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Eastern Mediterranean Prevention of Substance AbuseIn June WFMHs Eastern Mediterranean Regional Council (EMRC) joined with the Arab Federation for NGOs for the Prevention of Substance Abuse to organize a regional conference on substance abuse. (The Arab Federation was founded in 1996 by an initiative of the WFMH Committee to Combat Substance Abuse and the Eastern…

LOS ROSTROS DEL TRAUMA Y LA VIOLENCIA LOS MEDIOS DE PRENSA: EL PROBLEMA “Una semana después del terror en Nueva York, Kia, una niña de 4 años, le preguntaba a su madre cuándo los aviones dejarían de estrellarse y los edificios dejarían de desplomarse. La madre le aseguraba que ya todo había pasado, pero la…

The Impact of September 11 on Refugees Applying for Asylum                    Solvig Ekblad By Solvig Ekblad, co-chair of WFMH’s International Committee on Refugees and Other Migrants (ICROM) Eighty days after the terrorist attacks in the United States, I was walking at “Ground Zero” in New York. Christmas decorations were hanging in the streets at the edge…

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY ADVISORY COMMITTEE A panel of expert advisors has been formed to provide assistance with this years World Mental Health Day topic The Effects of Trauma and Violence on Children and Adolescents.   Basheer Al-Rashidi, PhD Social Development Office PO Box 29829 Safat 13150 KUWAIT Email: [email protected] William Beardslee, MD Psychiatrist-in-Chief Childrens…

THE WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY PROJECT 2004 ” The Relationship between Physical and Mental Health:  Co-occurring mental and physical disorders”   PRELIMINARY OUTLINE   Section One  –  Introduction and Overview Section Two  –  Diabetes and Mental Health, Cancer and Mental Health, Cardiovascular Disorder and Mental Health, HIV/AIDS and Mental Health Section Three – The Impact…

Mental health literacy — defined as knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders that aid in recognition, management, and prevention — is a foundational public health competency. The World Federation for Mental Health has positioned the promotion of mental health literacy as a strategic priority, identifying it as a lever for improving help-seeking behaviour, reducing stigma,…