
Granés Fundació, the Catalan Health Institute and the Catalan Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health invite you to attend and take part in this second joint seminar, which follows on from the first seminar, attended by more than 350 professionals working in social entities, basic and specialised social services, and primary, specialised and hospital healthcare, and in education. In one way or another, all these professionals provide support to improve the quality of life of people with intellectual disability and mental illness.
REGISTRATION at this link.
💬 Seminar in Catalan
Simultaneous translation from English to Catalan
Subtitles and simultaneous translation into Spanish
Programme / from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
8.00 – 8.30 am
Accreditations
8.30 – 9.00 am
Presentation
- Martí Masferrer: president of the Catalan Health Institute
- Claudi Camps: director of the Mental Health and Addictions Network, Catalan Health Institute
- Laura Masferrer: general manager Granés Fundació
- Gemma Parramon: president of the Catalan Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health
9.00 – 10.15 am
Bloc 1: 70% of the people with intellectual and developmental disability (PIDD) receive drug treatments
Lecture
Best practice: STOMP
Ken Courtenay
Consultant Psychiatrist Intellectual Disability, National Health Service in England
Debate and proposals/actions for change
Participation of people with intellectual disability, family members and professionals
Moderator: Montse Gasol
Head of the Rational Use of Medicines Division, Office of Medicine Management. Care Area, Catalan Health Service
Coffee break
10.45 am – 12.00 midday
Bloc 2: El 15% of PIDDs consume intoxicants
Lecture
Best practice: SUM-ID
Joanneke van der Nagel
Consultant psychiatrist in Intellectual disability services, Netherlands; senior researcher in University of Twente
Debate and proposals/actions for change
Participation of people with intellectual disability, family members and professionals
Moderator: Francina Fonseca
Consultant in Psychiatry – Head of Addiction Program Institut de Neuropsiquiatria i Addiccions – INAD Hospital del Mar
12.00 midday – 1.15 pm
Bloc 3: 50% of the health problems are not detected and impact on the Quality of Life and Emotional Wellbeing of people with intellectual disability
Lecture
Best practice: Fàcil-IAS
Ramon Novell
Head of the Specialised Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Service, Catalan Health Institute
Debate and proposals/actions for change
Participation of people with intellectual disability, family members and professionals
Moderator: Pilar Àvila
Specialist in Family and Community Medicine at the Institute of Health Care’s mental health network
Lunch
3.00 – 4.15 pm
Bloc 4: 30% of PIDDs are subjected to restrictive practices
Lecture
Best practice: Reducing restrictive practices in people with intellectual and developmental disability (PIDD) in hospital environments
Maria del Mar Adrover
Consultant Psychiatrist Intellectual Disability, National Health Service of Wales
Debate and proposals/actions for change
Participation of people with intellectual disability, family members and professionals
Moderator: Jordi Corominas
Technical coordinator of DINCAT
4.15 – 5.30 pm
Bloc 5: 50% of people with Borderline Intellectual Impairment (BII) have mental health problems and/or worrying behaviours
Lecture
Best practice: Prova Pilot FIL
Jordi Solé
Head of the People Services Area in Girona, Department of Social Rights
Debate and proposals/actions for change
Participation of people with intellectual disability, family members and professionals
Moderator: Ferran Blanco
International Projects Coordinator Support-Girona
5.30 – 6.00 pm
Event closure by:
- Martí Masferrer i Mascort: president of the Catalan Health Institute
- Lluís Torrens Melich: secretary of Social Affairs and Families in the Catalan Regional Government’s Department of Social Rights
- Miquel Carreras: manager of the Girona Health Region, Catalan Health Institute
