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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…
1999 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS
NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS Mrs. N.J. Pathirana Director of Social Services No. 98 D.S. Senanayake Mawatha Colombo 8 SRI LANKA Tel: 94 1 686191/686200 Fax:94 1 686191 Mr. N’nyapule R.C. Madai Head, Services for the Elderly Department of Social Welfare P.O. Box 1949 Dar Es Salam TANZANIA Tel: (255 51) 180078 Fax: (255 51) 112054 Buthania…
ABOUT WFMH
Who We Are WFMH is an international membership organization founded in 1948 to advance, among all peoples and nations, the prevention of mental and emotional disorders, the proper treatment and care of those with such disorders, and the promotion of mental health. The Federation, through its members and contacts in more than 100…
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…
~News from the Regions~
North AmericaUnited States Bernard S. Arons, M.D., Director of the Center for Mental HealthServices in the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA),was given a “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the InternationalAssociation of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services (IAPRS) at its 1998conference in Florida. Dr. Arons has served as director of the Center forMental HealthServices since 1993….
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…