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MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMME

MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION AND COMMUNICATION: PROGRAMME “EPICTETUS”

The development of communication skills and strategies in groups of adolescents

January 2007

Collaborating sectors

Educational Trust for Health Improvement through Cognitive Strategies (E.T.H.I.C.S), London

Section of Primary Care Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, University of London (Head: Professor A. Tylee)

Section of Mental Health Promotion, Psychiatric Clinic, Athens University, (Director of Psychiatric Clinic: Professor Κ. Soldatos)

Department of Child Psychiatry, Athens University, Medical School, “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital, Athens (Director: Associate Professor V. Tomaras)

Scientific Director: Dr Maria Vassiliadou

Scientific Advisors:

V. Tomaras, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Clinic, Athens University

M. Malliori, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Clinic, Athens University

M. Kokkosi, Lecturer in Psychology, Psychiatric Clinic, Athens University

S. Diareme, Psychologist PhD, Department of Child Psychiatry, Athens University

Trainees: 9

Health Professionals

Time and Place :  January 2007

Friday, 12 January 2007, 16.30 – 20.30 pm

Saturday, 13 January 2007, 11.30 – 19.30 pm

Sunday, 14 January 2007, 11.30 -20.00 pm

Lecture room, Capio Chelsea Hospital, London, U.K.

Total Hours: 20 (10 two-hour sessions)

CURRICULUM

PART - I -

1^st educational  session: Friday, 12 January, 2007

• Factors related to the decrease of efficacy in communication

            M. Vassiliadou

2^nd educational  session: Friday, 12 January, 2007

• Factors related to ineffective interchange of support           

            M. Vassiliadou

PART - II-

3^rd educational  session: Saturday, 13 January, 2007

• Positive communication skills and strategies

            M. Vassiliadou

4^th educational  session: Saturday, 13 January, 2007

• Strategies for the definition and achievement of common interest           

            M. Vassiliadou

PART - III -

5^th educational  session: Saturday, 13 January, 2007

• Strategies for the development of understanding

            M. Vassiliadou

6^th educational  session: Saturday, 13 January, 2007

• Strategies for the development of empathy

            M. Vassiliadou

PART - IV-

7^th educational  session: Sunday, 14 January, 2007

• Strategies for the creative management of conflicts

            M. Vassiliadou

8^th educational  session: Sunday, 14 January, 2007

• Strategies for the development of creative impulse control

            M. Vassiliadou

PART - V -

9^th educational  session: Sunday, 14 January, 2007

• Creative coping with difficulties arising at the communication process

            M. Vassiliadou

10^th educational  session: Sunday, 14 January, 2007

• Creative self-autonomy within the communication process

            M. Vassiliadou