17 December 2013

Objectives

The Foundation understands that progress will be contingent on a dynamic interchange of knowledge and ideas between research scientists, clinicians and those with a lived experience  – patients, families and carers.

• Collaboration
  The Philippe & Maria Halphen Foundation’s long-term goal is to improve the understanding of the human brain, in both health and disease. It will do this by fostering and facilitating ongoing collaborative research into mental health, to hasten the successful translation of new discoveries into innovative and effective treatments and therapies.
• Communication
  The Philippe & Maria Halphen Foundation is dedicated to growing genuine communication between all those with a stake in mental health: – researchers, clinicians and those with lived experience.
• Education and Awareness 
  The Philippe & Maria Halphen Foundation is committed to the eradication of the stigma that surrounds mental illness. This debilitating stigma will only ever pass into history as a result of education and awareness – growing the understanding that mental ill-health is no different to physical ill-health. In this respect, neuroscientist and clinicians, who have a profound understanding of the complexity of the human brain who can help reduce the stigma of mental illness in the public mind.