World Federation for Mental Health: World Mental Health Day

UN MONDE DE REMERCIEMENTS Une autre année vient de s’écouler et il est temps, de nouveau, de préparer la prochaine campagne pour la Journée mondiale de la Santé mentale. En juillet 2001, le conseil de direction de la World Federation a approuvé le thème de la campagne : les incidences de la violence, sans imaginer un…

~Mental Health Europe – Sante Mentale Europe~ New Energy for Mental Health in the European Region by Art-Jan Vrijland Honorary Secretary, Mental Health EuropeThe European Regional Council of WFMH has changed its name and its organizational structure. This decision was taken on 4 July 1998, after preparations lasting more than two years, during the General…

ArgentinaThe College of Psychologists (District XIII) and the Argentine Red Cross marked World Mental Health Day with a course for volunteers from fifteen hospitals at the Red Cross psychological response unit in Buenos Aires. In addition, a course on “psychological first aid” was held for the staff at each of the hospitals.AustraliaThe Mental Health Council…

Dear Friends, Our 50th anniversary continues to provide unique opportunities to draw attention to global mental health through WFMH’s partnerships with its member organizations and with the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, media programs and others. One such opportunity was the global advocacy campaign to try to influence the reorganization of WHO’s administrative…

Yemen Dr. Hassan Kassim Khan, WFMH Vice President for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, visited Washington D.C. in late April under the auspices of the American Psychological Association’s visitors program for representatives of recently established national psychological societies. This program is designed to provide individualized information helpful for the operation and goals of new societies. Hassan…

WFMH Newsletter ~Second Quarter 2001~ Message from the President: Ahmed El Azayem, Egypt World Mental Health Day