WFMH: Programs

Report on Preventing Mental Health andSubstance Abuse Problems in Managed Care Settings A report on the above topic has been prepared by Patricia J. Mrazek, MSW, Ph.D, for the US National Mental Health Association, in collaboration with the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The 27-page document provides a valuable brief discussion of ways to incorporate…

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World Health Organization On 28-29 April 1999 WHO held a consultative meeting at its Geneva headquarters on mental health. A group of fourteen international experts in various fields was invited to discuss a list of questions and issues. The Director-General of WHO, Gro Harlem Brundtland, M.D., attended, as did the Executive Director of the Social…

Italy This is the fifth year that the Italian Association for Mental Health (AISME-Associazione Italiana per la Salute Mentale) and the Florence Municipality have collaborated on the October event, in partnership with an ever-increasing number of public and private organizations around Florence and in other parts of the country. AISME forwarded an account of World…

Women’s Health and Responsible Parenthood The Federation’s Committee on Responsible Parenthood undertakes promotion and prevention projects related to reproductive health and responsible parenthood. Committee co-chairs Eugene B. Brody and Henry P. David participated in a symposium in Yemen in 2000. In 2001 the Yemen Psychological Association distributed a booklet on Reproductive Behavior, Rights, Health and…

Ce que vous pouvez faire “Nous avons tous été enfants et nous sommes maintenant parents, grand-parents, oncles et tantes d’enfants. Il ne nous est donc pas difficile de comprendre les besoins et les souhaits des enfants : il souhaitent, ils escomptent et ils ont le droit au meilleur départ possible dans la vie. Nous devons faire…