Europe Regional Vice President: Claude Deutsch – [email protected]   Mental Health Europe NEWSLETTER #3 – 2006 Final report – “Guidelines for Programmes of Suicide Prevention”    

Board Meeting The WFMH Board met on 20-22 May in Alexandria, Virginia, USA at the US National Mental Health Association’s offices where the Secretariat is located. During the meeting, the Board unanimously agreed that Professor Marten deVries, M.D., should become Secretary General of WFMH to succeed Professor Eugene B. Brody, M.D., who will retire from…

~UK Conference on Promotion of Mental Health~ The Ninth Annual European Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health will be held at the Conservatoire, Birmingham, England on 15-17 September 1999. The meeting will address the theme of “Progress Through Partnership” through related sub-themes such as identifying partners and their agendas, working with differeng agendas within…

FACES OF VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA MEDIA: THE PROBLEM A week after the terror in New York, 4-year-old Kia asked her mom when the planes would stop crashing and the buildings stop falling. Her mother reassured her that it was all over. No, Mom, it happened again last night and this morning, said Kia. Honey, its…

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…

African Regional Council for Mental Health The African Regional Council (ARC) maintains an office in Lusaka, Zambia. It is chaired by Isaac Mwendapole, a long-standing Federation supporter and former Board member, who works in close consultation with the Federation’s Regional Vice President, Shona Sturgeon (South Africa). The ARC has a three-year grant from the Canadian…