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To Be Updated Soon. IF you are a WFMH Member Organization and would like to be in the “Spotlight” please email [email protected]
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To Be Updated Soon. IF you are a WFMH Member Organization and would like to be in the “Spotlight” please email [email protected]
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WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY: OCTOBER 10, 1999 THEME: MENTAL HEALTH AND AGEING World Mental Health Day was first proclaimed by the World Federation for Mental Health in 1992. The Day is co-sponsored by the World Health Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations. Participants are encouraged to use the 1999 theme, “Mental Health And…
Photo credit: Pekka Elomaa I have often, on different occasions, tried to find out from people what things are really important in their lives. Usually they reply by talking about an exceptional situation – either good or bad – that they have experienced. They seldom say that the highlight is an ordinary situation, perhaps something…
WFMH Newsletter ~Second Quarter 1999~ Message from the President: Marten deVries, Netherlands WFMH Board Meeting WFMH World Congress, Santiago, Chile Media Awareness Program Report Brody Retirement Event World Health Organization World Mental Health Day, 10 October, 1999 New World Mental Health Day Event APA Award to Secretary General Brody Congress Travel Support for Consumers WFMH…
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…
World Federation for Mental Health Staff PRESTON J GARRISON CEO/Secretary General [email protected] ELLEN MERCER Deputy Executive Officer [email protected] ELENA BERGER Director, Prevention & Promotion [email protected] DEBORAH MAGUIRE Director, Global Education & Advocacy [email protected] BETTY JONES Executive Assistant [email protected] DIANE TACKER Bookkepper [email protected] …
Advocacy by the World Federation for Mental Health at UN Agencies During 2006 Background The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) has had special consultative status at the United Nations since 1963. Its association with UN agencies stretches back even further, to the founding of the UN system in 1948 and its own…