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Click here to view the world-wide list of Women Leaders. Some of the most respected public figures in any country include the women heads of state, wives of royal leaders, or wives of top elected officials.  The International Women Leaders for Mental Health is a listing of individuals who share in the global concern for…

Thankyou to the Sponsors The World Federation for Mental Health acknowledges with appreciation these sponsors of World Mental Health Day, who underwrote the creation, printing and distribution of the planning kit: AstraZeneca CNS Janssen-Cilag Pfizer CNS Briston-Myers Squibb also supported the project.

Mental Health and Work (Left to right) Ms. Deborah Wan, Mrs. Rosalie Kwong, Ms. Doris Fong and Mr. Charles Yu at the World Mental Health Day event in Hong Kong. Ms. Wan is Chief Executive Officer of the New Life Rehabilitation Association, which has organized a Regional Seminar on mental health and work on 31…

Argentina The College of Psychologists (District XIII) and the Argentine Red Cross marked World Mental Health Day with a course for volunteers from fifteen hospitals at the Red Cross psychological response unit in Buenos Aires. In addition, a course on “psychological first aid” was held for the staff at each of the hospitals. Australia The…

I love films. I recently went to see A Beautiful Mind, about a mathematical genius taken ill with paranoid schizophrenia. The film discusses the borderline between the real and the imaginary. What is knowledge? Where is the line between wisdom and madness? What is the psychiatric treatment people receive? Does it seem horrendous or helpful…

Africa African Regional Council for Mental Health (ARCMH) The African Regional Council for Mental Health held an executive meeting on Lusaka, Zambia, on 28 February. The meeting was convened by ARCMH President Isaac Mwendapole. Elizabeth Matare, WFMH Regional Vice President and Honorary Secretary of the ARCMH attended, together with Shona Sturgeon, WFMH Board Member at…

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…

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…

Mental Health and Work 10 October, 2000 Planning for 2000-2001: Mental Health and Work The World Mental Health Day theme for 2000 and 2001 is Mental Health and Work. For the first time the campaign will extend over two years to allow a broader examination of matters which affect employees at every level, with multiple…