SOME TIPS ON CELEBRATING WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY Ø Assemble your planning group immediately to allow maximum time for planning an event. Ø Review the contents of this kit; begin outlining your World Mental Health Day program. Ø Note that these pages are perforated for ease in their removal. They…
Republic of Yemen In the Republic of Yeman, the establishment of the Yemeni Mental Health Association was officially announced at a meeting in the presence of the governor of Aden. Lectures on mental health topics were given in the University of Aden and in secondary schools.
Final report – “Guidelines for Programmes of Suicide Prevention” The project started in December 2002 and was completed on October 2004. It was financed by the Belgian Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, International Relations Department. The final product of the project – the document “Guidelines for country-based programmes…
WPA Initiatives on Disaster Relief Dr. George Christodoulou, Chair of the World Psychiatric Association’s Institutional Program on Disasters and Mental Health, gave an overview of the mental health consequences of man-made and natural disasters. Many more people, he said, could be expected suffer psychological damage than were physically injured in such events. He began by…
Saint Lucia Radio St. Lucia broadcast a discussion of mental health issues by a panel featuring a psychiatrist, a service user and a human rights activist. Information was also made available to the public through a mental health exhibition.
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…