The Indian Law Society, in collaboration with WHO Geneva, has announced the opening of admissions to the International Diploma in Mental Health Law and Human Rights for the academic year 2009 – 2010. In light of the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as the increasing numbers of [...]
On 6 October 2008 the ‘Day Centre for Children with Disabilities’in Berat opened its 2008-2009 educational programme. Only since a few years the Albanian national legislation foresees the regular enrollment of children affected by less severe neuropsychiatric disorders in the public education system. Nevertheless, far less resources than necessary have been allocated to date, [...]
The research ‘Community mental health in India: A rethink‘, focusing on SCARF Community Clinic in Thiruporur (India), was published on the 14th July 2008 on the International Journal of Mental Health Systems (www.ijmhs.com). The activities carried out by SCARF Centre from 1989 till 1999 and the follow-up till 2005 have been carefully assessed in order [...]
