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    "NIMH commits to supporting global mental health" click here for more

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    Mental illness in Australian immigration detention centres click here for more

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    Gurus of Mental Health click here for more

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    Grand Challenge on Global Mental Health announced! find out more

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    PLoS Medicine launched a new series of Reviews Click here for more

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    The Lancet announces a new series on Global Mental Health in partnership with the Movement - have your say!

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    Mental health : a global challenge
    The first Global Mental Health Summit took place in the greek capital, Athens. Click here for the link.

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    Disability Rights Fund Releases Second 2009 Request for Proposals, Extending Another Year of Grantmaking to Existing Target Countries and Opening Grantmaking to the Pacific Click here for details

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    "On World Human Rights Day (December 10th), the Lancet has published an article describing health systems and the right to health in 194 countries click here to read the articlehttp:// www.facebook.com/ group.php? gid= 44154737699

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    A key finding of the report is that people with mental illnesses are frequently neglected and discriminated against. Of 98 countries for which data were available, almost half allocated 2% or less of their national budget to mental health."

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    A new Facebook Group for the Movement is now set up; you can join up at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44154737699

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    You can submit information and news by clicking here news@globalmentalhealth.org

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MENTAL HEALTH POLICY AND SERVICE GUIDANCE PACKAGE
http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/essentialpackage1/en/index.html
 
WHO has developed a Mental Health Policy and Service Guidance Package to help implement the policy recommendations of the World Health Report 2001- Mental health: New Understanding, New Hope. The package consists of a series of interrelated user-friendly modules designed to address the wide variety of needs and priorities in policy development and service planning. Each module addresses a core aspect of mental health.
 
Modules
 
- Mental Health Context.
 
- Mental Health Policy, Plans and Programmes. Updated version.
 
- Mental Health Financing.
 
- Advocacy for Mental Health.
 
- Quality Improvement for Mental Health.
 
- Organization of Services for Mental Health.
 
- Planning and Budgeting to Deliver Services for Mental Health.
 
- Mental Health Legislation and Human Rights.
 
- Improving Access and Use of Psychotropic Medicines.
 
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Policies and Plans.
 
- Mental Health Policies and Programmes in the Workplace.
 
- Mental Health Information Systems.
 
- Human Resources and Training in Mental Health.
 
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Mental Health Policies and Plans.
 
 
INTRAC: International NGO Training and Research Centre
http://www.intrac.org/arena_org_cap.php
 
 
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