~World Mental Health Day~

ADVOCACY BY WFMH AT THE UNITEDNATIONSAND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES – 2007Background The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) has had special consultative status at the UnitedNations since 1963. Its association with UN agencies stretchesback even further, to the founding of the UN system in 1948 andits own foundation in London that same year. WFMH was grantedconsultative…

UNITED NATIONS World Health Organization, Geneva A report from Stanislas Flache, WFMH Permament Representative in Geneva WHO showed a renewed commitment to mental health in the first half of 2001, with the full support of Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland. The Director of the Mental Health Department, Benedetto Saraceno, M.D., has been involved in a wide…

WFMH Conference at UNESCO On 9-10 October 1999, a conference on Environment, Health and Identity: A Prospective View, was held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. It was organized by Dr. Madeleine Riviere, WFMHs representative at UNESCO, with the cooperation of Dr. Sydney Levy and Prof. Jean Marc Alby, and commemorated the 1998 fiftieth anniversary of…

IN TIME OF STRESS AND CONFLICT, DON’T FORGET THE CHILDREN Promoting positive mental health and the well being of children, adolescents and their families should be a high priority for governments, human service organizations and schools throughout the year. Paying added attention to the mental and emotional health of our children and adolescents is even…

Thankyou to the Sponsors The World Federation for Mental Health acknowledges with appreciation these sponsors of World Mental Health Day, whounderwrote the creation, printing and distribution of the planning kit:AstraZeneca CNSJanssen-CilagPfizer CNSBriston-Myers Squibb also supported the project.