~World Mental Health Day Report 1998~

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PROCLAMATION Considérant que la World Federation for Mental Health a désigné le thème “Effets des Evénements Traumatisants et de la violence sur les enfants et les adolescents” pour sujet principal de la Journée mondiale de la Santé mentale 2002, nous nous engageons à : Agir pour relever la sensibilisation et la compréhension du grand public quant…

Washington Reception The Federation’s thirteenth Annual Benefit Reception in Washington, D.C., was held on 18 May 1999 at the residence of the Ambassador of Chile and Mrs. Genaro Arriagada. Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter was the Honorary Chair of the event, which was underwritten by the Gannett Company. Ambassador and Mrs. Arriagada provided a…

Vicepresidentes regionales y Consejos regionales Le instamos a que se ponga en contacto con su Vicepresidente Regional, quien podrá proporcionarle información sobre otras organizaciones dedicadas a la salud mental en su zona. Es posible colaborar con esas organizaciones de salud mental en actividades o proporcionar o recibir ayuda. AFRICA Elizabeth Matare 19 Selous Avenue, Mass…

Notes from the WFMH Collaborating Centers In recent correspondence with the Federation’s Secretariat WFMH Collaborating Centers described current issues in their work: Prof. Donna E. Stewart, Lillian Love Chair in Women’s Health at the University of Toronto, Canada, linked good mental health for women with good physical health and social justice. She included among important…

Mental Illness Stigma and Work By Otto F. Wahl, Ph.D.George Mason University Work is an activity central to lives and well-being of most of us. Employment is, of course, a route to income and therefore to the goods and services we desire for a satisfying life. Even more importantly, work, whether paid or unpaid, contributes…