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~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~
Virgin Islands A week of activities was held on 4-10 October, ending with a Celebration Award Banquet. Honored as key participants in the early development of the British Virgin Islands Mental Health Program were: Dr. George Mahy, Mrs. Rita Frett-Georges and Mr. Vincent Slatliffe.
News from the Regions
Mexico, Central America and Caribbean SAPTEL The WFMH Regional Council for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean has announced an important expansion of its main program, the mental health telephone counselling service SAPTEL (Sistema Nacional de Apoyo Psicologico por Telefono). This service was started in the Mexico City metropolitan area on 12 October 1992, to…
~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~
Kenya The Division of Mental Health in the Ministry of Health devotes considerable attention to a countrywide mental health campaign, which includes a National Event held each year in a different part of the country to provide local education and encouragement. This year the theme was “Mental Health and Individual Rights.” The Health Minister gave…
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN LEADERS FOR MENTAL HEALTH
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…
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…
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…