MENTAL HEALTH NEWS
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EVENTS
AWARDS
Pioneer’s Award
I was awarded the Pioneer’s Award, for recognition of Outstanding and Devoted service. Presented by the Jamaica Psychiatric Association, and the Ministry of Health in December 2023.
Presidential Award
I was an awardee for the Presidential award for 15 years of Professional Support to Choose Life International and over 50 years of Mental Health Service to Jamaica. Presented by the Choose Life on its 15th anniversary in October 2023.
Volunteer Award
At the” Choose Life International 10th Anniversary Banquet ” held on October 27, 2018. I was one of the recipients of a Volunteer Award for invaluable technical and professional guidance.
Dr. Allen’s upcoming activities
Dr Allen’s recent and past activities
Presentations
Lausanne Movement Regional Gathering July 2023
I was a presenter for the Lausanne Movement Regional Gathering held in Georgetown, Guyana in July 2023. The theme was “Mental Health in the Caribbean and the Role of the Church.”
You can take a look at the interview presentation here.
You can take a look at the paper presentation here.
You can view the PowerPoint presentation here.
Life Abundant International September 2021
At the “Annual Mission Conference of Life Abundant International,” held in Nairobi Kenya in September 2021, I was a presenter at this virtual event.
You can take a look at the presentation here.
World Family Doctor Day May 2020
I was a Keynote Speaker, at the World Family Doctors Day Virtual Conference, family doctors on the frontline, “Maintaining Wellness in the Covid-19 Pandemic”
You can take a look at the presentation here.
Outlook Planning Workshop
Participant at The Outlook on Christian Global Health Movement Course Workshop. Wheaton, Chicago, Illinois. A course to educate and mobilize the church to bring healing to the nations. Sponsored by the Centre for Healing in Mission held in June 2018.
I submitted a paper entitled: “Caring for the Whole Person by Healthcare and Religious Institutions: The Divide and the Possibilities”.
You can find out more about the course and its participants from their website: Outlook on the Christian Global Health Movement
You can take a look at the paper here.
World Mental Health Day is observed on October 10, 2017.
Dr. Allen was the Guest Speaker at a Mental Health Symposium hosted by the Kingston Public Hospital (Mental Health Committee) on October 9, 2017. The theme was “ Mental Health in The Workplace” .
You can take a look at his presentation here. (PDF Copy)
For this their 8th year, Choose Life International (CLI) along with its partners hosted their annual World Suicide Prevention Day Seminar on September 9, 2017 under the theme: “Take a Minute, Change a Life.”.
Dr. E. Anthony Allen presented on the topic: ” Surviving Changes in a Difficult Economic Climate”.
You can access his presentation here. (PDF Copy)
Dr. Allen was the presenter at a Seminar held on Saturday, March 25, 2017 hosted by The Well of Life Ministries. The theme was focused on : “Serving, Protecting and Reassuring in a Demanding Environment”.
The United Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI) presented their Founders’ Day 2017 Celebrations on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 .
Dr. Allen was the Lecturer and a participant in the Panel Discussion on the subject:
“Back to the Centre – Implications for handling Power, Sex and Money”
This year the UTCWI is celebrating its 51st year as an ecumenical theological institution, training and forming ministers for service in the Caribbean.
You can access a PDF copy of Dr. Allen’s talk here.
Mental Health problems are common within the Caribbean and are listed among the major Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases that account for the majority of deaths in the Caribbean.
Dr. Allen was one of the presenters at the Mental Health Symposium held at the Micro University College on Saturday, September 24, 2016.
His presentation was focused on how Spirituality promotes Mental Health.
Choose Life International (CLI) presents their annual World Suicide Prevention Day Seminar 2016 under the theme: “Connect, Communicate, Care”. See flyer below for more information.
World Suicide Prevention Day Seminar 2016 Flyer
You can access Dr. Allen’s presentation here. (PDF Copy)
The Caribbean College of Family Physicians (CCFP), Jamaica Presents – Patient Self-Management Seminar
at MAJ House, 19a Windsor Avenue, Kingston 5
PRESENTER: Dr. Anthony Allen
FOCUS: How to Engage the Patient in Their Own Care – Using Motivational Interviewing to Promote Self-care for Wellness.
Presentation includes lecture, PowerPoint presentation, question and answer segments and interactive discussion.
Seminar Hours: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM. Includes Refreshments.
Date: August 25, 2016 – Evening Seminar
You can access Dr. Allen’s presentation here. (PDF copy)
- Dr. Allen continues to build awareness through education as he champions the notion to “Live Balanced through Overcoming and Wellness”.He presented at Seminar to build awareness on Depression:Location: The Emmanuel Apostolic Assembly
105e Red Hills Road,
Kingston 19
Date and Time: June 5, 2016 at 5:30 pm
Topic: Depression: Cause-Effect-Cure
- Dr. Allen presented at the Choose Life International (CLI) Seminar and Book Donation Drive on World Suicide Prevention Day 2015.
Picture (from left to right): Dr. Ganesh Shetty, Dr. Loraine Barnaby and Dr. Anthony Allen
- Dr. Allen, one of the “young” people responsible for bringing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Jamaica in 1965, was featured on Connections with Ian Forrest, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 20, 2015. You can listen the audio by clicking below.
Dr. Allen presented the topics:
- Best Practices in Spirituality and Suicide Prevention.Presented at a seminar in recognition of World Suicide Day, sponsored by Choose Life International Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica. September 10, 2014.
- Adolescent Sexual Health Education at the 40th Annual Dr. Ena Thomas Memorial Lecture & Symposium in Kingston, Jamaica on November 24, 2013.
For persons interested in reading the power point presentation, please click the link below.
Adolescent Sexual Health Education – 20 mins. version
- Dr. Allen hosted a group of final year Social Work students at the Northern Caribbean University on November 7, 2013. The aim of the visit was to conduct an interview and gain insight regarding the Christian Counselling Perspective.
Picture (from left to right) Andrene Gordon-Ganicks, Jermaine Stewart, Courtnay Steedman, Dr. Allen, Paulette Bepat and Pierrette Pierre.
- Non-Pharmacological Intervention & Caregivers’ Management in Dementia at the Dementia Caregiver’s workshop in Kingston Jamaica on Saturday, October 5, 2013.
For persons interested in reading the PowerPoint Presentation, please click link below:
Dementia-Caregivers-management
- Suicide: Talk (as) Therapy for Suicide Prevention at a seminar in recognition of World Suicide Day, sponsored by the Choose Life International Jamaica in Kingston Jamaica on September 10, 2013.
- Mental Wellness and the Obstetrician/Gynecologist at the West Indies Clinical Conference of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists District IV in Kingston, Jamaica on April 13, 2013.
For persons interested in reading the PowerPoint Presentation, please click link below:
MENTAL WELLNESS for the obs-gyn specialist
- Motivational Interviewing and Lifestyle Change at the regional annual conference of the Caribbean College of the Family Practitioners (CCFP) under the theme “Conquering Chronic Diseases” in Kingston, Jamaica on February 2013.
- Motivational Interviewing : An approach in Tobacco Cessation Intervention at the Association of the General Practitioners of Jamaica Clinical Skills Workshop on “Understanding Behaviour Change and Motivational Interviewing” in Kingston, Jamaica in February 2013.
- Smoking: Mindset and Ways Towards Lifestyle Change at the Jamaica Cancer Society, Lung Cancer Awareness Month Public Forum in Kingston Jamaica in September 2012.
- Suicide: The Church Strengthening Protective Factors and Instilling Hope at a seminar in recognition of World Suicide Day, sponsored by the Choose Life International Jamaica in Kingston Jamaica on September 10, 2012.
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