Latest highlights
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Population-Based Mental Health Facilitation (MHF): A Grassroots Strategy That Works
Today we are publishing a paper written and sent to us by J. Scott Hinkle that describes the success of the MHF training program.
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WHO/UNHCR issue new guide on mental health in humanitarian emergencies
WHO and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have produced a new guide on mental health in humanitarian emergencies, so non-specialist health workers can better identify, assess and manage mental health needs.
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The land of the free
Editorial in the current issue of The Lancet Psychiatry about the USA’s problem of prison mental health.
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Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health
The Lisbon Institute of Global Mental Health (LIGMH) aims to generate innovative knowledge, build capacity and provide technical collaboration to governments and non- governmental organizations in the area of Public Mental Health.
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Disability Rights International (DRI) investigation reveals shocking dangers and violence faced by children living in orphanages
Today DRI released its groundbreaking report, No Way Home: The Exploitation and Abuse of Children in Ukraine’s Orphanages, the result of a three-year investigation into the country’s egregious human rights violations, perpetrated against its most vulnerable citizens – children locked away in orphanages, institutions, boarding schools and other segregated facilities.