The Asia-Pacific Community Mental Health Development Project is a landmark project bringing together 14 countries/regions in the Asia-Pacific to build cross-cultural mental health networks and resources in community mental health care.
Asia-Australia Mental Health's project with Peking University China to Protect Children in Disasters has been rated highly by an external evaluator.
A/Prof. Chee Ng, Co-Director, AAMH Secretariat, was a key presenter at the first meeting of the WHO Global Forum for Community Mental Health held from 30-31 May, 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland.
In the wake of the tragedy of the Sichuan earthquake, key messages to protect children’s mental health in disasters developed by NIMH China and AAMH have received widespread praise from front-line staff and volunteers in Sichuan.
The WPA World Congress in Prague in September, 2008 will be the venue for the launch of a landmark publication illustrating and inspiring best practice in community mental health in the Asia-Pacific region.
RANZCP is sponsoring 2 Chinese psychiatrists to complete AAMH's training program in disaster mental health management.
The Asia-Pacific Community Mental Health Development Project Summary Report was launched regionally at the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists Conference in Tokyo in October, 2008.
AAMH was delighted to host a visit by Dr Tadashi Takeshima in early 2009.
The Cambodia program of AAMH’s Protecting Children in Disasters project was launched in February '09.
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC welcomed Madame Kong Lingzhi and Prof. Yu Xin to Government House on Thursday 19th February, 2009.
Consider the following staggering statistics: 16 million people with psychoses, 32.5 million people suffering depression; 2.5-5 million people attempt suicide annually; 6 million people with dementia.
AAMH recently delivered a highly successful multidisciplinary team training workshop for staff of HK Hospital Authority.
World Psychiatric Association President Mario Maj recently described the Asia-Pacific Community Mental Health Development Project as “a source of inspiration and encouragement”.
AAMH provides world class expert training on a number of key mental health topics in the Asia-Pacific region. To find out more click here
The Asia Pacific Community Mental Health Development Project (APCMHDP) continues to go from strength to strength, with participants from 16 countries in the Asia Pacific gathering in Melbourne for a two day conference in August.
On 1-5 March 2010, AAMH hosted a high level delegation of hospital directors and mental health professionals from Guangdong province, China.
Therese Rein, wife of the Australian Prime Minister, recently visited one of the Ministry of Health/Peking University/AAMH 686 Project sites in China.
Signalling a new phase in Indonesian-Australian health relations, the Indonesian Ministry of Health recently invited AAMH to Jakarta to discuss further strategies for collaboration.
AusAID recently sponsored AAMH to assemble and coordinate a team of Australian experts to deliver psychological first aid training in Sichuan.