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GFCMH Workshop (Bangalore, India)

Posted by Martine Vallarino on December 10th, 2009

GFCMH workshop held in Bangalore last 14th November 2009 run succesfully! 

The  workshop in Bangalore “The role of consumers in mental health care” within the context of the World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation 10th World Congress has been presented.
Experiences of consumers groups in a sample of lower-middle-income countries (Nepal, Kenya, Tanzania, India ) have been presented and discussed. The role of consumers in relation to countries’ mental health care system has been highlighted. Suggestions has been given on how consumers can contribute to delivery on mental health care.

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Psychologists for Human Rights Association

Posted by Martine Vallarino on November 30th, 2009

It’s a  volutary non-profit organization  of social promotion that wants to promote in Italy and abroad human rights, collaboration among peoples and cultures, with special attention to the care of children and socially vulnerable groups.
Psychologists for Human Rights group work in periphery of Gaza (Jabalia Refugee Camp) proposing an intervention, training and action-research program with the following  objectives:
•Working on children trauma using theatre, circus and narrative tools.
• Start to train local health workers in using clinical and artistic-experiential techniques.
• Involve the community (religious authorities, intellectuals, teachers, families and opinion leaders)
• Support economically ,through funds and conjoint projects, one of Emergency and Trauma Centres of Gaza.

Visit the website http://www.psychologistsforhumanrights.org

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Ethical Clinical Trials

Posted by Martine Vallarino on June 16th, 2009

The number of clinical trials has steadily increased in recent years and the results of these trials will impact the health of people in a significant way. Clear understanding of the ethical principles involved in clinical trials, particularly on the aspect of recruitment of subjects is an essential and important issue.
View and read the petition  http://www.fairdrugs.org/

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Fundacion Rostros Nuevos

Posted by Martine Vallarino on May 20th, 2009

Read the new boletin of Rostros Nuevos Foundation (Chile)
“Trece anos trabajando para cambiarla la cara a la discapacidad mental”
boletin Mayo 2009

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World Mental Health Day

Posted by Martine Vallarino on April 8th, 2009

In October we all celebrated the World Mental Health Day ( http://www.wfmh.org/02WFMHDay08.htm )

Visit this page to find out more about it and to submit your suggestions. Please if you have some more material please send us and we will publish on gfcmh website

For this occasion Susan Keter, the chair person of Users and Survisors of Psychiatry in Kenya ( http://www.uspkenya.com/index.htm ), kindly sent us some material related to this day.

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY SPEECH
POEM ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS

newspapers articles:
http://www.nation.co.ke/magazines/Living/-/1218/484140/-/sg8re6z/-/index.html
http://www.nation.co.ke/magazines/Living/-/1218/484810/-/sg8lymz/-/index.html

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Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP)

Posted by Martine Vallarino on November 13th, 2008

In October, there was the celebration of the World Mental Health Day (http://www.wfmh.org/ 02WFMHDay08.htm) and, in the same day the launch of mhGAP, the WHO’s new flagship program for mental health

For more information please and visit www.who.int/mental_health/mhGAP/en/

Click here!

http://www.globalmentalhealth.org/articles.php




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Two New Articles on Mental Health Services, Strategies and Personal Experiences of Mental Health Issues in South East Europe

Posted by jane_taylor on January 22nd, 2008

Two new articles have been submitted by Global Forum for Community Mental Health participant, Dejan Stevanovic, who writes and co-ordinates a Mental Health News Letter in Macedonia. The articles also contain links to other relevant websites concerned with mental health issues in this region. Please either go to Experiences or click on links below to read the articles:

News Letter from Macedonia Covering Community Mental Health Services, Strategies and Personal Experiences of Mental Health Issues in Serbia, Bosnia and Bulgaria. 

News Letter Covering Conference on ‘Mental Health and Human Rights and the Role of the Media” Organised by the Regional WHO Office in Bitola, Macedonia.

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New Article From Tanzania Users and Survivors of Psychiatry Organisation

Posted by jane_taylor on January 4th, 2008

Tanzania Users and Survivors of Psychiatry Organisation (TUSPO) have just submitted a stimulating article. TUSPO raise some wide ranging topics that can  influence the provision of communnity mental health services. Please click here to read the article

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