Fourth Cultural Psychosocial Intervention Seminar to Be Held on Leros

Following the successful annual seminars held on Leros since 2023, the Psychosocial Reflection Group will organise the fourth Cultural Psychosocial Intervention Seminar from 30 August to 3 September 2026.

Reframing the field

This year's event is titled 'Reframing the field: Positions for establishing community approaches in mental health, child protection and refugee support'.

The programme will examine and develop community-based approaches across mental health, child protection and work with refugees. Its aim is to encourage an exchange of knowledge, experience and practice among professionals from different disciplines and services.

It will include presentations, discussions, experiential workshops and participatory activities. Particular emphasis will be placed on connecting scientific and professional experience with the local community and the history of Leros.

Activities will include a historical tour of the former Leros psychiatric hospital, practical workshops, presentations, discussions and parallel cultural and participatory events. Organisers intend to create a meeting place for professionals, institutions and the island community.

The seminar brings together professionals working in mental health, social care, child protection and refugee support, as well as academics and representatives of institutions and public services.

Choosing Leros as the venue carries particular significance. The island has an important history in mental health care and is also a place where contemporary social challenges meet.

By returning to the island each year, the organisers aim to establish a lasting forum for dialogue, exchange and engagement with the local community.

Programme and registration

Programme and participation information was available from the Psychosocial Reflection Group at omikronpsikappa.gr.

• Telephone: 697 542 4931
• Email: omadapsikappa@gmail.com

The announcement closed with a quotation from Theodoros Megalooikonomou: 'Leros is the fact that the impossible became possible.'

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