Mental Health

January, 2020

Our WONCA book on Global Primary Mental Health Care has been published: ​​Global Primary Mental Health Care: Practical Guidance for Family Doctors, 1st Edition (Paperback) - Routledge

October, 2019

Good mental health is related to mental and psychological well-being. Over the years, there have been increasing cases of anxiety, depression and suicides. One person dies every 40 seconds from suicide. Every suicide is a tragedy that has long-lasting effects on the people left behind. This year’s World Mental Health Day focus was on what can be done to prevent suicide.

October, 2019

Christopher Dowrick, chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health reports on the WHO Mental Health Forum: Geneva, 14-15 October 2019: I was delighted to participate once again in this annual event, together with WONCA colleagues Gabby Ivbijaro and Abdullah Al-Khatami. It was an excellent networking and information sharing event, highlighting important developments in global mental health.

October, 2019

On World Mental Health Day, October7, WONCA draws attention to an important new study of antidepressant prescribing in primary care.

September, 2019

Prof Christopher Dowrick, chair of the Working Party on Mental Health reports: The aim of the working party is to enhance global equity of access to high quality primary mental health care. Our objectives are to improve internal structures; to offer mental health guidance for WONCA members; and to provide global leadership on primary mental health care.

July, 2019

Shelly B Rodrigues, Deputy Executive Vice President, California Academy of Family Physicians and Chris Larrison, Principal, Healthcare Performance Consulting Inc, report on workshops at the recent WONCA Asia Pacific region conference in Kyoto on improving care of patients with depression and anxiety.

June, 2019

Prof Chris Dowrick, Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health reports on lots of news for you this month across the regions, and from our task groups.

April, 2019

WONCA has been voted a Mental Health Champion by the World Dignity Project, in the academic and educational institutions category.

March, 2019

Prof Chris Dowrick, chair of the WONCA Working Party for Mental Health, reports on activities during the past year.

December, 2018

Prof Chris Dowrick, Chair of WONCA Working Party on Mental Health writes: it has been an eventful and highly productive year for our working party. Congratulations to three members of our working party who have achieved important awards: Sonia Roache-Barker (Trinidad & Tobago), Gabby Ivbijaro (UK), Shimnaz Nazeer (Qatar) ​