~World Health Organization~
Benedetto Saraceno, M.D., has been appointed Director of the Department of Mental Health, which is part of the Social Change and Mental Health Cluster headed by Dr. Yasuhiro Suzuki. Dr. Saraceno was formerly manager of the “Nations for Mental Health” programme.
In the reorganization of WHO initiated by its new Director-General, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, a structure was established with clusters, departments and teams, instead of divisions, programmes and units. Dr. Suzuki’s cluster consists of four departments. These are: Mental Health; Substance Abuse; Health Promotion; and Disability/ Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation. Ageing; Long-term and Home-based Care; and Assessment, Classification and Epidemiology are also part of the Social Change and Mental Health Cluster.