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First Quarter 2002 Newsletter
World Federation for Mental Health 09-19-2023Africa African Regional Council for Mental Health (ARCMH) The African Regional Council for Mental Health held an executive meeting on Lusaka, Zambia, on 28 February. The meeting was convened by ARCMH President Isaac Mwendapole. Elizabeth Matare, WFMH Regional Vice President and Honorary Secretary of the ARCMH attended, together with Shona Sturgeon, WFMH Board Member at…
News from the Regions
World Federation for Mental Health 09-19-2023African Regional Council/WFMH Africa A project to support persons with disabilities, submitted by a partnership of WFMHs African Regional Council and the Canadian Mental Health Association to the Canadian International Agency for Development (CIDA) in August 1998, was approved for funding in December 1999. The project is designed to strengthen the African Regional Councils linkages…
International Caregiver
World Federation for Mental Health 09-21-2023Keeping Care Complete is the first international survey to shed light on experiences and insights of family caregivers of individuals with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Caregivers from Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States participated in the survey, which was developed by the World Federation for Mental…
News From the Region
World Federation for Mental Health 09-19-2023Europe Salzburg Seminar on Global Health Recommendations for WHO WFMH Senior Consultant Eugene B. Brody was an invited participant at a “Salzburg Seminar Special Session” held from 8 to 12 July 2000 on “Critical Issues in Global Health: Leadership Challenges in the 21st Century.” The session held at the Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria, was…
World Mental Health Day Report 2001
World Federation for Mental Health 09-19-2023Thankyou to the Sponsors The World Federation for Mental Health acknowledges with appreciation these sponsors of World Mental Health Day, who underwrote the creation, printing and distribution of the planning kit: AstraZeneca CNS Janssen-Cilag Pfizer CNS Briston-Myers Squibb also supported the project.
Definitions, Words and Meanings
World Federation for Mental Health 09-21-2023The definitions and terms related to mental health are evolving and still subject to much debate. Terms are often used interchangeably, which can be confusing as well as inaccurate. It is therefore useful to attempt to define the vocabulary of mental health and to make distinctions. Specific countries use different terminology to…