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~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~
Taiwan The Mental Health Association in Taiwan organized a proclamation-signing ceremony at the National Normal University on 9 October, at which about 40 government organizations and NGOs were represented. A special Declaration of Mental Health Human Rights was prepared, and information events were held for numerous target groups (workers; industrial and other managers; women; children;…
~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~
Sri Lanka World Mental Health Day celebrations began on 9 October with a “Kiribath breakfast” at Sahanaya. Among those present were the President of the National Council for Mental Health and Henry Jayasena, a national television personality. The trainees of Sahanaya presented drama, singing, and a craft exhibition.
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~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~
Spain More than 2,500 people demonstrated in the center of Madrid on 10 October to show solidarity with the mentally ill, to campaign for better care, and to protest the lack of adequate programs. The demonstration, using the slogan “Mental Health in Action,” was organized by FEMASAM (Federacion Madrilena Pro Salud Mental – Madrid Federation…
Fourth Quarter 2001 Newsletter
Photo credit: Pekka Elomaa Research carried out recently in Finland, my home country, indicated that a person who has experienced injustice once in his or her life is more susceptible to mental ill health than others. Injustice can occur in the childhood home, in the family, at school, within a marriage, at the workplace, and…
Fourth Quarter 2001 Newsletter
Africa WHO’s World Health Report was launched in Africa at an event in Harare, Zimbabwe, on 23 October attended by Benedetto Saraceno, M.D., Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence at WHO, Mary Petevi, Advisor in the Department of Humanitarian Action, and Dr. Custodia Mandlhate, Regional Adviser for Mental Health. This was…