Author: Kavita Nair Bapu Trust For Research on Mind & Discourse, Pune Punitive? Biomedical? Recovery Based? Development Based? What is the most appropriate System For Mental Health – ‘Care/Treatment/Support’ Is it a system which criminalises mental health- where people with mental health issues are put into custodial institutions, have to go through court processes, are […]
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\”… it took about 20 years before science owned what I was talking about. If you understand epigenetics you don\’t need the pharmaceutical industry; That\’s not in the interests of one of the biggest industries in this planet; to say \”you can heal yourself without drugs\”
In her response to the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health that was released yesterday, Ms Devandas puts forward very clear message, that the report “fails to understand the potential of the CRPD to reframe, transform and enhance the global response to mental health in light of the rights of persons with disabilities.\” She highlights the Commission
Dated: 09-10-2018 Open Letter to the Organizers and Partners to the process of the Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit 2018, London,9th and 10th October, 2018. Expressing dissent over the process adopted and the expected outcome of the forthcoming Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit TCI Asia Pacific is a regional DPO of persons with psychosocial disabilities, and
Author: Bhargavi Davar, PhD Convenor TCI Asia PacificPublished on Mad in America Bhargavi Davar elaborates on the assertion of full human rights for persons with psychosocial disabilities by bringing a \”CRPD-inspired discourse to counter the globalizing of psychiatry, which has involved the Global North exporting its medical model to the Global South.\” She talks about \”the
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The National Survivor User Network (NSUN), England has released an open letter to the Organisers, Partners and Delegates of the Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit, London – 9th and 10th October 2018. The letter has been signed by around 150 mental health campaigners and organisations from 25 countries, including TCI Asia Pacific, Mad in Asia and many
Author: Tina Minkowitz Founder/PresidentCentre for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry When we go to a doctor’s office we may feel nervous, apprehensive. We worry about test results, we worry about whether a treatment might do more harm than good. We put our trust in the practitioner provisionally and hope she is trustworthy and
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Author: Sadaf Vidha Hello, my name is Sadaf. I\’m a psychologist by profession. I would describe myself as a curious person. I love to envision a world where we are all respected and cared for, with our unique traits and struggles. I also happen to be from a conservative muslim family and have experienced patriarchal
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Author: Dr. Philip Thomas. The #WhatWeNeed campaign coordinated by Transforming Communities for Inclusion (Asia Pacific – TCI-AP) coincides with the Global Mental Health Ministerial Summit being held in London this week – World Mental Health Week. TCI-AP and other groups and organizations are rightly concerned that this summit, organized secretively and without any input from
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#WhatWENeed in MyanmarFull CRPD Compliance on the inclusion of persons with psychosocial disabilities Myanmar obtained Independence from Britain in 1948. Even though a former British colony, Myanmar has chosen not to be a part of the Commonwealth nations. There are strong feelings about having been colonized, that foreign rule has isolated the country for 50
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Authors: Mary Boyle and Lucy Johnstone In October 2018, the world’s first global ministerial mental health summit will be held in London. A statement from the UK government’s Department of Health and Social Care tells us that ministers, leading academics, policymakers and patients from more than 30 countries will be invited to attend, and anticipates many
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Matrika Devkota from Koshish, Nepal on the eve of attending the Global Mental Health Summit as an observer, emphasises on the need for removing the barrier faced by persons with mental health issues by implementation of United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability. We know that, mental health is beyond the health
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