WFMH Around The World: South East Asia

~World Mental Health Day Report 1999~ New Levi Strauss Video on Depression That evening, the premiere of a new documentary video produced by Levi Strauss & Co., Understanding Depression: A Global Health Concern, was held at a theatre in the HealthExpo pavilion. It was produced by Levi Strauss and created by film-maker Michael Danty to…

CAMPAIGNING ON AGEING ISSUES Campaigning on Ageing Issues is reprinted by kind permission of HelpAge International from their information kit: 1999 International Year of Older Persons — Towards a Society for all Ages. The world is ageing. According to the US Bureau of the Census, in 1996 the world population aged 60 and over was…

    NEW! Mental Illness and Suicide – A Family Guide to Facing & Reducing Risks CFCAS “Center News” Reason to Hope       Mental Illness and Suicide – A Family Guide to Facing & Reducing the Risks These documents have been developed as an adjunct to the WFMH World Mental Health Day theme…

Consequences of Mental Illness Stigma The consequences of these kinds of inaccurate images, and the beliefs they encourage, include many circumstances that make recovery from mental illness much more difficult, such as the following: Citizens who fear those with mental illness and/or believe them to be lacking in character avoid contact with them, treat them…

Emerging into Light A New Symbol of Resilience and Recovery from Canada Mental health and mental illness organizations around the world are invited by the Canadian Mental Health Association to adopt the new Emerging into Light symbol which is designed to draw the attention of the public to the importance of mental health issues. Although…

Show your support; show your commitment to the improvement of mental health services all over the world. World Mental Health Day is advocacy – it is celebrated in over 100 countries, touching thousands of lives and changing the way they see mental illness. Many groups and individuals are fighting every day to create changes, to…