On 16 April, Professor Rachel Tribe (Chair of Careif) is chairing an event at the University of East London (UEL) which will bring together leading experts to discuss the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of refugees.

Careif are pleased to be involved in offering a new event on 24 March which will provide free training for psychologists and interpreters working within mental health. The event will provide a free joint training workshop for both psychologists and interpreters. Both groups will have an opportunity to discuss their respective roles and learn from each other.

Geopsychiatry is an exciting field that focuses on the interface between geopolitical events and their impact on the practice of psychiatry across all ages and subspecialities. Careif are delighted to be involved in an upcoming webinar: A Geopsychiatry Perspective on Research, Policy, and Practice that will take place on 26 January 2026, 2pm.

Careif recently supported a successful event to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr Suman Fernando. This was a hybrid event, which attracted an international audience and speakers who attended in person and online.

Careif is delighted to be an official partner of Unspoken - a mental health film festival, which will be screening a number of films in London throughout October.

On 13 September, between 2-5pm, Careif will be supporting an event to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr Suman Fernando, who died earlier in the year aged 92. Dr Fernando had an international reputation in the field of critical psychiatry, particularly in relation to advocating for race equity in mental health.

Dr Mariam Bhaila, our newly appointed Associate, recently delivered an online workshop titled Understanding Trauma and Working in a Trauma-Informed Way on behalf of Careif, in collaboration with Fountain House, Lahore. She was supported by Professor Rachel Tribe.

Ben Amponsah and Rachel Tribe (Chair of Careif) conducted an engaging and informative workshop on day 1 of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Counselling Psychology Conference 2025 that had a full house of attendees

The first steps towards a suicide prevention model for clinicians and medical school students in Pakistan were taken recently when 30 participants received online training to spot the signs in someone who is thinking of suicide and have a conversation that could help save their life.

It’s been a busy time for Careif. Here is a round-up of some of the recent engagements and events that we have been involved with which include several presentations and discussions.

Careif would like to bring to your attention an important seminar on geopsychiatry that is being organised jointly by the World Psychiatric Association, the Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations and the SAARAC Psychiatric Federation.

The online seminar, taking place on Saturday 8 March, has a theme of The relevance of geopsychiatry: navigating climatic events mental health complexities.

Careif Trustee, Professor Afzal Javed, in collaboration with the University of Thessaloniki, co-organised a webinar last October that examined the intersections between climate change and mental health.

Two Careif Trustees presented at a recent symposium - ‘The Global Mindscape: Integrating Geopsychiatry Perspectives Across Continents’ - that was organised by the International Institute for Geopsychiatry,

Professor Rachel Tribe recently gave a lecture to a group of Italian psychologists on the topic of community psychology as part of their training at the Gruppo Italiano Tecniche di Imagerie Mentale (GITIM).

Professor Rachel Tribe, Careif Trustee, was invited and chaired a panel as part of an event organised by Veronica Franklin Gould, President of Arts for Dementia to mark World Refugee Day in June. 

Professor Rachel Tribe (Careif Trustee) and Professor Divine Charura ran a workshop on refugees, asylum seekers and mental health on behalf of Careif, for the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Professor Rachel Tribe in collaboration with Mr Philippe Muriel ran a training session on working with interpreters across cultures on behalf of Careif.

Careif recently worked in partnership with a local team in Colombo to help fill a particular gap in the mental health support offered to people in Sri Lanka. 

Professor Rachel Tribe, a Careif Trustee, was an invited speaker at the Asian CBT conference held in New Delhi earlier this year. She presented a workshop on ‘Working in mental health across language and culture’, which was very well received.

Professor Rachel Tribe, a Careif Trustee, was in Kenya recently and was delighted to run a life skills training course for residents of Rafiki Foster Care.