1. Personal relationships: their role in shaping both cause and cure of mental health disorders Stefan Priebe Queen Mary University of London

2. Main factors associated with mental disorders 1.Adverse childhood conditions 2.Poverty 3.War experience and torture 4.Social isolation 5.Social inequality

3. Prevention Safe and supportive upbringing conditions No social isolation Strong and weak ties

4. Mental disorders as social phenomena Defined in social interactions Occurring in interactions Related to interactions Diagnosed in interactions Treated in interactions

5. Evidence for the benefits of Various direct social support Larger social networks More supportive relationships in networks Family interventions

6. Therapeutic relationship Defining element of health care In patient surveys consistently reported as the most important component of care Predictor of adherence and outcomes Along with expectations, most important non-specific factor for outcomes

7. Deficit or resource? Medical treatment focuses on deficit or dysfunction There is also some tradition of treatment utilising resources Independent of diagnostic categories

8. Resource oriented models Befriending Client centered therapy Creative music therapy Open dialogue Peer support workers Positive psychotherapy Self help groups Solution focused therapy Systemic family therapy Therapeutic communities Priebe et al., Br J Psychiatr, 2014

9. Resource-oriented themes Social relation ships Decision- making ability Know ledge Individual strengths Recreation al activities Self- actualising Befriending Client-centred therapy Creative music therapy Open dialogue Peer support workers Positive psychotherapy Self-help groups Solution-focused therapy Systemic family therapy Therapeutic communities

10. Types of social relationships ProfessionalsPeersFriends Family Befriending Client-centred therapy Creative music therapy Open dialogue Peer support workers Positive psychotherapy Self-help groups Solution-focused therapy Systemic family therapy Therapeutic communities

11. Personal relationships Are part of quality of life Are influenced by and influence experience and skills Contribute to mental health Are crucial to overcoming distress Are facilitated by context factors