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ADVOCACY BY WFMH AT THE UNITEDNATIONSAND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES – 2007Background The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) has had special consultative status at the UnitedNations since 1963. Its association with UN agencies stretchesback even further, to the founding of the UN system in 1948 andits own foundation in London that same year. WFMH was grantedconsultative…

Suicide remains a major global public health concern, claiming an estimated 703,000 lives each year according to the World Health Organization. The World Federation for Mental Health has positioned suicide prevention as a central pillar of the global mental health agenda, supporting evidence-based strategies at national and community levels through a network spanning more than…

RESOURCES About Our Kids USA Website: www.aboutourkids.org African Child Association 5 Westminster Bridge Road London  SE1 7XW UNITED KINGDON Phone:              +44 207 633 5554 Fax:                  +44 207 620 1430 Website:            www.acaint.org American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC  20016-3007 USA Phone:              +202 966 7300 Fax:                 …

    WORLD FEDERATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH – MEETINGS AND CONGRESSES Initially, some conferences of the World Federation for Mental Health were held at intermittent intervals, until the Biennial World Congress series started. A special Congress was held in London in 1998 to mark the 50th Anniversary. Congresses at intermittent intervals: 1948   London, England,…

World Federation for Mental Health’s Agenda Improving the quality of mental health services. Reducing the stigma associated with mental and emotional disorders. Protecting the human rights of persons defined as mentally ill. Promoting mental health. Preventing mental/emotional illness, distress and less than optimal function, both in general populations and in vulnerable groups at risk. Identifying…