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Message from the President
Dear Friends, Peace be upon you. Every year, there is a World Day Against Substance Abuse and Alcohol Abuse. Its topic this year (26 June 2000) was “Facing reality – denial, corruption and violence.” Alcohol, if abused, can have tremendous consequences, although it is legally available while narcotics are not. Infants and children can face…
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN LEADERS
FOR MENTAL HEALTH
A Committee of the World Federation for Mental Health Consisting of Royalty, Heads of State, and First Ladies ROSALYNN CARTER Founding Chairperson Delores Ingraham Commonwealth of the Bahamas Queen Fabiola Belgium Ruth Cardoso Federative Republic of Brazil Antonina Stoyanova Republic of Bulgaria Chantal Campaore Burkina Faso Aline Chretien Canada Mrs. Henriette Konan Bedie Republic of…
1999 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS
NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS Patience Wilson & Angela Ruggles Social Care Group 5 Department of Health 205/220 Wellington House 133-155 Waterloo Road London SE1 809 UNITED KINGDOM Tel: (44) 171 972 4036 Fax: (44) 171 972 4202 E-mail:[email protected] Dr. M. Mizraji Director, INASAM Instituto Nacional de Solidaridad con el Adulto Mayor Av. 18 de Julio 1892…
News From the Region
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…
ABOUT WFMH
Who We Are WFMH is an international membership organization founded in 1948 to advance, among all peoples and nations, the prevention of mental and emotional disorders, the proper treatment and care of those with such disorders, and the promotion of mental health. The Federation, through its members and contacts in more than 100…
News from the Regions
Europe Mental Health Europe, the European Regional Council of WFMH, will hold its annual meeting on 23-25 September 1999 in Sinaia, Romania, in collaboration with the Romanian League for Mental Health. The theme is “Mental Health – A Challenge for the Third Millenium.” Contact: MHE Boulevard Clovis 7 B-1000 Brussels, Belgium Tel: 32 2 280…