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Fourth Quarter 2001   Message from the WFMH President My dear readers, Research carried out recently in Finland, my home country, indicated that a person who has experienced injustice once in his or her life is more susceptible to mental ill health than others. Injustice can occur in the childhood home, in the family, at…

Mexico, Central America and Caribbean SAPTEL The WFMH Regional Council for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean has announced an important expansion of its main program, the mental health telephone counselling service SAPTEL (Sistema Nacional de Apoyo Psicologico por Telefono). This service was started in the Mexico City metropolitan area on 12 October 1992, to…

Dear Friends, Research in the field of infant mental health emphasizes the need for a secure attachment relationship with the parents. Recent studies have shown that even a one-day-old infant can differentiate emotions. (The baby will cry on hearing the recorded sound of another infant crying, but will not cry on hearing a recording of…

NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS Mrs. Bridget Katsriku Director Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare P.O. Box M. 84 Accra GHANA Tel: 233 21 665246 Fax: 233 21 667251 Ms. Badeela M. Daghistani Director of Old Age Houses Social Welfare Department Baghdad IRAQ Tel: 964 88 50 155 Ministre de la Sant et de la Prvoyance Direction…

North AmericaUnited States Bernard S. Arons, M.D., Director of the Center for Mental HealthServices in the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA),was given a “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the InternationalAssociation of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services (IAPRS) at its 1998conference in Florida. Dr. Arons has served as director of the Center forMental HealthServices since 1993….

Saint Lucia Radio St. Lucia broadcast a discussion of mental health issues by a panel featuring a psychiatrist, a service user and a human rights activist. Information was also made available to the public through a mental health exhibition.