Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network
BSSN
What is BSSN?
The Brighton and Sussex Sexualities Network (BSSN) is an inter-university research network aimed at supporting research and researchers who work on issues of human sexuality within the Universities of Brighton and Sussex and the wider Sussex area.LGBT Events - MindOut LGBT Mental Health conference
Monday November 3rd 2008 at The Friends’ Meeting House, Brighton
This exciting conference aims to give a national platform for LGBT mental health initiatives developed in Brighton and Hove, including LGBT mental health services, service user involvement, research, partnership working, community and strategic development. There will be opportunities to meet people from all over the country and a chance to build on a growing national network of LGBT mental health groups. The conference will have experiential elements and will be both stimulating and fun.
Chair: Paul Farmer Mind Chief Exec
- Suicide and Survival in LGBT communities
- Focussing the Mind photography exhibition
Workshops on
- Transgender mental health
- Promoting positive mental health for LGBT young people
- Count Me In Too – local mental health research
- Setting up LGBT mental health initiatives
- Suicide Prevention initiatives
- Access to psychological therapies for LGBT people
- Mindfulness meditation
- Pink therapy
- Hate crime and mental health
Suitable for LGBT people with experience of mental health issues, service providers, commissioners and policy makers
A £10 returnable deposit secures a place, please see the MindOut website www.lgbtmind.com/MindOut_Conference for information. Please book as soon as possible as places are limited.
For more information contact MindOut on 01273 722550
