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WFMH: New Initiatives: ADHD
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Mental Health Seen As Ultimate Productivity Weapon Rise of Mental Disorders Becoming Major Business Issue By Bill Wilkerson If the World Federation for Mental Health didnt already exist, we would have to invent it. Interested in every aspect of mental health, and with partners and supporters spread through over 100 countries, WFMH is poised to…
Eastern Mediterranean Region: Israel Two meetings of note will take place in Israel in the second half of the year. An International Seminar on Violence and Adolescence will be held in Jerusalem, Israel, on 15-18 November 1999. It is chaired by Dr. Emanuel Chigier, who heads the WFMH Committee on Adolescents, and is organized by…
India In Tamilnadu, the State Mental Health Authority and the Madras Medical College and Institute of Mental Health organized several events between 10 and 12 October. These included painting and public speaking competitions for school and college students on the theme of mental health and human rights. On 11 October a panel of professionals from…
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.
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….
Yemen The Regional Vice President, Professor Hassan Kassim Khan,has sent a year-end report to the Secretariat reviewing activities in 1998,and noting increased attention in the region to training mental healthprofessionals for work in community primary health care programs. He attendeda conference in Syria at the University of Damascus (20-25 May1998) which reviewed the work of…