<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--If you see this error message then you do not support RSS v2.0.--><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Carter Center]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carter Center Mental Health Program 2007]]></description><item><title><![CDATA[29 November 2007: Mental Illness Prevention: Interview with Thomas H. Bornemann, Ed.D., Director of the Carter Center Mental Health Program]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/current_qa/bornemann_112907.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 23rd Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, held Nov. 7-8, 2007 at The Carter Center, examined current mental health prevention interventions&#151;and potential policy barriers for implementation--for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 November 2007: Carter Center Symposium to Address the Prevention of Mental Illnesses]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/mhsymposium07.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Harnessing the power of prevention to stop the onset or progression of mental illnesses is long overdue. Failure to implement preventive measures on a national scale takes not only a human toll but also an economic and societal toll in terms of lost productivity and disability.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 October 2007: Carter Center Mental Health Program Observes World Mental Health Day]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/mental_health/world_mh_day.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mental illnesses affect people of all ages in all countries and societies, from the boy soldier in Sierra Leone traumatized by years of bloody civil war to the aging farmer in Oklahoma suffering from depression. These illnesses have a profound impact on the quality of life for individuals and families and stunt economic growth in societies around the world.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 October 2007: In South Africa, a Journalist Finds Words for Unspeakable Tragedies]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/mental_health/kahn_profile.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a recurring headline in South African newspapers: "Cop Murder-Suicide Claims Family." Dozens of sons, fathers, and husbands working in the South African Police Service had committed these crimes against their own families, but the stories of what motivated them were rarely told.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 October 2007: Mental Health Fellow Breaks Down Stereotypes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/mental_health/roberts_profile.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time and money to access voluminous public records are luxuries most reporters do not have to investigate negligence or malfeasance in the public sector.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 October 2007: Journalism Fellowships Expand to Romania]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/h/mental_health/ulmanu_profile.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alex Ulmanu sometimes wonders if things could have been different. "I had a colleague in university who was a brilliant, brilliant person and who committed suicide in her very early 20s.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 August 2007: The Carter Center Includes Romania in Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism Program]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/mhfellows_2007_romania.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center Mental Health Program has awarded two Romanian journalists with the eleventh annual Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. This will be the first year that journalists from the Eastern European country will participate in the program. The journalists will join a class of six other fellows from the United States and two from southern Africa.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[18 July 2007: Rosalynn Carter and Betty Ford Op-Ed: Pass the Wellstone Act; Mental-health Parity Needed]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/rhbf_wellstone.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed was published in the July 18, 2007, edition of The Washington Times.If you were diagnosed with a brain tumor, would you seek treatment or would you ignore it and hope it goes away? Would your answer differ according to whether your health insurance covered treatment? ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[18 July 2007: Continuing the Green Revolution: Wall Street Journal Op-Ed]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/op_ed_borlaug_wsj07grnrev2.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early crossbreeding experiments to select desirable characteristics took years to reach the desired developmental state of a plant or animal. Today, with the tools of biotechnology, such as molecular and marker-assisted selection, the ends are reached in a more organized and accelerated way. The result has been the advent of a "Gene" Revolution that stands to equal, if not exceed, the Green Revolution of the 20th century.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[13 July 2007: Carter Center Awards 2007-2008 Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/pr/mhfellows_2007_08.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center Mental Health Program has named eight recipients of its eleventh annual Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, including six from the United States and two from southern Africa.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 July 2007: Rosalynn Carter's Testimony: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Education Equity Act - House Education and Labor Committee, Subcommittee on Health]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/rosalynn_mhtestimony.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you regarding legislation that will profoundly impact the lives of so many Americans.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 May 2007: Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum Focuses on Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illnesses]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/mental_health_forum_07.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[State leaders, mental health advocates, and consumers will develop anti-stigma activities for communities throughout Georgia during the 12th annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum at The Carter Center on Friday, May 18, 2007.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[19 April 2007: Mental Health and the Work Place is Topic of Live Webcast April 26]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/conversations_mh_041907.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[A panel of experts in health policy and mental health advocacy will discuss issues around workplace mental health at The Carter Center on Thursday, April 26, from 7-8:30 p.m.   The event will be webcast live on www.cartercenter.org  (RealPlayer media player required).]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 April 2007: Mental Health System Needs Legislature's Boost]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/ajc_041207.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Hidden Shame, the continuing series in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is chronicling inhumane neglect, abuse and death in Georgia's state mental hospitals. Unfortunately, these very real problems in the state hospital system are just the tip of the iceberg.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 March 2007: 2007-2008 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism:  Applications Being Accepted]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/journalism_applications_2007.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applications are now being accepted for six one-year journalism fellowships with the Carter Center Mental Health Program.]]></description></item></channel></rss>