Sites for sore eyes
There are several websites concerned with international mental health. The United Nations Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care are central to international mental health. The UK Institute of Psychiatry's Centre for International Mental Health is a cross-departmental centre for investigators actively researching in the area of international mental health. This site contains 60 current projects that can be accessed by region and by theme. The International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology promotes the acquisition, dissemination and application of epidemiological knowledge in the fields of psychiatry and mental health. The World Psychiatric Association website offers a range of information on mental disorders and health care services.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) website has material on mental health policy plans and programmes, investing in mental health (also available in French and Spanish), and child and adolescent mental health policies and plans. The WHO's World Health Report 2001 focuses on mental health and is available at www.who.int/whr/2001/en/.
The WHO project ATLAS (PDF) compiles and disseminates mental health resources and information. The list of publications is available at www.who.int/mental_health/resources/publications.
Several international organisations provide up-to-date information on the key challenges in mental health. The World Federation for Mental Health promotes mental health worldwide. BasicNeeds is a charitable organisation that initiates programmes in developing countries designed to actively involve mentally ill people and their carers. The Mental Health and Development website has the
e-journal produced by BasicNeeds that brings together information about mental health worldwide.
Jolanta Zanelli
Institute of Psychiatry
De Crespigny Park
London SE5 8AF
UK
j.zanelli@iop.kcl.ac.uk
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