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UN health agency calls for end to abuse of people with mental disorders

7 December 2005
Alarmed that many of the 450 million people with mental disorders around the world are still stigmatized, abused and locked up under inhuman conditions, the World Health Organization (WHO) is dedicating International Human Rights Day, 10 December, to ending these practices.

UN warns that resources to tackle mental health problems are ‘grossly insufficient’

10 October 2005
Global resources for people suffering from mental and neurological disorders are grossly insufficient to address the growing burden of mental health needs, according to a new report by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) released today.
Lee Jong-wook

UN health agency puts out guidebook to establishing legal rights for mentally ill

20 June 2005
As part of an ongoing effort to encourage legal protection for the more than 450 million people in the world with mental, neurological or behavioural disorders, the United Nations health agency today announced the publication of a book to guide countries and advocates in creating effective human rights laws for their benefit.

World Health Organization launches forum on community services for mental health

1 June 2005
Concerned about the high number of people worldwide living with mental disorders, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is establishing the first global forum about community health services that offer an alternative to psychiatric hospitals.

UN convenes first-ever conference on mental health in Europe

12 January 2005
With Europe accounting for nine of the top 10 countries with the highest rates of suicide in the world, health ministers from 52 European countries opened a four-day United Nations-sponsored conference today to address mental health problems on a continent that is poorly equipped to cope.