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Yoram Cohen reports about his
presentation at the Global Patients Congress (Istanbul, 23-25
February 2010) which will be published in the Croatian Magazine for
Diabetes
In the end of November 2009 we
have received this document from the
Mental Health Commission of
Canada:
TOWARD RECOVERY & WELL-BEING
All details concerning the 12th
annual Convention are available
HERE
“Working together for mental
health”:
Bi-annual
WFMH World Congress,
Greece, 2-6 September 2009
Yoram Cohen reports about
the following:
Yesterday, Tuesday 13 October 2009, I took part at the Launch
of the Mental and Physical Health Charter in Brussels as
GAMIAN-Europe representative.
As you know , the charter was launched publicly at European and
national levels with a view to raise awareness as to the
interactions between mental and physical health and thus make the
case for action towards a more integrated and holistic approach to
care.
Among partners of the Mental and Physical Health Platforf were: Jown
Bowis (Chairman) , Dr Antonia Parvanova (Member of the European
Parliament, David Mcdaid (Moderator), Jurgen Scheftlein (European
Comission) and representatives of MH European organizations.
As the representative of GAMIAN-Europe I presented the Perspective
of Service Users (will be published in the next issue of the GE
Newsletter).
GAMIAN-Europe Regional
Seminar for Eastern Europe took place in
Bucharest on May 22-24, 2009.
For more detail please visit our
ARCHIVE
"Access
to Health Care for People with Mental Disorders in Europe".
Annette Hexelschneider, Dipl.-Ing.
Head of Knowledge and Information Management Support Unit of the
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, has sent us
this April Policy Brief written by Manfred Huber and Kristian
Wahlbeck on the research findings of the of the project HealthQUEST:
"Access to Health Care for People with Mental Disorders in Europe".
Abstract: Poverty and social exclusion continue to be serious
challenges across the European union and for health systems in
member states. People with mental disorders are at high risk of
poverty, stigmatisation and social exclusion. They are also more
likely to face physical health problems and to die prematurely.
There is evidence that they do not receive the general health care
that best responds to their needs. Improved access to general health
care is therefore essential to minimising disadvantage for people
with mental disorders. This policy Brief outlines hurdles of access
to health care for people with mental disorders and discusses
policy implications.
More
detail:
This is the message from Mrs Katarina Lans:
"Dear all,
I am very happy to inform you that during 2008, Guadalupe Morales gave
the honorarium she receieved when participating in the Consensus
Conference in October and MEP Round Table Meeting in November to
GAMIAN. The amount Guadalupe donated to GAMIAN was 2006 EUR.
Warmest regards
Katarina"
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CAREIF
International Conference 2009
- On the conference held in
Berlin, Germany, on 17 and 18 March 2009 the presentation "Mental
health and well-being at the workplace - protection and
inclusion in challenging times" was delivered.
Detail...
- At the end of March 2009
Guadalupe Morales Cano, GAMIAN-Europe Secretary General was
elected of the board of European Patients Forum.
CONGRATULATIONS!
-
Personality Disorder and Ethnicity
Essay Prize: You are invited to submit in open competition an
essay on personality disorder, personality formation, aetiology and
therapies with a special focus on ethnicity and
race and culture. The prize is £2000.
Read more...
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GAMIAN-Europe
vice-president Yoram Cohen reported:
The Breaking Through
Barriers
website
is at the center of a multi-stage campaign designed to improve
worldwide standards of care in depression and minimize the
associated stigma. Endorsed by international experts and advocates,
the international campaign is led by the WFMH and co-sponsored by
Eli Lilly & Company and Boehringer Ingelheim.
It's important to stress that this website is multilingual. The
detailed article about this project will be available in the
Newsletter #28.
-
Giovanni Asta,
Director of
European Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry,
reported about the
8th Workshop on Partnering for Rare
Disease Therapy Development: The Reality of Orphan Medicines, in the
Danish Parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Read more...
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