[WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: almost final version 4.3 of WSIS CS statement

[Elizabeth Carll, PhD]

Dear Kicki, Sylvia, and all

Because we may believe that health is seamless and mental health must be
integrated into primary care does not mean that is the current reality.

Perhaps I am overlooking something here and if you could list the countries
which have a seamless service for physical and mental health and treat them
as part of primary care, it would very helpful in understanding your
perspective.

Elizabeth

-----Original Message-----
From: Kicki Nordström [mailto:kino at iris.se]
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 3:29 PM
To: Sylvia Caras; Elizabeth Carll, PhD; Hiroshi Kawamura
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Subject: SV: almost final version 4.3 of WSIS CS statement


Dear Sylvia and Elisabeth,

Of course: "Because health is seamless, and those services must be
integrated into primary care."

This is also what IDC has proposed for the Article on Health in the
convention of the rights of PWD.

Times moves and use of wordings changes over time. Now  time have come to
reform the term 2physical and mental health" and see this as "health" since
it is just the same.


Kind regards
Kicki
Kicki Nordström
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-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Från: Sylvia Caras [mailto:sylvia at peoplewho.org]
Skickat: den 18 december 2005 21:15
Till: Elizabeth Carll, PhD; Kicki Nordström; Hiroshi Kawamura
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Ämne: RE: almost final version 4.3 of WSIS CS statement

Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote on 11:58 AM 12/18/05:
>I couldn't agree with you more that physical and mental health should
>not be separated

But you just separated them in that sentence!

>approximately 40% of the world's countries have no articulated mental
>health policy, and over 30% have no mental health programs.

Because health is seamless.

>disparity in services for mental health

Because health is seamless, and those services must be integrated into
primary care.

Sylvia