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World Mental Health Day Global Campaign EMOTIONAL & BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
OVERVIEW: The theme for World Mental Health Day 2003, the World Federation for Mental Health’s global mental health education project, will focus worldwide attention and concern on the identification, treatment, and prevention of emotional and behavioral disorders in children and adolescents…
2003 Project Materials
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At the World Health Organization The Federation enthusiastically supported WHO’s World Health Day message in April on the need for more attention to mental health within the context of primary health care, public health policy and public education. WHO’s campaign continued throughout the year, and references to related WFMH activities are noted in the section…
Eastern Mediterranean Region Hassan Kassim Khan, Organizer of the Symposium International Symposium in Yemen An International Symposium on Behavioral Sciences and Millennium Challenges in Developing Countries, was held from 7-9 March 2000 under the auspices of the Eastern Mediterranean Region of WFMH at the University of Aden, Yemen. The Symposium was organized by Regional Vice…
World Mental Health Day 10 October 2001 This is the second year of the theme Mental Health and Work which was carried over from 2000 to allow more time to examine issues which affect not only workers but people who are unemployed, and the families of both. A new World Mental Health Day planning kit…
The UK government has launched an ambitious plan to try to change people’s attitudes to mental illness. Ministers have pledged to take action to improve attitudes in the NHS, the media and the community. It follows an investigation into the experiences of people with mental illness by the government’s social exclusion unit. It found that…
Harvard “Day” Marks Retirement of WFMH Secretary General Brody Lauded as Scholar-Activist A “Brody Day” at Harvard University on 4 November 1999 marked the retirement of Prof. Eugene B. Brody as WFMHs chief executive. The program was designed to emphasize his careers combination of international research, scholarship and teaching with advocacy and activism, especially for…
The Third Global Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders Conference New Zealand, September, 2004 Under the patronage of Sir Paul Reeves, Patron of the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand and former Governor-General and Anglican Archbishop of New Zealand From Research to Effective Practice Preliminary Announcement “Kii…
