~Third Quarter 2000~

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…

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CONVENTION RELATIVE AUX DROITS DE L’ENFANT “Ce siècle, qui à sa naissance, n’accordait presque aucun droit aux enfants, s’achève en leur donnant l’instrument juridique le plus puissant qui non seulement leur reconnaît des droits humains, mais en outre les protège.” – Carol Bellamy directeur exécutif de l’UNICEF Qu’est-ce qu’est la Convention relative aux droits de…

WFMH Conference at UNESCO On 9-10 October 1999, a conference on Environment, Health and Identity: A Prospective View, was held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. It was organized by Dr. Madeleine Riviere, WFMHs representative at UNESCO, with the cooperation of Dr. Sydney Levy and Prof. Jean Marc Alby, and commemorated the 1998 fiftieth anniversary of…

    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,…

Second World Conference on Promotion and Prevention The Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders Following the success of the inaugural conference at the Carter Center, Atlanta, in December 2001, a First Call for Papers has been issued by the organizers of the Second World Conference. This is a program…