The Faculty of Public Health and The Royal College of Psychiatrists are pleased to host a joint conference to recognise the importance and growing awareness of public mental health.
Taking place in London on Friday 20 November 2026, programme highlights include:
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Welcome and introductions - Professor Subodh Dave, President, Royal College of Psychiatrists and Professor Tracy Daszkiewicz, President, Faculty of Public Health
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National prevalence review - Professor Sally McManus, City St George’s University of London
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Use of routinely collected MH data - Laura Goodwin, NIHR School for Public Health Research
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Reduction / abstaining from digital media use – impact on outcomes - Brandon Davidson, University of Cambridge
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Commercial determinants of health - Professor Mark Pettigrew, Professor of Public Health, in the Faculty of Public Health and Policy at LSHTM and Director, NIHR Public Health Policy Research Unit
We are now inviting abstracts for consideration as posters to be displayed at the conference, and are looking for examples of good joint practice, or research, or quality improvement projects between psychiatry or mental health services or teams and public health services or teams. Closing date for abstract submissions is 11.59pm on Monday 14 September 2026. View more information and submit a poster here.
This event will be live in London, and also livestreamed online.
Please register your interest in attending via the conference website.
