People in Harmony is offering a rare opportunity to hear from a range of experts about the impact of mental health on young people and families of mixed race. The keynote speakers will be Professor Suman Fernando, London Metropolitan University, formerly a consultant psychiatrist in the NHS and now a highly respected international academic and advisor on mental health and race; and Melba Wilson, Director of Equalities at the National Mental Health Development Unit.

The agenda will explore:

• the concept of identity and its inter-relationship with racism for mixed race people
• how mixed race fits into the Department of Health's Delivering Race Equality agenda
• a new study providing evidence of risk (of mental health problems) and resilience among young people of mixed race
• an understanding of the particular stresses on mixed race relationships and the impact of this on family life
• prevention approaches through strengthening the child and family
• early interventions through counselling in school and family therapy
• how mixed race service users fare in acute mental health services

Other speakers include: Dinah Morley (former Director of Young Minds), Bradley Lincoln (Multiple Inheritance Project Manchester), Sharon Evans, Relationship Counsellor, Mel Gabbi (Slough Children's Trust), Yvonne Ayo (Tavistock Centre) and Dr David Ndegwa, Forensic Psychiatrist and Clinical Director, South London & Maudsley NHS Trust.

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