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Community care in mental health

September 30, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

#communitycare #communitymentalhealth #globalinnovations2014 If ever there was a need for innovation in mental health, it is now. Perhaps that is why we see growing global commitment to develop, evaluate, andContinue Reading

Filed Under: Field for Hope, iFred, Jagannath Lamichhane, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Uncategorized, Youth Tagged With: depression advocacy, field for hope, global mental health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, Jagannath Lamichhane, mental health, Mental Health Innovation Network, schools for hope, suicide prevention, teach hope

Health and Hope Can Prevent Suicide

September 22, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

#stopsuicide #globalcrisis #hope #suicideprevention Every 40 seconds, an individual life is lost to suicide. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls it a #globalcrisis and estimates that the global suicide figureContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Events, Health, iFred, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Research, Suicide Prevention, Youth Tagged With: depression, depression advocacy, end stigma, finding hope, global mental health, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, international depression blog, Jagannath Lamichhane, suicide prevention, teach hope, world health organization

Bridging the Mental Health Treatment Gap Must Be a Global Priority

September 2, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) organizes the mhGAP Forum as part of its annual partnership event on mental health. The mhGAP Forum is an informal groupContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Depression Foundation, Events, iFred, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Suicide and Grief, Suicide Prevention Tagged With: depression advocacy, end stigma, eradicating suicide, finding hope, global mental health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, international depression blog, Jagannath Lamichhane, movement for global mental health, rebranding depression, suicide prevention, teach hope, world health organization

Mental health is a worthwhile goal for United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda

August 26, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

The post-2015 development goals will, as we know, set out the world’s development agenda for the foreseeable future—in the same way that the Millennium Development Goals provided a frameworkContinue Reading

Filed Under: Events, Health, iFred, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Research Tagged With: Bidushi Dhungel, depression advocacy, end stigma, finding hope, global mental health, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, international depression blog, Jagannath Lamichhane, suicide prevention, teach hope, world health organization

The Path to Happiness is Sound Mental Health

August 5, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

In July 2011 the UN General Assembly passed a historic resolution: It invited member countries to measure the happiness of their people and to use this to help guide theirContinue Reading

Filed Under: Health, iFred, Inspiration, International, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Research, Youth Tagged With: depression advocacy, happiness, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, international depression blog, Jagannath Lamichhane, mental health, movement for global mental health, suicide prevention, teach hope

The Concept of “Mental (In)capacity” can never be a basis to deprive people with psychosocial disabilities and mental health problems of “legal capacity”

May 5, 2014 By Kathryn 1 Comment

by Jagannath Lamichhane Last week, I came across a Facebook post of a dear friend, which moved me to tears. Gabor Gombos, a former United Nations member of the CommitteeContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, iFred, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Movement for Global Mental Health Tagged With: depression advocacy, eradicate stigma, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred blog, international depression blog, International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression, Jagannath Lamichane, Shine a Light on Depression, suicide prevention, teach hope