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<DIV><SPAN class=281155123-18122005>Dear Catherine and all,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=281155123-18122005>I can understand your confusion if you have
not been following the issues. And therefore to help clarify I believe the
posts below identify most clearly the issues and the need to insure that
resources are allocated for both physical and mental health. I
am not aware of any country which is as enlightened to the degree that it
recognizes that physical and mental health should be seamless and part of
primary care as has been put forth by Sylvis and Kicki. Most countries
will not allocate resources which are not identified.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281155123-18122005></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281155123-18122005>For example, women who have been raped and
tortured as a by product of war and consider suicide as an alternative to
having to face the reality of returning to their home and being ostracized, need
intensive mental health services and psychosocial support. This has
nothing to do with disability, but can affect anyone person who may
be living in an unfortunate situation of war and conflict.
Mental health issues and services affect the entire poulation, not only the
disability community.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281155123-18122005></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281155123-18122005>I still would like to hear of any country
that has the seamless services for physical and mental health, to which
Kicki and Sylvia have referred.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281155123-18122005></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281155123-18122005>Elizabeth</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
wsishealth-and-ict@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:wsishealth-and-ict@yahoogroups.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Elizabeth
Carll, PhD<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 18, 2005 3:45 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Kicki Nordström; Sylvia Caras; Hiroshi Kawamura<BR><B>Cc:</B> Pwd@wsis-cs.org;
plenary@wsis-cs.org; WSIS-CT;
wsishealth-and-ict@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [wsishealth-and-ict] RE:
almost final version 4.3 of WSIS CS statement<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><TT>Dear
Kicki, Sylvia, and all<BR><BR>Because we may believe that health is seamless
and mental health must be<BR>integrated into primary care does not mean that
is the current reality.<BR><BR>Perhaps I am overlooking something here and if
you could list the countries<BR>which have a seamless service for physical and
mental health and treat them<BR>as part of primary care, it would very helpful
in understanding your<BR>perspective.<BR><BR>Elizabeth<BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Kicki Nordström [mailto:kino@iris.se]<BR>Sent: Sunday,
December 18, 2005 3:29 PM<BR>To: Sylvia Caras; Elizabeth Carll, PhD; Hiroshi
Kawamura<BR>Cc: Pwd@wsis-cs.org;
wsishealth-and-ict@yahoogroups.com<BR>Subject: SV: almost final version 4.3 of
WSIS CS statement<BR><BR><BR>Dear Sylvia and Elisabeth,<BR><BR>Of course:
"Because health is seamless, and those services must be<BR>integrated into
primary care."<BR><BR>This is also what IDC has proposed for the Article on
Health in the<BR>convention of the rights of PWD.<BR><BR>Times moves and use
of wordings changes over time. Now time have come to<BR>reform the term
2physical and mental health" and see this as "health" since<BR>it is just the
same.<BR><BR><BR>Kind regards<BR>Kicki<BR>Kicki Nordström<BR>World Blind
Union<BR>Immediate Past President<BR>c/o SRF Iris AB<BR>122 88
Enskede<BR>Sweden<BR>Tel: +46 (0)8 399 000<BR>Fax: +46 (0)8 725 99 20<BR>Cell:
+46 (0)70 766 18 19<BR>E-mail: kino@iris.se<BR><BR>-----Ursprungligt
meddelande-----<BR>Från: Sylvia Caras
[mailto:sylvia@peoplewho.org]<BR>Skickat: den 18 december 2005 21:15<BR>Till:
Elizabeth Carll, PhD; Kicki Nordström; Hiroshi Kawamura<BR>Kopia:
Pwd@wsis-cs.org; wsishealth-and-ict@yahoogroups.com<BR>Ämne: RE: almost final
version 4.3 of WSIS CS statement<BR><BR>Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote on 11:58 AM
12/18/05:<BR>>I couldn't agree with you more that physical and mental
health should<BR>>not be separated<BR><BR>But you just separated them in
that sentence!<BR><BR>>approximately 40% of the world's countries have no
articulated mental<BR>>health policy, and over 30% have no mental health
programs.<BR><BR>Because health is seamless.<BR><BR>>disparity in services
for mental health<BR><BR>Because health is seamless, and those services must
be integrated into<BR>primary care.<BR><BR>Sylvia<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></TT><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --><BR><BR>
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