On September 29th, 2016, happened the Second Latin America Treatment and Innovation Network in Mental Health Symposium in the Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, bringing together researchers in mental health to discuss the theme "Increasing Research Capacity".
The symposium was conducted in English and was divided into two periods. In the morning, we had the workshop "Practical aspects of international opportunities grant in mental health research", presented by Professors Beverly Pringle of the National Institute of Mental Health and Ricardo Araya, from the Center of Global Mental Health of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In the afternoon, the workshop "Conducting field trials in mental health", presented by Professors Pamela Collins, of the National Institute of Mental Health and Paulo Rossi Menezes, Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo.