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Mental Health America Celebrates 100 Years Of Mental Health Advocacy And Support

Dec 19th 2008Drug InformationMental Health

Mental Health America, today announced the launch of its Centennial Year “Celebrating the Legacy, Forging the Future.” The 100-year history of Mental Health America is the remarkable story of one person who turned a personal struggle with mental illness into a national movement and of the millions of others who came together to fulfill his vision. Founded in 1909 by Clifford W.

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Florid Goes Live - A One-stop Place For Mental Health Information

Dec 19th 2008Drug InformationMental Health

A unique new website: www.florid.org.uk has gone live. The website aims to provide a one-stop place for people to find no-nonsense mental health information which is easy to understand. The website is special in that it has been developed by people who use mental health services for use by people who use mental health services. Beth Ford, the website co-ordinator, is very excited about the possibilities.

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The “Dirty War Index”: A New Tool To Identify Rates Of Prohibited Or Undesirable War Outcomes

Dec 19th 2008Drug InformationMental Health

Researchers in this week’s PLoS Medicine present a new tool called the “Dirty War Index (DWI)” based on the laws of war, a tool which identifies rates of prohibited or highly undesirable (”dirty”) war outcomes, such as torture, child injury, and civilian death.

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