~Fourth Quarter 1999~

LOS ROSTROS DEL TRAUMA Y LA VIOLENCIA “He visto a gente a la que le han cortado las manos, una niña de diez años violada y muerta, y tantos hombres y mujeres quemados vivos. . . Tantas veces he llorado en el corazón porque tenía miedo de que me oyeran llorar.” Una niña de 14…

Photo Gallery Proclamation Signing Ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan

BENEFITS OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP Receiving the WFMH newsletter (print or electronic copy) Early Bird registration fee rate for regional conferences, the Biennial World Mental Health Congress, and the Biennial World Conference on Promotion and Prevention in Mental Health Membership certificate A copy of the WFMH World Mental Health Day campaign materials packet (if requested) Copies…

Quick Links:  page 2    page 3    page 4    page 5    page 6    page 7    page 8                   First Quarter 2003 WFMH Congress in Melbourne Considering the difficult international times, the World Congress in Melbourne, Australia, on 21-26 February did well to attract 500 people from around the world. By early in the year people were…

Georgia A proclamation-signing ceremony took place at “Friendship House.” The guest list of dignitaries included the Minister of Health, the leader of the Health Committee in Parliament, the Director of Psychiatric Research Institute, the Chief Psychiatrist for Georgia, and the President of the Georgian Association of Mental Health. Activities included a film presentation and an…

I love films. I recently went to see A Beautiful Mind, about a mathematical genius taken ill with paranoid schizophrenia. The film discusses the borderline between the real and the imaginary. What is knowledge? Where is the line between wisdom and madness? What is the psychiatric treatment people receive? Does it seem horrendous or helpful…