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Archive for January, 2010

A Groundbreaking Mental Health Model in Iraq

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/world/middleeast/31iraqcare.html?emc=eta1

Posted on January 31st, 2010 under Nancy. Comments: None

Burma’s Karen Refugees Struggle in the UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8386945.stm

Posted on January 18th, 2010 under Nancy. Comments: None

BBP JOB POSTING - PLEASE READ AND PASS ON

POSITION TITLE:
Director of Counseling Training

DESCRIPTION:
Psychological trauma expert to provide clinical training, clinical supervision, needs assessments, and program evaluation and development at the Mae Tao Clinic Counseling Center and Child Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center.

BACKGROUND:
Burma is home to one of the most oppressive governments in our world today. Severe human rights abuses, including extra-judicial killings, torture, slave [...]

Posted on January 12th, 2010 under Nancy. Comments: None

Identifying disorders or spreading them?

This article is a valuable reminder to us of the importance of mindfully moving forward on mental health efforts around the world.  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

Posted on January 10th, 2010 under Nancy. Comments: None

Mae Tao Clinic Counseling Center

The Counseling Center now has a brief write-up on Mae Tao Clinic’s website.  Updated stats should be there soon.  http://www.maetaoclinic.org/health_edu.html

Posted on January 9th, 2010 under Nancy. Comments: None

Helping heal the hearts of others when one’s own heart needs a little healing

I’m back at work after taking holiday with Nori and his family.  It was wonderful to spend time with them again and to spend every day, all day with Nori.  Hours of rock climbing and SCUBA diving were just what my mind needed. It is amazing how quickly the mind can be silenced when it [...]

Posted on January 8th, 2010 under Nancy. Comments: None

Thailand Begins Repatriation of Hmong to Laos

NY TIMES December 28, 2009
BANGKOK — Armed with riot shields and batons, Thai military officers began early on Monday to forcibly return 4,000 Hmong asylum seekers to Laos in a lingering echo of the Vietnam War. A government spokesman, Panitan Wattanayagorn, said in a telephone interview that the repatriation had started and would be completed within days.
Members [...]

Posted on January 8th, 2010 under Nancy. Comments: None

A Story from Mae Tao Clinic

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/investigation/29651/for-choo-it-all-work-and-no-play

Posted on January 5th, 2010 under Nancy. Comments: 2

Too often the suffering continues

http://www.internationalreportingproject.org/stories/detail/1460/

Posted on January 5th, 2010 under Nancy. Comments: None