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Prevention of mental disorders: effective interventions and policy options: summary report
- Author:
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- Publisher:
- World Health Organization
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 66p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
Mental disorders are inextricably linked to human rights issues. The stigma, discrimination and human rights violations that individuals and families affected by mental disorders suffer are intense and pervasive. At least in part, these phenomena are consequences of a general perception that no effective preventive or treatment modalities exist against these disorders. Effective prevention can do a lot to alter these perceptions and hence change the way mental disorders are looked upon by society.
Improving the mental health of the population: can the European Union help?: 14th report of session 2006-07: volume 2: evidence
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Lords. European Union Committee
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 176p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In their report ‘Improving the Mental Health of the Population: Can the European Union Help?’ The Committee look in detail at the European Commission’s October 2005 Green Paper on an EU strategy for mental health and consider whether there is a role for the EU in improving the mental well-being of the European population. The Committee state that people suffering from mental health problems often face discrimination in health services and employment. They can experience ridicule, prejudice and stigmatisation, which may lead to social exclusion and discourage people from seeking treatment. A significant improvement in the position of those with mental health problems in the UK could be achieved by recognising that mental health problems come within the scope of anti-discrimination legislation relating to disability. This should be monitored and enforced so that sufferers do not face the added disadvantage of discrimination in the workplace, which can lead to unemployment and increase the risk of long term social exclusion. The Committee argue that the EU should encourage member states that do not already have anti-discrimination legislation to introduce it.
Improving the mental health of the population: can the European Union help?: 14th report of session 2006-07: volume 1: report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Lords. European Union Committee
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 101p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In their report ‘Improving the Mental Health of the Population: Can the European Union Help?’ The Committee look in detail at the European Commission’s October 2005 Green Paper on an EU strategy for mental health and consider whether there is a role for the EU in improving the mental well-being of the European population. The Committee state that people suffering from mental health problems often face discrimination in health services and employment. They can experience ridicule, prejudice and stigmatisation, which may lead to social exclusion and discourage people from seeking treatment. A significant improvement in the position of those with mental health problems in the UK could be achieved by recognising that mental health problems come within the scope of anti-discrimination legislation relating to disability. This should be monitored and enforced so that sufferers do not face the added disadvantage of discrimination in the workplace, which can lead to unemployment and increase the risk of long term social exclusion. The Committee argue that the EU should encourage member states that do not already have anti-discrimination legislation to introduce it.
What can the Human Rights Act 1998 do for my mental health?
- Author:
- HALE Brenda
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Law Quarterly, 17(3), 2005, pp.295-305.
- Publisher:
- Jordan Publishing
This article explores the potential use the Human Rights Act 1998 in the field of mental health. It is based on the text of the Paul Sieghart Memorial Lecture, presented at the British Institute of Human Rights on 7 July 2004.
See Me: social movement. Three year programme evaluation
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 48
- Place of publication:
- London
An evaluation of the See Me Social Movement programme, which was developed to bring people together to affect changes in behaviours and attitudes towards mental health, using a series of anti-prejudice approaches and theories. This includes social contact theory, co-production strategies, education and awareness raising campaigns, protest activity and increasingly, a human rights-based approach. The programme incorporates community development approaches which provide volunteers with increased knowledge about the power they hold and how they can influence change. Volunteers learn about community development values including social inclusion and creating a social movement that is community-led, underpinned by community learning and development standards. The report shows that there are common themes emerging from both quantitative and qualitative data over the last three years of the programme. These include increased skills and knowledge particularly around human rights-based approaches and intentions to improve mental health and support others. Key findings include: social contact remains a key element of the success of the Social Movement programme; sharing lived experience is important because it normalises conversations about mental health and makes the programme messages feel real; local and national facilitated peer support networks are key to supporting people with lived experience of mental health problems to sustain involvement; education in the form of volunteer training, aftercare and visible support are very important to volunteers and partners; partners acknowledged that successful anti stigma work requires strong leadership; partnership working is demonstrating impacts such as greater reach, volunteer diversity, community-led activities, understanding of and action related to multiple stigma issues. (Edited publisher abstract)