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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
International Workshop on Mental Health Education and Service Development Southeast Asia Calcutta, India, 7-8 February 2000 WFMH helped to convene an International Workshop on Mental Health Education and Service Development in Calcutta, a meeting which continued the Federations support for attention to mental health needs in West Bengal. The workshop followed an earlier Calcutta meeting…
About the World Federation for Mental Health
The World Federation for Mental Health’s Mission Contact the World Federation for Mental Health World Mental Health Day is 10 October 2003 The Effects of Trauma & Violence on Children and Adolescents Appointment of New Secretary General/CEO What’s New Join the the World Federation for Mental Health Important Links to Mental Health Resources 2002…
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…
World Federation for Mental Health’s Agenda
The WFMH was 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, with members and contacts in 112 countries on six continents, has responded to the international…
1999 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS
NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS Ms. Lisa Ibenfeldt Schultz Head of Section Ministry of Social Affairs Asiacisk Plads DK-1448 Copenhagen K DENMARK Tel: 45 1 3392 0000 Fax: 45 1 3154 0533 Ms. Ann Keto-Tokoi, M. Sc. Senior Advisor Ministry of Social Affairs and Health P.O. Box 267 00171 Helsinki Finland Tel:358 0 160 3227 Fax:358 0…