Julian Eaton
Job role
Mental Health Director (CBM Global), Assistant Prof (LSHTM)
Affiliation
Member type
Educator / Academic
Practitioner/Implementer
Researcher
Brief biography
Julian Eaton, a British psychiatrist, is Mental Health Director for CBM Global. His work involves engaging local actors to strengthen mental health systems, develop policy and legislation and guide implementation. He has published on issues relating to system strengthening, scaling up mental health services in low income countries and empowerment of service users. He lived for almost 15 years in West Africa, in Nigeria and Togo, from where he worked in countries across the region. Since 2015 he has been studying for a PhD, working with MHIN, and acting as Assistant Professor, at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Approach
Empowerment and service user involvement
Human rights
Policy and legislation
Prevention and promotion
Task sharing
Training, education and capacity building
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Setting
Community
Primary care
Population
Adults
Children and adolescents
Disability
Families and carers
Humanitarian and conflict health
Minority populations
Disorders of interest
All mental health conditions
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
