The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute will host a town-hall meeting and panel discussion tonight featuring a lecturer from Sweden.

The event is called 'Whose Mental Health Is It Anyway? Bermuda Come and Have Your Say' with guest speaker and consumer advocate, Lars Olof Ljungberg, who will discuss how patients and their family members can play an active role in the services available to them.

Mr. Ljungberg is an expert on the development of a community movement for mental health services and has worked and consulted in many countries, as well as with the World Health Organisation and the Global Initiative on Psychiatry.

Patrice Dill, COO for MAWI said: "We are delighted to have brought Mr. Ljungberg to Bermuda to share his expertise and skills in the field of psychiatric reform. Hospital staff and other medical professionals have greatly benefited from attending the series of lectures he has given.

"His discussions on recovery, psychosocial rehabilitation and consumer advocacy networks have come at just the right time as we move toward new models of care for mental health issues."