(Last Updated On: ) 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…

(Last Updated On: ) Republic of Yemen In the Republic of Yeman, the establishment of the Yemeni Mental Health Association was officially announced at a meeting in the presence of the governor of Aden. Lectures on mental health topics were given in the University of Aden and in secondary schools.

(Last Updated On: ) Show your support; show your commitment to the improvement of mental health services all over the world. World Mental Health Day is advocacy – it is celebrated in over 100 countries, touching thousands of lives and changing the way they see mental illness. Many groups and individuals are fighting every day…

(Last Updated On: ) NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS Policy Office on the Ageing Society, Management and Coordination Agency of Japan 3-1-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8905 JAPAN Inra Baranovska Chief Specialist Social Care Division Department of Social Assistance Ministry of Welfare Skolas Str. 28 Riga, LV-1331 LATVIA Tel: 371 2 270 #248 Fax: 371 2 276 445…

(Last Updated On: ) Dear Friends, Research in the field of infant mental health emphasizes the need for a secure attachment relationship with the parents. Recent studies have shown that even a one-day-old infant can differentiate emotions. (The baby will cry on hearing the recorded sound of another infant crying, but will not cry on…

(Last Updated On: ) 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…