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Yemen Dr. Hassan Kassim Khan, WFMH Vice President for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, visited Washington D.C. in late April under the auspices of the American Psychological Association’s visitors program for representatives of recently established national psychological societies. This program is designed to provide individualized information helpful for the operation and goals of new societies. Hassan…
~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~
Nepal Maryknoll Aasha Deep sponsored a variety of endeavors, including street plays, distribution of posters and pamphlets, and a talk program. Banners were widely displayed. A proclamation-signing event highlighted the activities.
News From the Region
Western Pacific WFMH Representatives Visit Taiwan In July President Elect Pirkko Lahti and Nancy Wallace, WFMH’s Main Representative at UN NY, participated in a conference on disaster management in Taiwan at the invitation of Regional Vice President Chueh Chang. The conference “Disaster and Mental Health: Interactions among Government, NGOs and International Organizations” on 29-30 July…
First Quarter 2002 Newsletter
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…
Message from the President
Dear Friends, Recent research has shown clearly how serious it is to neglect mental health in the workplace. Job burnout is costing nations billions of dollars, according to results presented at the conference and Symposium held at the ILO on 9-10 October. Two major UN agencies, the ILO and WHO, supported the Symposium. Mental Health…
Message from the President
Happy new century, happy new year to you all. In these days the century is born with new hope after the end of a century full of ambivalence. A century that saw the worst crimes against humanity and the rise of the human rights movement. A century that saw the start of a conflict resolution…