NGO Committee on Mental Health

The Social Determinants of LGBTQIA+ Mental Health: Our NGO Committee on Mental Health program on + during Month!

Social Determinants of LGBTQIA+ Mental Health (06/08/2023)

NGO Forum
Parallel Events
United Nations
UN Women

Saturday, March 11, 2023
8:30 - 2 PM EST

Church Center of the UN
777 UN Plaza, NYC

Free & Open to the Public

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Please join us for our NGO Committee on Mental Health on Mental Health February program!

Human Right to Assisted End of Life: Intersection of Spiritual and Ethical Issues

A Trauma and Mental Health Program

Thursday, February 9, 2023
11 AM to 1 PM EST USA
via Zoom

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Please join us for our NGO Committee on Mental Health's January program!

Su***de Prevention: A Media and Mental Health Program

Thursday, January 12, 2023
2 to 4 PM EST USA
via Zoom

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June 2022 Program of the NGO Committee on Mental Health

Title: Converting Our Understanding Towards Inclusive Care: An LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Program

Date: June 16, 2022

Second Annual NGO CMH Program fully dedicated to + !

The title of our program is Converting Our Understanding Towards Inclusive Care: An LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Program, to recognize the struggles that le***an, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual plus individuals face throughout the world and our need as mental health experts, providers, families, and allies to be more understanding, more inclusive, more caring, whether in their treatment or in our day-to-day lives and interactions.

Converting Our Understanding Towards Inclusive Care: An LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Program (06/16/2022) June 2022 Program of the NGO Committee on Mental HealthTitle: Converting Our Understanding Towards Inclusive Care: An LGBTQIA+ Mental Health ProgramDate: Jun...

Please join us for our NGO Committee on Mental Health program on + during Month!

Converting Our Understanding Towards Inclusive Care

Thursday, June 16, 2022
2 to 4 PM EST USA
via Zoom

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Our continuing discussion on and !

Knowing and Not Knowing about the Climate Crisis: Through the Lens of Trauma and Dissociation

CLICK FOR FULL PROGRAM VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/100011263230128/videos/694149271599556/

Join Us for our NGO Committee on Mental Health Virtual Parallel Event for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 66!

Helping the Helpers Help: Support, Stimulation, Sustenance to Soothe Shaky Spirits

Moderator:
Holly K. Shaw, PhD, RN
Chair, NGO CMH

Thursday, March 24, 2022
2 PM EDT USA

LINK:
http://meet.google.com/mkhvdcsson

United Nations

Our continuing discussion on and !

Knowing and Not Knowing about the Climate Crisis: Through the Lens of Trauma and Dissociation

Thursday, February 24, 2022

American Psychiatric Association
Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC)
United Nations
COP26
Climate Reality
Climate Psychology Alliance
Karen Hopenwasser
Irit Felsen
Sally Weintrobe
Mary Hasbah Roessel
Felix Torres, MD, MBA, DFAPA

Knowing and Not Knowing about the Climate Crisis: Through the Lens of Trauma and Dissociation February 2022 Program of the NGO Committee on Mental HealthTheme: Climate Change & TraumaTitle:Knowing and Not Knowing about the Climate Crisis: Through the ...

Dear Friends,

Please join us for our continuing discussion on and !

Knowing and Not Knowing about the Climate Crisis: Through the Lens of Trauma and Dissociation

Thursday, February 24, 2022
2 to 4 PM EST USA

via Zoom

Feel free to share widely with your networks.

Register Here: https://forms.gle/9EvKAVmN6bRbUBSJ9

American Psychiatric Association
Climate Psychiatry Alliance
United Nations
COP26

Climate Reality
Felix Torres, MD, MBA, DFAPA

A Planetary State of Mind

Our first-ever NGO Committee on Mental Health program fully dedicated to and !

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American Psychiatric Association
Climate Psychiatry Alliance
United Nations
COP26

Climate Reality
Felix Torres, MD, MBA, DFAPA

A Planetary State of Mind: A Climate Change & Mental Health Program (NGO Committee on Mental Health) November 2021 Program of the NGO Committee on Mental Health on Climate Change and Mental HealthNovember 11, 2021This is the first-ever NGO CMH Program fully ...

NGO Committee on Mental Health updated their business hours.

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http://www.ngomentalhealth.org/events/2018/11/15/3rd-annual-award-ceremony

3rd Annual Award Ceremony For Early Bird Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-award-ceremony-for-mental-health-tickets-51491482410 2018 Awardees Dr. Nata Menabde, Executive Director, World Health Organization Office at the UN For many years of leadership advancing progress in mental health, advocating

Vivian Pender MD, Chair of the NGO CMH brought 60 international psychiatrists to the UN on May 8th, 2018 to brief them about global mental health issues. They are pictured here on the floor of the General Assembly at UNHQ.

Join our forum on Thursday, May 17 and listen to the voices of youth against gun violence! Registration link: goo.gl/vdG5iv

THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD SUPPORTS THE VOICES OF YOUTH AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE REGISTRATION

According to psychologist David McClellan, individuals who have a high need for achievement (N-Ach) tend to set realistic goals and take pride in their work, while others can be primarily motivated by power or affiliation. Read this article and learn more about your personality.

McClelland's Theory of Needs (Power, Achievement and Affiliation) - Management Study HQ McClelland's motivational theory states that the needs for achievement, power, and affiliation significantly influence the behavior of an individual, which is useful to understand from a managerial context.

FGM is a human rights violation.
We must end cutting now for a better future for young girls.
http://unwo.men/zRKi30gAgzP

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein

"Xanax is part of a wider class of drugs known as benzodiazepines, which are known to cause physical and psychological dependence. The drug interacts strongly with alcohol, greatly increasing the risk of overdose."

Anxious teenagers ‘buy Xanax on the dark web’ MPs call for urgent action over reported rise in illicit use of potent tranquilliser

Holiday season and family reunion can be very stressful for someone with an eating disorder. Read this article to learn about early/general signs and coping resources for yourself and loved ones.

Are You At Risk for an Eating Disorder? By Lauren Smolar, Director of Helpline Services at the National Eating Disorders Association Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, and the longer they go undiagnosed, the more difficult they are to treat.¹

Although psychiatric medications are perhaps not among the best-selling medical products in developing countries, local customers still have a 10% chance of being affected by substandard or falsified psychiatric drugs that cannot effectively improve their mental health.

1 in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, according to new research from WHO.

https://t.co/GdkzXEvWmL?amp=1

When Depression Brings With It An Avalanche Of Guilt Depression often brings with it, a huge dollop of all-consuming guilt. The guilt plays right into the hands of depression, which feeds back into our guilt.

Too much can lead to anxiety. Check out some tips to address early signs of : http://apapsy.ch/anx-help

A very informative overview of usage and effects of benzodiazepines in the treatment of psychiatric disorders
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Do benzodiazepines still deserve a major role in the treatment of psychiatric disorders? A critical reappraisal Discovered in the late 1950s by Leo Sternbach, the first benzodiazepine (BZD) chlordiazepoxide was followed by several congeners, which rapidly constituted one of the largest and most widely prescribed classes of psychotropic compounds. After 50 years, BZDs are still routinely utilized not only in p...

Mental health is one of your greatest assets.

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