7th Global Mental Health Summit (Cape Town, South Africa)

Event Dates: November 10–12, 2025 | Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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The 7th Global Mental Health Summit (GMHS), co-hosted by the Movement for Global Mental Health (MGMH) and the Global Mental Health Peer Network (GMHPN), brings together leaders, advocates, researchers, policymakers, and people with lived experience to reimagine the future of mental health.

The 2025 theme is: “Mental Health and Wellbeing: What has Changed? What Needs to Change?”

This event builds on the successes of previous summits (Athens - 2009, Cape town - 2011, Bangkok - 2013, Mumbai - 2015, Jo’burg - 2018, Chennai - 2022) serves as a platform for global collaboration in shaping the future of mental health.This global platform centers equity, inclusion, and innovation, driving paradigm shifts in mental health policy, practice, and lived experience leadership.

Who Should Attend

• Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in mental health and wellbeing

• People with lived experience driving advocacy and systems change

• Organizations working on policy, practice, rights, and innovation

• Innovators developing new models for community or systems-level mental health support