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~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~
Egypt The World Mental Health Day celebration spreads out over an entire month of activities in Egypt. The Ismailia Mental Health Association, founded in September 1998, observed the Day as its first organized event, with a meeting attended by mental health professionals and chaired by Colonel Ezzat Shappan of the Faid Governorate. The Honorary Chairman…
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Japan A volume on “Mental Health Japan” has been published in celebration of the 60th birthday of Kunihiko Asai, former Honorary Secretary of the WFMH Board member and organizer of the memorable World Congress in Makuhari, Chiba. The book is in English and aims to provide an overview of mental health care and psychiatry in…
The Relationship between Physical and Mental Health: Co-occurring Disorders
“Seventeenth-century philosopher Rene Descartes conceptualized the distinction between the mind and the body. He viewed the “mind” as completely separable from the “body” And for almost two centuries, mental health advocates have been trying to put them back together This separation between so-called “mental” and” physical” health has no real relevance to the scientific…
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Whereas the United Nations has designated 1999 as the “International Year of Older Persons — Towards A Society For All Ages” and the Principles of Older Persons was adopted by the UN General Assembly (resolution 46/91) on 16 December 1991, clearly recognizing the special needs and protection of rights for older persons, and Because mental…
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~World Mental Health Day 2000~
Mental Health Seen As Ultimate Productivity Weapon Rise of Mental Disorders Becoming Major Business Issue By Bill Wilkerson If the World Federation for Mental Health didnt already exist, we would have to invent it. Interested in every aspect of mental health, and with partners and supporters spread through over 100 countries, WFMH is poised to…