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DISCOVER THE ROAD AHEAD Support and Guidance for Everyone Affected by Schizophrenia
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DISCOVER THE ROAD AHEAD Support and Guidance for Everyone Affected by Schizophrenia
Handbook Front Cover Thank you!
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~UN Commission on the Status of Women~ Nancy Wallace, WFMH Main Representative at UN NY, and Ricki Kantrowitz, the Federation’s representative on the NGO Committee on Women, took an active role in programs arranged during the session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women from 1 to 19 March 1999. They were joined…
The relationship between social media use and adolescent mental health has become one of the most intensely investigated questions in contemporary psychiatry and public health. The World Federation for Mental Health engages with the emerging evidence base in this domain and calls for a nuanced, evidence-driven approach to policy and platform regulation — one that…
Relief Efforts after the Pakistan EarthquakeWFMH Board member Professor Haroon Rashid Chaudhry described the efforts of Pakistani NGOsafter an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter Scale struck the Kashmir region of Pakistan,killing some 80,000 people and leaving 3.3 million homeless.Many NGOs became involved in relief efforts. Dr. Chaudhry’s ownFountain House team worked at the Abbas…
Workplace Stress and Emotional Awareness Individuals who do not have access to support groups can still take steps to deal with stress experienced in the workplace. One way involves an area identified as “Emotional Intelligence,” “Emotional Literacy” or “EQ.” The concept of Emotional Intelligence, popularized in a book by Daniel Goleman, refers to a set…
NEWS Embargoed for release: September 19, 2006, 09:00 EDT Refer to: Katy Davidson, Weber Shandwick Worldwide – +44-20-7067-0205 Young Physicians Call for Better Medical School Training in Depression Multi-National Survey Highlights Gaps in PCPs Knowledge About Depression and Painful Physical Symptoms Paris, FRANCE 19 September 2006 – Nine of 10 young primary care physicians…
Social Insurance Systems: When Gender Matters and When It Doesnt This article reprinted with kind permission of Gender Matters Quarterly Weaving gender into a countrys social safety net isnt a simple task: there are times when gender must matter and times when it should not. Industrialized countries have established social insurance systems that blend private…