Contener in Community Action Fundación Contener

Fundación Contener Main Objectives Promote educational actions Promote educational actions at all levels regarding topics at all levels regarding topics concerning mental and concerning mental and behavioural disorders behavioural disorders

Fundación Contener Promote and guarantee the rights of the patients Fight against stigma & discrimination Promote modern forms of health care, prevention and rehabilitation Work with other NGOs & GOs working in the field of Mental Health

Fundación Contener INTER-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS International Member of the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) Representative in Argentina of the World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR) NAMI MIO Coalition Partner World Psychiatric Association

Fundación Contener World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH): October 11, Washington DC: Symposium on World Mental Health Day, co sponsored by PAHO NAMI – –October 2 to 8: Mental Illness Awareness Week – –October 6: Bipolar Disorder Awareness Day

Fundación Contener INTER-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS National Argentinean Association of Psychiatrists Association of Argentinean Psychiatrists Foundation for Interdisciplinary Investigation of Communication FINTECO

Fundación Contener INTER-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS National Asociación Argentina de Alzheimer Asociación Argentina de Parkinson Asociación Argentina de Trastornos de Ansiedad Asociación Interfuerzas de Salud Mental Centro de Investigación y Docencia en Epidemiología y Salud Departamento de Sanidad de la Prefectura Naval Argentina Fobia Club

Fundación Contener INTER-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS National Fundación Avances, para la promoción del avance en las ciencias y el arte Fundación Ayuda al Enfermo Neuropsiquiá- trico Prof Dr Juan Carlos Semper Fundación Belén de Escobar Fundación de Bipolares de Argentina – FUBIPA Fundación Familia y Comunidad Fundación para la Salud Mental (FUNSAME) Fundación Stern

Fundación Contener INTER-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS National Fundación Pietro Bronzini para la Salud Mental Hospital de Emergencias Psiquiátricas Torcuato de Alvear Hospital Escuela de Salud Mental de la Provincia de San Luis Hospital Español Hospital General de Agudos Dr Bernardino Rivadavia Hospital General de Agudos Dr Cosme Argerich Hospital General de Agudos Dr Juan A Fernandez

Fundación Contener INTER-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS National Junta de Servicios Generales de Alcohólicos Anónimos Pallium Latinoamérica Asociación Civil Servicio de Asistencia al Familiar del Suicida Sociedad de Psiquiatría de La Plata Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Tucumán, Facultad de Medicina

Fundación Contener INTER-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS National Hospital General de Agudos Dr Teodoro Alvarez Hospital Interdisciplinario Psicoasistencial Dr José T Borda, Departamento de Rehabilitación Hospital Interdisciplinario Psicoasistencial Dr José T Borda, Hospital de Día Instituto de Neurociencias de Buenos Aires (INEBA) Instituto Universitario CEMIC

Fundación Contener INTER-INSTITUTONAL RELATIONS National Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Instituto de Neurociencias y Humanidades Médicas

Fundación Contener TRIENNIAL PLAN : FULFILLED Legal Registration Creation of branches Interinstitutional Agreements Development of educational courses Development of research Opening of Internet website and electronic bulletin Brochures Participation in national & international meetings

Fundación Contener TRIENNIAL PLAN Preceptorship & partial sponsoring of community activities like halfway houses, hostels, community dinning rooms for children at risk, etc. Advocacy activities to raise awareness about neuropsychiatric disorders Development of networks of NGOs with similar objectives, for which Contener acts as an umbrella NGO, spreading their actions through its own resources

Fundación Contener TRIENNIAL PLAN Free supply of medicines donated by the pharmaceutical industry through Contener, which results in more economical treatments for the patients Legal advise for patients & relatives regarding their rights concerning treatment, in accordance with current regulations. Organization of national & international work meetings both in Argentina & abroad Intensive communication through the Contener website & the monthly Electronic Bulletin of Contener

Fundación Contener TRIENNIAL PLAN Creation of annual awards: – –2004: Contener & the Media. Best media production against stigma & discrimination – –2005: Best institutional production in the field of rehabilitation – –2006: Best legal action in defense of the rights of the patients New publications about other neuropsychiatric disorders CME for Professionals Psychoeducation for Patients & their relatives, & the Public

Fundación Contener Meetings organized by Fundación Contener First National Meeting:“Towards the Development of a Solidarity Network of Institutions which Fight against the Stigma and Discrimination of the Mentally Ill”, 2002 Second National Meeting: "Patients, Relatives & NGOs, Main Characters in the Health Systems, 2003 Third National & International Meeting: "Contener in the Community“, 2004

Fundación Contener Revolutions take place when the so-called "problem people“ become people who deal with their own problems