PROMOTION &
PREVENTION |
Sixth World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders 17-19 November 2010
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The conference organizers are The World Federation for Mental Health, The Clifford Beers Foundation, The Carter Center and Education Development Center, Inc. Education Development Center is the Host Organization for the meeting. REPORT COMING SOON for the Sixth World Conference on the Promotion and Prevention
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program themes were: |
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Promoting
mental health and community well-being Social connection and mental health Human rights, preventing discrimination and promoting diversity Economic issues and mental health Prevention of disorders Healing from adverse experiences and trauma |
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will be explored through the following strategies: |
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Research on promotion and prevention worldwide Influencing policy Developing stakeholder partnerships Implementing effective programs Developing an effective workforce for promotion and prevention |
2008 WORLD CONFERENCE ON THE
PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PREVENTION OF MENTAL AND
BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
FROM MARGINS TO MAINSTREAM
The Fifth World Conference on
the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and
Behavioral Disorders presented a program firmly set in the
social context of mental health, a trademark of the host
organization, the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth).
The meeting attracted 860 participants from 44 countries and
added several new plenary program topics to the themes
established at previous conferences in the series. Altogether
370 presentations at various levels from plenary addresses to
posters were crowded into the three-day event on 10-12 September
2008 in Melbourne, Australia.
Please
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a longer report on the conference program.
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WFMHS LEADERSHIP IN
PROMOTION & PREVENTION: A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
Throughout its 59 year history,
the promotion of mental health and prevention of mental and
behavioral disorders have been central elements of WFMHs work.
Here are some brief examples of WFMH initiatives and
activities that have addressed the Federations prevention and
promotion goals:
In September 2004, WFMH and the
World Health Organization (WHO) collaborated on the publication
of MENTAL HEALTH
PROMOTION: Case Studies
from Countries, a collection of mental health promotion
programs and activities from grassroots mental health
organizations in 30 countries;
With the
International Labour Organization and the New Life Psychiatric
Rehabilitation Association (HK), WFMH co-sponsored a regional conference on the
challenges of job stress and its impact in the workplace, held
in Hong Kong in February 2002;
In
1995-1996 WFMHs European Regional Council
represented the mental health interests of European
NGOs in discussions of a proposed European
Commission plan to promote mental health as a
component of a broad based program on health
promotion, education and training. At the end of the
year the WFMH/ERC was invited to become the European
Commissions liaison office for the European Network
on Mental Health Promotion;
The
1995 WFMH Biennial World Mental Health Congress
(Dublin, Ireland) theme had a major focus on
prevention and promotion with a number of sessions
on topics relating to prevention research,
preventive intervention models and dissemination of knowledge.
From this emphasis evolved efforts to form a WFMH
International Consortium for Prevention including 45
members from 7 regions;
In
1993, in collaboration with the Vermont Conference
on Primary Prevention of Psychopathology, WFMH
created the George W. Albee Lecture on Prevention as
a regular part of the program for future WFMH
biennial world congresses;
In
1989, WFMH formed the International Committee on
Prevention, which was approved by the WFMH Board of
Directors in 1991;
In
1986, the Johns Hopkins Center for Prevention
Research became WFMHs first Collaborating
Center;
In
February 1986 WFMH co-sponsored, with the National
Autonomous University of Mexico and the Mexican
Committee for Mental Health, a symposium entitled
Prevention and Education in the Field of Mental
Health: Implications for Latin America;
One
of the two major themes for the 1985 WFMH Biennial
World Mental Health Congress in Brighton, England,
was Prevention of Mental and Emotional Disability.
The other primary theme for the Congress was
Services for the Chronically Mentally Ill;
The
August 1975 WFMH World Congress in Copenhagen
included papers on such topics as Preventive Health
and the Psychology of Economic Growth.