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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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WHO-AIMS

The WHO Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS) is a tool for collecting essential information on the mental health system of a country or region. The goal of collecting this information is to improve mental health systems and to provide a baseline for monitoring the change. The implementation of WHO-AIMS can generate information on strengths and weaknesses to facilitate improvement in mental health services. WHO-AIMS will enable countries to develop information-based mental health plans with clear base-line information and targets. It will also be useful to monitor progress in implementing reform policies, providing community services, and involving users, families and other stakeholders in mental health promotion, prevention, care and rehabilitation. So far, the WHO-AIMS has been applied in over 80 countries.
 
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