Playing For Change Day 2014

On September 20th, 2014, musicians and music lovers will gather on stages, street corners, and schools for a global day of action to bring music into the lives of children and to promote positive social change everywhere. Join the celebration by finding an event near you or creating your own at http://playingforchangeday.org/.

Playing For Change Day 2014

On September 20th, 2014, musicians and music lovers will gather on stages, street corners, and schools for a global day of action to bring music into the lives of children and to promote positive social change everywhere. Join the celebration by finding an event near you or creating your own at http://playingforchangeday.org/.

Playing For Change Day 2014

On September 20th, 2014, musicians and music lovers will gather on stages, street corners, and schools for a global day of action to bring music into the lives of children and to promote positive social change everywhere. Join the celebration by finding an event near you or creating your own at http://playingforchangeday.org/.

Playing For Change Day 2014

On September 20th, 2014, musicians and music lovers will gather on stages, street corners, and schools for a global day of action to bring music into the lives of children and to promote positive social change everywhere. Join the celebration by finding an event near you or creating your own at http://playingforchangeday.org/.

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BOOK REVIEWS

by Ian de Stains OBE

All the Emperor’s Men: Kurisawa’s Pearl Harbor
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books

Akira Kurosawa was without a doubt one of the finest directors to work in the Japanese film industry. He was also one of the very few whose oeuvre won worldwide acclaim.

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Chinese Mental Health Law

China adopts mental health law, protecting rights English.news.cn 2012-10-26 11:32:48 BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's new mental health law, adopted on Friday, is expected to protect the rights of mentally ill people, reduce abuse and raise public awareness of mental disorders. The Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress approved the bill at its bi-monthly session, which ran from Tuesday to Friday, after three readings. Under the new law, there should be no infringements upon the dignity, personal safety or the property of mentally ill people. The law also stipulates that institutions and individuals should protect the privacy of mentally ill people by preventing leaks of private information, such as their names, addresses and employment status, unless the sharing of such data is necessary for institutions and individuals while exercising their lawful duties. China currently has about 16 million people suffering from severe mental disorders, according to the Ministry of Health.

Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day World Mental Health Day #worldmentalhealth By Andrew Grimes of Tokyo Counseling Services. It's real, it's everywhere in the world, it affects you, me, our family and friends. It's called mental health and it is at the heart of all social issues worldwide today. Today is World Federation for Mental Health's 20th #worldmentalhealth day and this is the official hashtag for twitter: #worldmentalhealth . Please share on, tweet on, send an email to a friend who is having a hard time in their kokoro (heart-mind) in her/his life just now. In Japan we practice Kokoro Care (心のケアー) everyday... give someone a smile on a train, tweet or personal message or email or phone a friend who needs someone to reach in and say, "how are you doing", tell your friends and family you love them just as they are, and how much you need them in your lives, reach out through the dark and ask someone to listen to you and be there for you.. mental health is something we can all do with and do something about for others everyday of our lives.. we can all get ill at some point in our lives and need to reach out and ask others for care and support to get well again - being ill is nobody's fault and mental health for all around us is both a universal right, a universal responsibility and in time a universal delight, leave no one behind on World Mental Health Day, or on any day of the years of our lives.. thanks for reading this thinking this far, now go and ask for help or help someone feel cared for, share a hug, or simply share empathy and love.. kindest regards from Tokyo and Japan ... Andrew Grimes. Please Feel free to share this article on anywhere you think this may help someone...) From the Japanese PDF on this link: www.wfmh.org/00WorldMentalHealthDay.htm "はじめに 1992 年、世界精神保健連盟(WFMH)は世界精神保健デーをスタートさせました。以来、多くの国で、精神保 健促進の行事として利用いただいてきました。 毎年テーマを選び、普及のための資料を製作し頒布してきました。今年は 20 回記念にあたりますが、メインテ ーマとして「うつ病」を取り上げました。うつ病は誰もがかかる病気ですし、最も多く見られる疾患の一つです。 しばしば他の重症な疾患と併存します。世界精神保健機構(WHO)によれば、単極性うつ病は 2004 年の疾病負 荷(GBD: Global Burden of Diseases)で第 3 位にあり、2030 年には第 1 位の疾患になると予測されています。 今回お届けする 2012 年うつ病パッケージは、うつ病は治しうる疾患であるという情報を提供しています。そし て回復は可能で達成できるというメッセージを広げようとしています。この情報は先進工業国においても低所得 国・中等所得国においても有用です。後者の国々では、全国レベル・地方レベルのキャンペーンのための基本的 な情報を必要としています。先進工業国では、最近の経済不況のために失業者が増え、借金が重なり、社会不安 が増大しています。そのために人々の間でうつ病にかかる割合が増加しています。低所得国、中等所得国では、 資源不足のために精神保健に関する社会教育がしばしば不十分です。私たちは、この資料がこれらの国々で精神 保健の普及に役立つことを願っています。"