New information and current news will be posted on this section of the website.

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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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