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    <copyright>ENMHP 2013</copyright>
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      <title>Positive Evaluation of the IPS model for the employment of people with mental health difficulties in Ireland</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2969</link>
      <description>Mental Health Reform report on a large scale pilot of the IPS (Individual Placement and Support) model for employing people with enduring mental health difficulties that took place between 2015 and 2017.  This model provides targeted employment support to clients to prepare them for and to support them in paid employment. &#xD;
Results from the project were positive, with 33 out of 95 people obtaining at least some paid employment during the 2 year period of the project.  &#xD;
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These and other findings form the project evaluation show that meaningful paid employment is possible even for people who have not worked for many years once appropriate supports are provided.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:55:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2969</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wynne Richard</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-02-22T11:55:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Young People’s Mental Health in Europe: Promoting Prevention and Early Intervention Through Multi-Sector Cooperation</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-events.2966</link>
      <description>With more than half of the mental disorders of young people surfacing before the age of 25, it is essential to provide appropriate support and care at a sufficient early stage. Although the number and quality of the support services offered has considerably increased and improved, the overall share of young people opting to seek help from these channels is struggling to meet the existing offer.&#xD;
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This timely international symposium provides an invaluable opportunity to evaluate the current state of mental health policies for young people at EU level and to discover best practices in the field of prevention and early intervention. It will address innovative approaches to support young people’s mental health in both family and school settings, while also focusing on the action of health services in the promotion of mental well-being. This symposium will also address the role of new technologies and social media as a double-edged instrument in the hands of children and young adolescents.
 &lt;p class="a3520normal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;With more than half of the mental disorders of young people surfacing before the age of 25, it is essential to provide appropriate support and care at a sufficient early stage. Although the number and quality of the support services offered has considerably increased and improved, the overall share of young people opting to seek help from these channels is struggling to meet the existing offer.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;
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This timely international symposium provides an invaluable opportunity to evaluate the current state of mental health policies for young people at EU level and to discover best practices in the field of prevention and early intervention. It will address innovative approaches to support young people&amp;rsquo;s mental health in both family and school settings, while also focusing on the action of health services in the promotion of mental well-being. This symposium will also address the role of new technologies and social media as a double-edged instrument in the hands of children and young adolescents.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;strong&gt;Delegates will also:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
		Evaluate the current state of mental health among young people in the European Union&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		Explore innovative approaches to promote the role of schools in the early prevention of mental and behavioural disorders&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		Promote cross-sector cooperation to effectively reach young people in their daily environment while involving them actively&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		Assess the accessibility of the existing support services by young people and determine ways to bridge the current gap in the transition from youth to adult mental care&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
		Discuss the role of technology and social media as a double-edged instrument: risks and solutions&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:57:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-events.2966</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tilia Bousios</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-03-16T12:57:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>DG Employment publishes guidelines on mental health at work</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2965</link>
      <description>DG Employment has just published guidelines on mental health at work as part of the results of a recent study involving Prevent, Work Research Centre, University of Nottingham, the London School of Economics and TNO.  This study examined the case for workplaces doing more to prevent and manage mental health issues of their employees. It examined the current legislative provisions in the area and examined the case for introducing further legislation.  &#xD;
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As part of this work, new guidelines have been developed which integrate occupational health and safety, mental health promotion and absence management approaches to mental health issues.  In doing so, they look to extend the field beyond a sole focus on workplace factors and to include mental health issues that arise from outside of the workplace.  &#xD;
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The study has also produced an interpretive note on mental health issues at work.  This provides an interpretation of currently existing legislation in the area with a view to pointing to the ways in which it can be used as the basis for wider action on mental health at work.&#xD;
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The project has also produced a final report which integrates these documents as well as providing a useful summary of current literature and an assessment of potential scenarios for the future.&#xD;
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The reports from this project can be downloaded from:&#xD;
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http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=716&amp;langId=en</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2015 10:27:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2965</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wynne Richard</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-19T10:27:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Improving Young People’s Mental Health in Europe: Transforming Lives, Strengthening Prevention</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-events.2963</link>
      <description>According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) report on the ‘Health of Young People in Europe’, mental disorders in young people are on the rise with an estimated 10- 20% of young Europeans suffering from mental or behavioural disorders.&#xD;
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This timely international symposium provides an invaluable opportunity to assess the current state of mental health policies for young people at the European level and to discover best practices in the field of prevention and early intervention. It will address measures to support young people’s mental health in both school and family settings, while also focusing on the action of health services and community environment in the promotion of mental well-being.
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	According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) report on the &amp;lsquo;Health of Young People in Europe&amp;rsquo;, mental disorders in young people are on the rise with an estimated 10- 20% of young Europeans suffering from mental or behavioural disorders.&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
&lt;div&gt;&#xD;
	This timely international symposium provides an invaluable opportunity to assess the current state of mental health policies for young people at the European level and to discover best practices in the field of prevention and early intervention. It will address measures to support young people&amp;rsquo;s mental health in both school and family settings, while also focusing on the action of health services and community environment in the promotion of mental well-being.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Delegates will also:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
		Assess the current state of mental health policies for young people promoted at EU level&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
		Explore new prevention and early intervention measures and strategies to support young people&amp;rsquo;s mental health in both school and family settings&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
		Evaluate the action of health services as well as the impact of the community environment in the promotion and prevention of mental health issues in children and young people&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
		Discuss the role of technology and social media as a double-edged instrument: risks and solutions&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;For further details about the symposium, please refer to the enclosed event brochure. Do feel free to circulate this information to relevant colleagues within your organisation.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;
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In the meantime, &lt;strong&gt;to ensure your organisation is represented&lt;/strong&gt;, please &lt;a href="http://www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/book.php?event=FF23-PPE2&amp;amp;ss=em&amp;amp;tg=1d"&gt;book online&lt;/a&gt; or complete and return the attached registration form at your earliest convenience in order to secure your delegate place(s).&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:33:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-events.2963</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tilia Bousios</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-04-17T15:33:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Fostering Healthy Workplaces for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-events.2961</link>
      <description>Workplace accidents in the EU claim more than 3 million victims per year and over 4,000 workers die due to serious accidents, according to a report issued by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA). The human suffering, as well as the economic burden of poor occupational safety and health is unacceptably high. Positive workplaces not only increase workers’ health, safety and wellbeing, but also companies' productivity and competitiveness. Studies have shown that for each Euro invested in prevention the return ranges between 1.29 and 2.89 Euros.
 &lt;p style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;Workplace accidents in the EU claim more than 3 million victims per year and over 4,000 workers die due to serious accidents, according to a report issued by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA). The human suffering, as well as the economic burden of poor occupational safety and health is unacceptably high. Positive workplaces not only increase workers&amp;rsquo; health, safety and wellbeing, but also companies&amp;#39; productivity and competitiveness. Studies have shown that for each Euro invested in prevention the return ranges between 1.29 and 2.89 Euros.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;
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In April 2014, EU-OSHA launched the&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;campaign to raise awareness and provide practical advice and support for employers&amp;rsquo; and workers&amp;rsquo; representatives, managers and workers.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;
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Also this year, building on previous strategies and consultations, the European Commission adopted the next Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020 so as to better protect European workers from accidents and diseases. The Framework aims to better implement current health and safety rules, as well to strengthen the prevention of work-related diseases.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;
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This international symposium will provide an invaluable opportunity to discuss how the number of occupational accidents can be reduced especially in high risk industrial work environments, and consider an effective cross-border strategy to prevent psychosocial risks and other work-related diseases. The symposium will allow delegates to examine and assess projects, tools and best practices tackling occupational safety and health issues in Europe so as to create healthy workplaces and foster growth.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Public Policy Exchange&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;welcomes the participation of all key partners, responsible authorities and stakeholders to exchange ideas and engage in thought-provoking topical debate.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px;"&gt;For further details, please refer to the enclosed event brochure. Do feel free to circulate this information to relevant colleagues within your organisation.&lt;br /&gt;&#xD;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p style="font-size: 11.8181819915771px;"&gt;In the meantime,&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;to ensure your organisation is represented&lt;/strong&gt;, please&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="external" href="http://www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/book.php?event=FB24-PPE2&amp;amp;ss=em&amp;amp;tg=1d" target="_blank" title="link opens in new window"&gt;book online&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or complete and return the registration form at your earliest convenience in order to secure your delegate place(s).&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:41:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-events.2961</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tilia Bousios</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-11-21T15:41:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>MENTA50+ Online Serious Games: Learning to take actions for mental fitness and wellbeing in older age</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2959</link>
      <description>This online serious games website brings you new teaching and training methods for maintaining mental fitness of people 50 plus based on online games.
 This online serious games website brings you new teaching and training methods for maintaining mental fitness of people 50 plus based on online games.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:26:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2959</guid>
      <dc:creator>Lang Gert</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-10-24T10:26:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>MENTA50+ Handbook. Learning to take actions for mental fitness and wellbeing in older age. A toolkit for learners and facilitators on mental fitness</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2958</link>
      <description>The aim of the MENTA50+ project is to contribute to the mental fitness of an ageing society. This handbook “Learning to take actions for mental fitness and wellbeing in older age” was developed 2013 and 2014 for interested stakeholders who intend to promote mental fitness and mental wellbeing of older people.&#xD;
The handbook serves as a theoretical and practical background for various user groups on an individual and organisational level. It will help to deliver activities for older people on mental wellbeing and fitness. The handbook also serves as the background information for a 30 hour health promoting course activity.
 The aim of the MENTA50+ project is to contribute to the mental fitness of an ageing society. This handbook “Learning to take actions for mental fitness and wellbeing in older age” was developed 2013 and 2014 for interested stakeholders who intend to promote mental fitness and mental wellbeing of older people.&#xD;
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The handbook serves as a theoretical and practical background for various user groups on an individual and organisational level. It will help to deliver activities for older people on mental wellbeing and fitness. The handbook also serves as the background information for a 30 hour health promoting course activity.This handbook includes a detailed definition of the framework and contents based on mutual consensus of project partners and their national advisory boards. &#xD;
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More specifically, the handbook structure is:&#xD;
1. Introduction to the handbook&#xD;
2. Generic section: Why promote mental fitness in ageing societies?&#xD;
3. Specific section: How to promote mental fitness of older people?&#xD;
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The generic section provides a short introduction to the topic of cognitive stimulation and also has some reference to social interaction. The specific section is designed as a Toolbox which gives practical examples on how to promote mental fitness, presented through five modules.&#xD;
These five modules are:&#xD;
- Mental fitness&#xD;
- Stress management and mental fitness&#xD;
- Social networks and mental fitness&#xD;
- Nutrition and mental fitness&#xD;
- Physical fitness and mental fitness&#xD;
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Each module is briefly introduced theoretically. Moreover, for each module eight different exercises and activities are described in detail so that a facilitator can put them into practice with older people. Finally, there is a short glossary of important terms and bibliography of references included in the handbook.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:47:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2958</guid>
      <dc:creator>Lang Gert</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-10-24T09:47:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Workshop on mental health in the workplace</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2957</link>
      <description>The consultative workshop on mental health in the workplace took place in Brussels on the 24thy June.  More than 40 people from 10 countries took part and they heard presentations on topics ranging from the legislative situation governing mental health in the European workplace, guidance for employers, the costs and benefits of taking action and possible scenarios for developing the area.&#xD;
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Participants came from a range of backgrounds and included the Social Partners, the Commission, EU agencies, NGOs and public health organisations.  &#xD;
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The project is due to produce final versions of scenarios, an interpretative document on legislation and guidance for employers by the end of the summer.  All ENMHP members will be informed of when these are available.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:56:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2957</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wynne Richard</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-06-27T11:56:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Informative Guide on Dementia</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2956</link>
      <description>When someone you know is suffering from a form of dementia it can be easy to lose sight of what you originally loved about them. Dementia is a devastating condition which can result in uncharacteristic, often violent outbursts and memory loss which can turn the sufferer into a shell of the person they were. However, with the right care and support, you can preserve a great deal of their personality.
 &lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt"&gt;&lt;span id="docs-internal-guid-931ab4cc-b00f-4169-2a97-ff7824205729"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"&gt;When someone you know is suffering from a form of dementia it can be easy to lose sight of what you originally loved about them. Dementia is a devastating condition which can result in uncharacteristic, often violent outbursts and memory loss which can turn the sufferer into a shell of the person they were. However, with the right care and support, you can preserve a great deal of their personality.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt"&gt;&lt;span id="docs-internal-guid-931ab4cc-b00f-4169-2a97-ff7824205729"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"&gt;Support includes communication as well as medical support. Although it&amp;rsquo;s vital to keep up with the right medication, talking to them is also incredibly important. In order to not frustrate them and provoke an outburst, speak to them in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="external" href="http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=764" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" title="Link opens in new window"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"&gt;simple terms without being patronizing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"&gt;. Ask them questions about themselves but ensure it&amp;rsquo;s only one question at a time so that they don&amp;rsquo;t become confused.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt"&gt;&lt;span id="docs-internal-guid-931ab4cc-b00f-4169-2a97-ff7824205729"&gt;&lt;a class="external" href="https://caregiver.org/caregivers-guide-understanding-dementia-behaviors" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" title="Link opens in new window"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"&gt;Spotting their signs of discomfort&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"&gt; can also go a long way in maintaining their mental and physical wellness. Make sure they&amp;rsquo;re not sitting or lying in the same position for an extended period of time, pay attention to the temperature in case they become too hot or cold, and always check if they&amp;rsquo;re hungry or thirsty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt"&gt;&lt;span id="docs-internal-guid-931ab4cc-b00f-4169-2a97-ff7824205729"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"&gt;If a member of your family suffers from dementia,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="external" href="http://www.psychguides.com/guides/living-with-a-family-member-with-dementia/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" title="Link opens in new window"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"&gt;this informative guide can provide you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"&gt; with information and advice on how to support them and make them comfortable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2014 13:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2956</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tilia Bousios</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-06-19T13:29:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Workshop on mental health in the workplace</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2955</link>
      <description>A workshop on mental health in the workplace will take place in Brussels on the 24th of June. The workshop is part of a European Commission project, funded by DG Employment. The study aims to analyse the suitability of the EU-OSH legal framework in its current form, and to evaluate the relevant national policy measures and instruments for mental health specific risks in the workplace. &#xD;
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The workshop will present:&#xD;
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•	The results of an expert study&#xD;
•	A guidance document on mental in the workplace foe employers&#xD;
•	An interpretive note on legislation&#xD;
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The workshop is part of a consultation process with key stakeholders. Obtaining your opinion is an important part of the research process and the workshop sessions will allow you to comment on the materials. With your help and expertise, we can work towards a better understanding of the policies on mental health in the workplace and on improving the tools for employers and stakeholders at workplace level. &#xD;
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The language of the workshop is English. &#xD;
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You can register via www.amiando.com/workshopmentalhealth.  &#xD;
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If you have any questions, contact: &#xD;
Veronique De Broeck&#xD;
Prevent&#xD;
veronique.debroeck@prevent.be</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2014 13:40:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2955</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wynne Richard</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-06-11T13:40:26Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How can employers promote good mental health? Live discussion</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2954</link>
      <description>Health and social work professionals experience the highest rates of work-related anxiety, stress and depression of any field. Join our panel to discuss what managers and colleagues can do to support staff in these sectors
 &lt;p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.98714256286621px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"&gt;Social care and healthcare are consistently ranked as among the most stressful fields to work in &amp;ndash; perhaps due to a combination of the difficulty of the work itself, budget cuts, a high turnover of employees, and staff shortages.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/Statistics/causdis/stress/index.htm" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 86, 137); text-decoration: none; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"&gt;Statistics from the Health and Safety Executive&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;show that, between 2009-12, those in health and social work professions experienced the highest rates of work-related anxiety, stress and depression of any field. Then there are the mental health issues triggered by the nature of social care and healthcare jobs, such as vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue or burnout.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.98714256286621px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"&gt;There are signs that the situation has worsened in recent years, as resources have got smaller and caseloads larger. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://cdn.basw.co.uk/upload/basw_23651-3.pdf" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 86, 137); text-decoration: none; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"&gt;2012 State of Social Work report&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;from the British Association of Social Work showed that 77% of social workers find their caseloads unmanageable, while 85% had experienced notable cuts to services in the previous 12 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.98714256286621px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"&gt;Aside from the ethical obligation that employers have to ensure the wellbeing of their staff, be it physical or mental, there are also financial considerations. Employee absence due to stress costs the economy a huge amount of money each year. In an era of shrinking budgets, it is something that the health and social care sectors can ill afford, and an issue that must be taken seriously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 13px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.98714256286621px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"&gt;So, what can health and social care employers do to help reduce the number of employees affected by work-related mental illness, and support those affected? And if you work in the sector, what are the methods you can use to help self-care? We&amp;rsquo;ll be discussing these issues with a panel of experts on&amp;nbsp;&lt;b style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"&gt;Friday 16th May between 12 &amp;ndash; 2pm (BST)&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 12:18:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2954</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tilia Bousios</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T12:18:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Major new Europe-wide report on mental health produced by IMH</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2947</link>
      <description>A major new report into mental health across Europe has been published by a consortium led by Dr Chiara Samele, an independent researcher working on behalf of the Institute of Mental Health. The report was launched on the 10 October (World Mental Health day) at the Lithuanian Presidency Conference.
 &lt;p&gt;In December 2010, the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC) of the European Commission&amp;#39;s Directorate General for Health and Consumers commissioned this project to provide an up-to-date profile of mental health systems across European Members States and other countries, with a focus on mental illness prevention and mental health promotion activities. This was to inform the European Union&amp;#39;s work within and between Member States and other countries and provide a further platform for future EU work in the field. The report comprises: a review of the relevant European literature;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;ul style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.828125px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&#xD;
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		a review of the relevant European literature;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		a series of 29 country profiles (EU Member States and Norway), and analyses of these;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		suggestions for strengthening systems to support prevention and promotion;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		economic and social benefits of investments in prevention and promotion;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		existing monitoring indicators to assess the quality of mental healthcare;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		future plans for prevention and promotion in Member States and other countries;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		discussion and policy recommendations for Member States and the European Commission.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;For a copy of the report please visit the &lt;a class="external" href="http://www.institutemh.org.uk/x-news-and-events-x/general-news/300-europopp-report" target="_blank" title="Link opens in new window"&gt;Institute of Mental Heatlh website&lt;/a&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2947</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tilia Bousios</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-11-14T10:10:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Learning to take actions for mental fitness and wellbeing in older age (MENTA50+)</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2946</link>
      <description>The overall aim of the MENTA50+ project is to respond to the challenges of an ageing society through promoting increased activity of older people, by providing them a supporting framework and developing materials which reflect a holistic approach in giving solutions.&#xD;
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The project consortium shares the belief that the key to respond to these challenges is to empower both the final end-users and also facilitators and providers who are important mediators to reach the target audience as well as to bridge between them and decision makers.&#xD;
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The message of the project: “Better (mental) health can lead to living your life more actively” and vice versa “Active lifestyle leads to healthy ageing” reflects the association between active ageing and mental health, which the project undertakes to prove and support. Consequently, this results in communicating the self-responsibility and the capability of the individual to take actions for his healthy and active later life!
 The project aims to reach these aims by:&#xD;
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1. Calling for action by addressing both providers and older adults (and secondarily decision-makers) and involving them in the procedures.&#xD;
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2. Developing a manual with a holistic approach&#xD;
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3. Developing online serious games &#xD;
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4. Providing a course curriculum as a model for further realisations of the programme&#xD;
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The project consortium is composed by 4 Universities, 1 Research Institute of Red Cross and 3 adult training providers which are: University of Malaga (Spain), TREBAG Ltd. (Hungary), Research Institute of the Red Cross (Austria), Università delle LiberEtà des FVG (Italy), University of Chester (United Kingdom), IDEC Business Consulting (Greece), European University of Cyprus, and Modi'in Municipality Multi-Disciplinary Center (Israel).&#xD;
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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:46:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2946</guid>
      <dc:creator>Lang Gert</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-11-06T09:46:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Closing conference for ENWHP PHWork initiative</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2944</link>
      <description>The conference in Brussels will conclude the 9th European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) initiative “Work. Adapted for all. Move Europe”, focussing on promoting healthy work for employees with chronic illness (Public Health and Work, PH Work).  &#xD;
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Chronic conditions and diseases have a substantial impact on the labour market and working life. This urges the need for effective job retention and workplace-based return-to-work (RTW) strategies and interventions, as a means of preventing employees with a chronic illness of moving into disability or early retirement. The PH Work project contributes towards the implementation of effective workplace health practices within corporate policies of enterprises in Europe</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:37:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2944</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wynne Richard</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-21T15:37:30Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Say it forward anti-stigma campaign uses truth to break the chains of stigma</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2939</link>
      <description>Say It Forward 2013, an email and social media anti-stigma campaign that educates people about the reality of mental health conditions.&#xD;
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SayItForwardCampaign.org</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:46:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news.2939</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wynne Richard</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-01T11:46:45Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Survey on MHP Webinar</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.surveys</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The ENMHP are about to offer a new service to members and non-members &amp;ndash; &lt;strong&gt;Webinars on Mental Health Promotion (MHP)&lt;/strong&gt; and related topics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;It has become clear that there is a real demand for support in relation to MHP implementation.&amp;nbsp; Remote training needs to be supplemented by a more personal approach and webinars offer a potential solution in that regard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;European Network for Mental Health Promotion (ENMHP) &lt;/strong&gt;would like to assess its audience&amp;#39;s level of interest in taking part in webinars.&amp;nbsp; If you could complete our questionnaire, it will help us to design webinars that will meet your needs to the maximum extent possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;All responses to the questions will be treated confidentially.&amp;nbsp; The questionnaire should take about 10 minutes to complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;Please complete the questionnaire by November the 16th.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;If you have any queries about this questionnaire, please contact the &lt;strong&gt;ENMHP Secretariat &lt;/strong&gt;Isabelle Jeffares at &lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;i[dot]jeffares[at]wrc-research.ie&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p style="font-size:1.5em;"&gt;&lt;a begin="" class="External" click="" href="http://surveys.eworx.gr/index.php?sid=67846&amp;amp;newtest=Y&amp;amp;lang=en" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Survey', 'Start']); window.open(this.href);"&gt;Start the Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;h3&gt;What is a Webinar?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;A webinar is a new web-based method for delivering seminars remotely.&amp;nbsp; A webinar has the following features:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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		Real-time interaction&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		Structured or semi-structure presentations&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		Direct audio and video links to the presenter&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		Real time questions and answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		Chaired discussion forums&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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&lt;p&gt;Generally, they involve between 10 and 40 participants (there is a limit on how many can participate) and last for 60 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;The requirements on participants are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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		Access to the Internet&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		Use of headphones and microphone&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;
&lt;h3&gt;Your Trainers&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;
&lt;div&gt;&#xD;
	Your Webinar trainers are made up of an experienced team of authorities in the field of mental health promotion and include:&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&lt;strong&gt;Dr. Richard Wynne&lt;/strong&gt;, Work Research Centre, lectures in workplace health promotion in University College Dublin.&amp;nbsp; He has been involved in training for workplace health promotion for 15 years and has recently been very involved in developing and delivering training in mental Health Promotion in the workplace.&amp;nbsp; He has been involved in workplace health promotion projects in Romania, Slovenia and the UK.&amp;nbsp; His specialist areas include the management of stress at work, return to work strategies, the relationship between occupational health and safety and workplace health promotion and organisational level intervention methods for mental health promotion.&amp;nbsp; He also has an interest on the development of policy in relation to mental health promotion at work.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&lt;strong&gt;Dr. Donal McAnaney&lt;/strong&gt; acts as a senior training and development consultant for the European Platform for Rehabilitation in Brussels and the Work Research Centre in Dublin. He is a member of the Academic Council of the Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences (PCU-WHS) in British Columbia. He is a lecturer with the Centre for Disability Studies in NUI Dublin.&amp;nbsp; He presents the on-line module on Mental Health and Work for the National Institute for Disability Management and Research (NIDMAR) and was lead lecturer in the PCU-WHS Summer School on &amp;lsquo;Removing barriers and enhancing facilitators of Return to Work &amp;ndash;Mental Health and Stress&amp;rsquo; in July 2012. He is the Research Chair of the International Disability Management Standards Council (IDMSC) and is outgoing chair of the Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training (GLADNET). He has developed and delivered continuing professional development programmes for workplace and allied health professionals relating to health promotion, job retention and return to work with a specific emphasis on mental health and has been involved in a range of international research studies in the area of stress and mental health in the workplace.&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&lt;strong&gt;Mr. Gert Lang&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;is a research fellow at the Vienna Institute for Social Science Documentation and Methodology (WISDOM) and a scientific researcher &amp;amp; project manager at the Research Institute of the Red Cross (FRK) since 2000. He is lecturer for quantitative research methods at the University of Vienna. His professional expertise is in age(ing) research, (mental) health promotion, prevention and social inequality with extensive experience of research projects with a number of publications, oral presentations at conferences and seminars on a national and international basis.&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&lt;strong&gt;Dr Pia Solin -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) is a research and development institute under the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Dr Pia Solin is a director in WHO collaboration centre for mental health promotion, prevention and policy which is situated in Mental health promotion unit in THL. Pia Solin has a PhD in Philosophy, her thesis focused on mental health promotion policy. She has also a masters degree in social psychology and a degree in educational studies. Solin has several years of experience in giving lectures from variety of areas, such as qualitative research methods, health policy and social psychology. Current projects, such as Mental health promotion handbooks, have also given opportunity to lecture and give training in the area of mental health promotion.&amp;quot;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&lt;strong&gt;J&amp;ouml;rg Michel&lt;/strong&gt; is a scientific officer and transfer manager with the Federal Institute of Occupational safety and health in Germany.&amp;nbsp;He has several years of experience in the fields of adult education, life long learning and workplace health promotion and was a project-manager in a number of national ESF-projects. Currently he is a supervising expert in several national projects on Workplace Health Promotion with a focus on Mental Health and aging workforces. He was also responsible for the German part of an EU-funded e-learning course on psycho-social risk management in the workplace (PRIMA-et) and is co-author of the handbook for the workplace in the MHPhands project.&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
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	&lt;strong&gt;Merike Sisask&lt;/strong&gt;, PhD in sociology, MSc in Public Health, Executive Director and Senior Researcher at the Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (ERSI), Associate Professor at the Tallinn University, Institute of Social Work. Merike Sisask has been involved in several all-European projects on mental health promotion and suicide prevention. She has developed and tested educational materials for school setting, conducted trainings and implemented school-based intervention programmes for mental health promotion targeted both to school personnel and schoolchildren.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:05:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.surveys</guid>
      <dc:creator>George Sakoulas</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-10-18T10:05:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Newsletter</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.newsletter</link>
      <description />
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:56:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.newsletter</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tilia Bousios</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-27T10:56:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Contact Us</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.contact</link>
      <description />
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:02:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.contact</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tilia Bousios</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-26T14:02:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Networks and Other Organisations</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.links</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here you will find links to mental health assocated networks and organisations.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:38:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.links</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tilia Bousios</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-26T13:38:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Resources</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.resources</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;Resource Section of the ENMHP&lt;/strong&gt;. Within this section you will find the following types of information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Projects:&lt;/strong&gt; Projects related to Mental Health (and its promotion) which are primarily undertaken on a European Level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Policy Documents:&lt;/strong&gt; Policy related documents in the field of mental health (promotion), such as the &lt;strong&gt;European Mental Health Pact&lt;/strong&gt;. These policy documents are both at&amp;nbsp; a European level as well as at a National level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bibliography:&lt;/strong&gt; References to (scientific) articles regarding mental health and public health.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;If you would like to disseminate your &lt;strong&gt;Reference Material &lt;/strong&gt;via the &lt;strong&gt;ENMHP Portal&lt;/strong&gt; simply &lt;a href="http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.member#member-create" title="Link opens in new window"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Register as a Member of the Portal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and then upload your Project, Links or Documents in the relevant sections.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:38:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.resources</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tilia Bousios</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-26T13:38:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Bibliography</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.bibliography</link>
      <description />
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:38:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.bibliography</guid>
      <dc:creator>Argyro Kazaki</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-26T13:38:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Policy Documents</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.policydocuments</link>
      <description />
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:38:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.policydocuments</guid>
      <dc:creator>Argyro Kazaki</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-26T13:38:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Projects</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.projects</link>
      <description />
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:38:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.projects</guid>
      <dc:creator>Argyro Kazaki</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-26T13:38:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Events</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-events</link>
      <description />
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:20:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-events</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tilia Bousios</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-25T12:20:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>News</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news</link>
      <description />
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:11:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.enmhp-news</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tilia Bousios</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-25T12:11:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>FAQ</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.faq</link>
      <description />
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:47:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.faq</guid>
      <dc:creator>Argyro Kazaki</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-22T16:47:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>About</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.about</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the website of the European Network for Mental Health Promotion (ENMHP). On this site you will find information and tools relevant to promoting mental health and wellbeing. There are tools and methods for promoting mental health, support for implementing mental health promotion programmes and training (face-to-face and e-learning) on MHP. These features are available for three settings &amp;ndash; schools, workplaces and older people&amp;rsquo;s residences and in multiple languages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;h3&gt;&#xD;
	What is the European Network for Mental Health Promotion?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;The ENMHP is a new network for people interested in mental health promotion issues. It has more than 1600 members from Europe and beyond. Our members come from policy and practitioner backgrounds and they all have an interest in the implementation of mental health promotion programmes. In addition, the ENMHP aims to influence policy by communicating the experiences of practice directly to those who formulate and manage policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;h3&gt;&#xD;
	Where does it come from?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;The ENMHP has developed from an EU funded project called ProMenPol which finished in December 2009. The partners in the ENMHP are developing the work the work of ProMenPol to include training for MHP and providing support for implementing MHP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;h3&gt;&#xD;
	What can it do for you?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;ENMHP aims to be the largest network for mental health promotion in Europe, providing, information, tools and methods, training and a communications platform for all who are interested in this emerging area. Over the coming years, it will promote the development of MHP in Europe and beyond through project work and practice. You can benefit by becoming a member of ENMHP, by communicating with your peers and by contributing to the development of the various projects which are being carried out throughout Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;h3&gt;&#xD;
	Membership of the European Network for Mental Health Promotion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;You can become a member of ENMHP by completing the electronic registration form on this page. This will give you overall access to all the websites in this portal and will also entitle you to receive the ENMHP newsletter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;h3&gt;&#xD;
	What is the ENMHP website?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;The ENMHP website is a portal which comprises 3 other websites. These are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;ProMenPol &amp;ndash; this site contains the database of tools and methods for promoting mental health and wellbeing&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;MindHealth &amp;ndash; this site contains the e-learning course for promoting mental health and wellbeing&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;MHP-Hands &amp;ndash; this site contains the support manuals for implementing mental health promotion projects&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;ProMenPol is a complete website, while MindHealth and MHP-Hands are under construction. They will have intermediate versions available during 2010 and 2011 and will be complete by the end of 2012.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:39:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Evi Kostakou</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-22T16:39:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>My Share List</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.share-list</link>
      <description />
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.share-list</guid>
      <dc:creator>Argyro Kazaki</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-22T16:34:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Portal Sitemap</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.sitemap</link>
      <description />
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:28:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.sitemap</guid>
      <dc:creator>Stefanos Patelis</dc:creator>
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      <title>Europe's First Portal for Mental Health Promotion</title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.home</link>
      <description>&lt;!--&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This portal offers&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
		Tools, training, manuals for MHP&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
		Multiple languages, multiple settings&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
		A new network for MHP&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
		Three settings - schools, workplaces, older people&amp;rsquo;s homes&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
&lt;/ul&gt;--&gt;&#xD;
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	&lt;h3&gt;What is the European Network for Mental Health Promotion?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;ul&gt;&#xD;
		&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
			The ENMHP is a new network for people interested in mental health promotion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
		&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
			ENMHP has more than 1600 members from Europe and beyond&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
		&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
			ENMHP membership includes policy makers, practitioners and educators&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
		&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
			ENMHP aims to influence practitioners, policy makers, professionals and administrators&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
		&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
			ENMHP aims to become the premier network for mental health promotion&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
		&lt;li&gt;&#xD;
			Builds on the work of ProMenPol project&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;/ul&gt;&#xD;
&lt;/div&gt;&#xD;
&lt;div class="col50r"&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;h3&gt;FREE Membership&lt;/h3&gt;&#xD;
	&lt;p&gt;You can become a member of ENMHP by &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.member#member-create" title="Link opens in new window"&gt;Signing Up.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; By becoming a Member you&amp;nbsp; will be able to use the portal to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;post&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; your News, Events, Projects, Links etc.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
	For more information about the ENMHP&amp;nbsp;website visit the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.faq" title="Link opens in new window"&gt;FAQ Section&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;or Contact the&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mentalhealthpromotion.net/?i=portal.en.contact" title="Link opens in new window"&gt;MHP Editor.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Evi Kostakou</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-10-22T14:56:00Z</dc:date>
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