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Prof. Marten deVries, M.D. IPSER, University of Maastricht P.O.Box 214 6200 AE Maastricht The Netherlands Tel: 31 433 299 770 Fax: 31 433 299 708 Email: [email protected] Prof. Richard Mollica, M.D. Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma Harvard University School of Medicine & Public Health 8 Story Street Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Tel: 617 496 5550…
Mental Health and Work (Left to right) Ms. Deborah Wan, Mrs. Rosalie Kwong, Ms. Doris Fong and Mr. Charles Yu at the World Mental Health Day event in Hong Kong. Ms. Wan is Chief Executive Officer of the New Life Rehabilitation Association, which has organized a Regional Seminar on mental health and work on 31…
Consequences of Mental Illness Stigma The consequences of these kinds of inaccurate images, and the beliefs they encourage, include many circumstances that make recovery from mental illness much more difficult, such as the following: Citizens who fear those with mental illness and/or believe them to be lacking in character avoid contact with them, treat them…
Online therapy, or teletherapy, works much like in-person treatment, except that visits are conducted via video, call, or text. You’ll find many of the same options online that you’d find in an office—providers who offer individual therapy and relationship counseling, generalists or specialists, and a variety of therapy techniques. Yet, with so many options, finding…
It is both annoying and embarrassing to miss out on lifetime opportunities because of a failed drug test. Right? But the fact is that most US employers (both federal and private) are making drug tests mandatory in their hiring process. Failing a drug test can be a jarring – life-changing – experience for both regular…
Japan A volume on “Mental Health Japan” has been published in celebration of the 60th birthday of Kunihiko Asai, former Honorary Secretary of the WFMH Board member and organizer of the memorable World Congress in Makuhari, Chiba. The book is in English and aims to provide an overview of mental health care and psychiatry in…