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See the child. Change the system
UK children's charity, Kids Company, this week launched a campaign called See the Child Change the System, which aims to rethink children's social care and mental health services.
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58 Fundraising Options for Global Mental Health
The in2mentalhealth site offers us a list of 58 funding or grant organizations, from the very small funding initiatives to the big global donors, from conventional funding to innovative online fundraising and loans.
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Campaign on #MentalHealthMatters launched ahead of International Youth Day
From 12 June until International Youth Day on 12 August, the United Nations is running a campaign to draw awareness to the importance of reducing stigma surrounding youth with mental health conditions.
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Declaration on mental health in Africa: moving to implementation
An online petition has been launched by Global Health Action to improve the mental health situation in Africa.
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Seminar in Georgia in 2015
Last 12 of June 2014, Dr. Mariam Jashi, Deputy Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia met with Professors José Miguel Caldas de Almeida (Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform), Graham Thornicroft (King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry), and Benedetto Saraceno (Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform) (in the photo, from left to right).
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Mental health behaviour guidance to be issued to schools in UK
New guidance helps teachers to identify bad behaviour from poor mental health.
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Call to extend mother and baby homes inquiry to mental homes
Campaigners say an inquiry into mother and baby homes should be widened to include mental hospitals following further controversy over high death rates, unmarked graves and allegations of patient mistreatment.