Tag «Mental Illness»

INCB calls for adequate access to medicines for treatment of mental illness on occasion of World Health Day

VIENNA, 7 April (United Nations Information Service) – On the occasion of World Health Day 2017, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) commends WHO’s year-long campaign “Depression: Let’s Talk”. The President of the INCB, Mr. Werner Sipp, said: “There are broad connections between this campaign and the availability of internationally controlled drugs, to make sure …

Persistent and Lithium Help SANE Deliver Online Communities for Australians Affected by Mental Illness

Sydney, San Francisco and Pune, INDIA- January 28, 2015 – Mental illness no longer needs to be an isolating and debilitating experience.  Persistent Systems (BSE & NSE: PERSISTENT) and Lithium Technologies recently collaborated to help SANE Australia develop and launch its online communities to enable peer-to-peer support for both those experiencing mental illness and those …