Abstract: Scientists/researchers (medical, social, educational fields and etc.), mental health (MH) practitioners, policy-makers, researchers, lawyers.Major objectives • to attract attention of researchers and policy-makers to urgent problems of mental health care (MHC) • to provide a platform for dissemination of ideas and development of academic and non-academic network of MHC researchers, practitioners and policy-makers • to promote high quality research most specifically on MH in developing countries and countries in transition • to investigate multi-disciplinary, transdisciplinary and multicultural aspects and solutions related to MHC Field of study and special focus Medicine, Social Sciences, Education, Economics, Law, Inter-and Transdisciplinary studies Topics • MHC systems in the context of global social challenges: • Mental health and migration: • Mental health in times of military conflicts • Mental health and community • Specific issues of MHC: child neuropsychiatry; support for people with disabilities, work with elders related to mental health; MHC in rural areas; addictive behavior • Higher Education and MHC: Research and Innovations