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 […]
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: 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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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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#WhatWENeed is full CRPD Compliance on the inclusion of persons with psychosocial disabilities. Partners for reframing from Mental Health to Inclusion this International Mental Health Week, 2018[1] Persons with psychosocial disabilities, users and survivors of psychiatry, people with \”mad\” identities and other identities thereof are herewith calling for support to have our voices amplified through
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