Title: Announcements

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Section/SPIG: Mental Health

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Recent United Nations Developments

The UN meetings continue to develop a human rights and disability treaty (<http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/adhoccom.htm>). It is impressive how the many disability interests have joined to ensure that the treaty language applies universally to all disabilities. The U.S. position is to participate by providing technical assistance, and to not ratify the final treaty. There is an interesting model for supported decision-making that Canada has developed based on the assumption of legal capacity, the right to self-determination, and the provision of support.

Sylvia Caras, Section Council Member

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CALL FOR PAPERS FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH.

Papers are invited for a peer-reviewed, special issue planned for 2005 to focus on morbidity and mortality and mental health -- U.S. or global data. Prevention or epidemiology topics employing theoretical, quantitative, or qualitative methodologies are welcome.

Contact Guest Editor Anthony Kouzis, Johns Hopkins University, at <akouzis@jhsph.edu>.