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News from the Regions
European Project on Childrens Mental Health Europe In 1997 Mental Health Europe (MHE) set up a European Network on Mental Health Promotion which worked for two years on a project dedicated to the promotion of well-being in children from new born infants up to six years. MHE, with the support of the European Commission, co-ordinated…
Message from the President
The biennial conference in Santiago, Chile, has passed. It proved to be a valuable opportunity for the exchange of knowledge. Users played a prominent role during the Chile events, and moved their concerns high on the agenda. Progress was made at the WFMH Board meetings before and after the Congress, especially regarding the careful selection…
Collaborating Centers
International Center for Psychosocial Trauma, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA Syed Arshad Husain, director of the International Center for Psychosocial Trauma at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, a WFMH Collaborating Center, helped to organize psycho-social relief efforts for victims of the major earthquake in Western India on 26 January 2001. Together with two colleagues he visited…
URGENT – WE NEED YOUR HELP
> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MENTAL, NEUROPSYCHIATRIC AND SUBSTANCE USE (MNS) DISORDERS ARE NOT LEFT OUT OF THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED AT THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs) THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN SEPTEMBER, 2011. There is a strong possibility that MNS disorders will be excluded…
~News from the Regions~
Yemen The Regional Vice President, Professor Hassan Kassim Khan,has sent a year-end report to the Secretariat reviewing activities in 1998,and noting increased attention in the region to training mental healthprofessionals for work in community primary health care programs. He attendeda conference in Syria at the University of Damascus (20-25 May1998) which reviewed the work of…
PUBLICITY MATERIALS
By establishing and maintaining good working relationships with your local media, you will ensure that mental health issues are covered by the media with accuracy and sensitivity. In addition, your local activities take on global significance and credibility when they include a specific mention linking them to the celebration of World Mental Health Day, sponsored…