~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~

(Last Updated On: )       The definitions and terms related to mental health are evolving and still subject to much debate.  Terms are often used interchangeably, which can be confusing as well as inaccurate.  It is therefore useful to attempt to define the vocabulary of mental health and to make distinctions.  Specific countries…

(Last Updated On: ) Prof. Marten deVries, M.D. IPSER, University of Maastricht P.O.Box 214 6200 AE Maastricht The Netherlands Tel: 31 433 299 770 Fax: 31 433 299 708 Email: [email protected] Prof. Richard Mollica, M.D. Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma Harvard University School of Medicine & Public Health 8 Story Street Cambridge, MA 02138 USA…

(Last Updated On: ) Oceania The Mariana Islands The Newsletter recently received a note from Laura L. Post, M.D., describing mental health services in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. overseas possession of 14 Pacific islands. Dr. Post was until recently chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the hospital in Saipan and also Medical…

(Last Updated On: ) Saint Lucia Radio St. Lucia broadcast a discussion of mental health issues by a panel featuring a psychiatrist, a service user and a human rights activist. Information was also made available to the public through a mental health exhibition.

(Last Updated On: ) THE PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PREVENTION OF MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS From Research to Effective Practice 15 – 17 September 2004 Auckland, New Zealand     2004 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM   2004 REGISTRATION FORM     Why attend? The last three decades have seen rapid developments in this field and the…

(Last Updated On: ) Africa African Regional Council for Mental Health The African Regional Council has hired Petronella Ntambo Mayeya to run its Canadian-sponsored project for the development of mental health associations in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. She will also work on planning for a proposed regional conference in Uganda. She is based at…