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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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Useful links for Packages of Care

Please find links to a number of websites that provide a wide-range of information that may be useful in the development, expansion, or improvement of mental health services and systems.
 
WHO resources:
 
WHO mental health Global Action Programme (mhGAP):
http://www.who.int/mental_health/actionprogramme/en/index.html
 
 
WHO Disorders Management:
 
Depression:
http://www.who.int/mental_health/management/depression/definition/en/
 
Schizophrenia:
http://www.who.int/mental_health/management/schizophrenia/en/
 
WHO Essential Package for Mental Health Policy, Plan and Services:
http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/essentialpackage1/en/index.html
 
WHO Essential Package for Mental Health Legislation and Human Rights:
http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/essentialpackage2/en/index.html
 
 
Programs of care:
 
Innovative mental health programs in Latin America & the Caribbean (Editors, José Miguel Caldas de Almeida and Alex Cohen, PAHO): PAHO casebook(2.18 MB)
 
The world mental health casebook: social and mental health programs in low-income countries (Editors, Alex Cohen, Arthur Kleinman, & Benedetto Saraceno):
http://www.springer.com/public+health/book/978-0-306-46732-5?cm_mmc=Google-_-Book Search-_-Springer-_-0
 
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Developing Countries: NGO Innovations in India (Vikram Patel and R Thara, editors, Sage Publications, 2003):
http://www.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book225745&currTree=
Subjects&level1=G00
 
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings: Inter-Agency Standing Committee:
http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/content/products/products.asp?
productcatID=22
 
 
Other resources:
 
National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration):
http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/index.htm
 
Implementation Science (BioMed Central Journal):
http://www.implementationscience.com/
 
International Journal of Mental Health Systems (BioMed Central Journal):
http://www.ijmhs.com/
 
 
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