Junior Research Meet-up - Mental Health

Keynotes

The following keynote speakers will present during the Junior Research Meetup:

Carina Bethlehem, “Mental problems after ICU admission; a role for Virtual Reality?”

Carina Bethlehem is working as a specialist in intensive care medicine in the Medical Centre Leeuwarden. She especially focusses on care for patients and caregivers after ICU discharge.

Project: Our project involves the use of virtual reality in the recovery after Intensive Care admission. We explore the role of a VR-based serious game in both mental and physical recovery after discharge.

Natalie Abrokwa, "The potential of human rights law to adress challenges in the context of mental health"

Natalie Abrokwa has an LLM in International Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law, and started her external PhD position at the University of Groningen in 2017 (which has recently been submitted). Since 2018, she has been lecturing in several LLM and LLB courses, as well as in summer schools across Europe, and she has presented her research at various international conferences. Since 2020, Mrs. Abrokwa also works with the Policy, Law and Human Rights Unit, Department of Mental Health & Substance Use of the World Health Organization.

Individual PhD project:

Natalie Abrokwa's PhD project focuses on mental health and human rights, particularly addressing the challenges of persons with mental disabilities in accessing mental healthcare, as well as applicable human rights standards. In her research, she examines the human right to health and various provisions within the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Programme overview