MENTAL AND SOCIAL HEALTH IN THE 21st CENTURY
THEMATIC AREA 3
Offered in Greek and English
Can science answer our questions in a simple way? Can the data explain why one child is violent, why another does not speak up, and why a third will live to the age of a hundred? How does mental health in pregnancy affect the child’s immune system, how does the child’s brain develop and why social adaptability is essential for their happiness? 75 – 80% of all mental illnesses in the world could have been prevented by methods such as educating parents from the beginning of the child’s life, systematic vocational training, and timely and valid intervention. The understanding of parents and citizens about the importance of mental and social health has is associated with better functioning of the child in the family and at school, with increased resilience to the changes and challenges of the 21st century, with healthier relationships and with a better quality of life 40 and 50 years later. The program aims to communicate the latest research data and new approaches from the field of Preventive Psychiatry and Social Neuroscience on mental and social health issues, to help the parent, the professional and every citizen to understand the necessary knowledge for our lives in the 21st century. Athematic cycle with different sections and discussions that will try to debunk myths, weaken stereotypes, and explain science differently.
THEMATIC UNITS
1. Children's Mental Health: From Pregnancy to Childhood Mental Illness
1.1. Mentalhealth in childhood 6-12
1.2. The architecture of the brain
1.3. Mental illness in childhood
2. Social Intelligence and Happiness in the21st Century
2.1. Social equity, gender and dislikeness thereof
2.2. Socialadaptability and the lessonsof success in the 21st century
2.3. Social Health, Longevity and Quality of Life in the Adult
THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN: FROM PREGNANCY TO MENTAL ILLNESS IN CHILDHOOD
SESSION 1
Dr. Markella Grigoriou
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Limassol
Addressed to parents, academic / educational / research staff, public services and government departments in the fields of health and education, students, health professionals, organizations / companies / NGOs in the fields of health and education, interested persons.
Period: TBA
Days & hours: TBA
Cost: 40€ / lecture or 120€ / complete three lecture-seminar
Information / reservation: markella@uol.ac.cy
Three seminars from the field of Preventive and Social Psychiatry will help you understand what research in the 21st century tells us about the mental health of the child, and why it is necessary to distinguish myths from science. We discuss what mental health really is in childhood, why risk factors start from the gestational period and how the child’s brain has more power than it does Think. We present the latest data, examples and practices for home and school.
The Thematic Unit “The Mental Health of the Children: From pregnancy to the mental illness of childhood” consists of 3 seminars, each of which is completed in three 90-minute lectures. Participants who attend a complete series of three 90-minute lectures receive a certificate of attendance.
Seminar 1
Mental health in childhood 6-12
How it is created what it is affected by and how we promote mental health in children.
Seminar 2
Brain architecture
How the child’s brain develops and how it prevents or facilitates the development of mental illness.
Seminar 3
Mental illnesses in childhood
The role of pregnancy, risk factors and practices for home and school
SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HAPPINESS IN THE 21st CENTURY
SESSION 2
Dr. Markella Grigoriou
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Limassol
Addressed to parents, academic / educational / research staff, public services and government departments in the fields of health and education, students, health professionals, organizations / companies / NGOs in the fields of health and education, interested persons.
Period: TBA
Days & hours: TBA
Cost: 40€ / lecture or 120€ / complete three lecture-seminar
Information / reservation: markella@uol.ac.cy
Three lectures from the field of Social Neuroscience that explain how social intelligence determines the resilience of yourself in times of crisis, how social adaptation can take you closer to the happiness you want to experience, and how social health affects life expectancy and quality of life 30 and 40 years later. We introduce the term social health for the first time, analyze the importance of friendship and social correlation in the formation of the self, learn why social adaptation is a necessary condition for its happiness, and discuss how social health is linked to the years of your life.
The Thematic Unit “Social Intelligence and Happiness in the 21st Century” consists of 3 seminars, each of which is completed in three 90-minute lectures. Participants who attend a complete series of three 90-minute lectures receive a certificate of attendance.
Seminar 1
Social Intelligence, Friendship and Self-Resilience
How and why the ability to empathize, perceive and regulate our emotion is related to our friendships and whether we will be resilient in the face of crises and challenges.
Seminar 2
Social adaptability and the foundations of happiness in the 21st Century
How happiness is created in the21st century and why it is the most difficult achievement of human beings.
Seminar 3:
Social health, longevity, and quality of life in adults
What factors affect your life expectancy, what benefits you and what harms you, and why communing with each other becomes medicine in the modern world.
English (UK) 
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