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MAKING MENTAL HEALTH A GLOBAL PRIORITY – SCALING UP SERVICES THROUGH CITIZEN ADVOCACY AND ACTION ARABIC PDF CHINESE PDF ENGLISH PDF FRENCH PDF JAPANESE PDF RUSSIAN PDF SPANISH PDF SUPPLEMENTAL…
NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS Natalie Lavery Manager, Senior Citizen Unit Social Policy Agency Department of Social Welfare Private Bag 21, Wellington NEW ZEALAND Tel: 64 4 471 0321 Fax: 64 4 472 4543 The Secretary Committee for International Year of Older Persons c/o Family Development Division 512 Thomson Road #14-00, MCD Bldg. Singapore 298136 SINGAPORE Tel:…
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…
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The countries listed below, (as of press time) have been represented by organizations signing on as World Mental Health Day Endorsers for 2000 and beyond. Endorsing organizations pledge their involvement through support of the international World Mental Health Day (WMHD) campaign, and when possible, by planning, publicizing and participating in local activities. To obtain more…
As with other groups that are likely to be seen as separate and different from the “mainstream”, members of the general public often make certain assumptions about older people — without taking the time to look at each person as unique and individual. Older people who suffer with mental disabilities may, as a result, be…