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The collapse of mental health services in Greece
"In Greece, a social and humanitarian crisis is taking place that calls for European collaboration and support". Please read the text from “ARGO” - NGO Network for Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health.
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Status at October 30th, 2012, of the UN Convention on the Rights of people with disability (CRPD)
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities reaffirms disabled people's human rights and signals a further major step in disabled people's journey to becoming full and equal citizens.
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China passes mental health law
Long-awaited legislation aims to prevent people from being held in psychiatric facilities against their will
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Consultation on the "zero draft" of the Global Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020
On October 10, Mental Health Day, the WHO invited in Geneva several Collaborating Centers, Academic Institutions, Foundations and NGOs to discuss the “zero draft” of the Global Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020. The meeting was also attended by several ambassadors and representatives from diplomatic missions in Geneva. The Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Patform, represented by Prof. Benedetto Saraceno, was asked to chair and moderate the first session.
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World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day (10 October) is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy. Today we are calling for an end to the stigmatization of depression and other mental disorders and for better access to treatment for all people who need it.