Global Forum for Community Mental Health

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/

GFCMH is organizing a workshop in Bangalore “The role of consumers in mental health care” within the context of the World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation 10th World Congress. In the workshop experiences of consumers groups in a sample of lower-middle-income countries (Sri Lanka, Kenya, Tanzania, India ) will be presented and discussed.
The role of consumers in relation to countries’ mental health care system will be highlighted. Suggestions will be given on how consumers can contribute to delivery on mental health care. Problems of consumers movement in low income countries will be compared with experiences of consumers organizations and consumer-run services in Western countries. Representatives of Indian consumers organization will be invited to attendPlease check the web site! http://www.wapr2009.org/

TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP FOR THE GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT

We would like to inform you that new International Master in Mental Health Policy and Services developed by the University of Lisbon, in collaboration with the World Health Organization is pleased to announce admissions for academic year 2009-10.
The course has two main objectives:
1 - Develop the knowledge and the skills that are required to participate in the formulation and implementation of mental health policies, plans and services;
2 - Develop capacity to conduct research projects in the area of mental health policy and services. 
The Masters will start on the 7th September 2009 and ends in April 2010.

For further information please read the brochure
brochuremaster.pdf

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

March 16-20 2009, Kampala, Uganda
Making our Rights a Reality - Human Rights in the Age of the CRPD

Please check and visit the WORLD NETWORK OF USERS AND SURVIVORS PSYCHIATRY website

Program

For more information please click here http://wnusp.rafus.dk/wnusp-general-assembly-and-conference-2009.html

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

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.

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