“The world was sick, and the ills from which it was suffering were mainly due to the perversion of man, his inability to live at peace with himself.” George Brock Chisholm It was the first Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) who suggested that the World Federation of Mental Health (WFMH) be…

FACES OF VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA MEDIA: THE PROBLEM A week after the terror in New York, 4-year-old Kia asked her mom when the planes would stop crashing and the buildings stop falling. Her mother reassured her that it was all over. No, Mom, it happened again last night and this morning, said Kia. Honey, its…

Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean SAPTEL, the Mexican telephone counseling service, is preparing to expand its work to the state of Chiapas. With the support of the Pan American Health Organization of WHO and the Chiapas State Ministry of Health, service will be provided in the capital city first, then to the entire state….

THE WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY PROJECT A Global Mental Health Education Campaign of the World Federation for Mental Health   2004 ” The Relationship between Physical and Mental Health:  Co-occurring mental and physical disorders”   “Seventeenth-century philosopher Rene Descartes conceptualized the distinction between the mind and the body. He viewed the “mind” as completely separable…

MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION: CASE STUDIES FROM COUNTRIES A Joint Project of World Federation of Mental Health and World Health Organization INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION All submissions must adhere to the following format in order to be considered for inclusion in the project. NAME OF SPONSORING ORGANIZATION (for the program described in the case study): CONTACT PERSON…

Relief Efforts after the 2007 Plane Crash in Cameroon Dr. Felicien Ntone-Enyime described the airline crash on 5 May 2007 in Cameroon, in which a Kenyan aircraft exploded in the air soon after take-off, leaving 114 dead. There were no survivors. The passengers and crew were of 24 different nationalities from four continents. The plane…