Dear colleagues,

The WHO QualityRights  initiative is working to improve access to quality mental health services globally and to promote the human rights of people with mental health conditions and psychosocial, intellectual, and cognitive disabilities.  As part of this initiative we are developing a good practice guidance document which will present information on community-based mental health services that promote human rights and the recovery approach.

We are contacting you to help us identify people-centered services that you are aware of, that operate without coercion, and that respond to people’s needs by promoting autonomy, inclusion in the community, and the involvement of people with lived experience at all levels of decision-making. This should include services that support people experiencing acute crises but that do not resort to force, coercion, involuntary admission and treatment or the use of seclusion and restraints. 

By completing the questionnaire in the link at the bottom of this email, you will have the opportunity to submit up to five mental health services that you believe should be considered as a good practice.  By participating, you can contribute to shaping the future of mental health services.

Anybody who is involved in providing a service, has experience of using a service, or knows of a service is welcome to complete the questionnaire.

Please note that we are not looking for services specifically focused on e-interventions, phone-based interventions, training programs, employment and housing programs, prevention programmes, or services focused on advocacy and/or system reform.

Thank you in advance for your contribution before the closing date for the online consultation on 30^th June 2019. 

You can access the consultation survey:

For responses IN ENGLISH: Here

For responses IN SPANISH: Here

For responses IN FRENCH: Here

For responses IN PORTUGUESE: Here

For the above email text in Spanish, French and Portuguese please see the attached.

Best wishes, Michelle

Dr Michelle Funk
Coordinator, Mental Health Policy and Service Development (MHP)
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, 
World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Genève 27
Switzerland
Tel: +41-22 791 3855
Email: funkm@who.int

Twitter @MichelleFunk3

Links:

QualityRights films showcasing implementation

In India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phd_PoHuL9c

In Lebanon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBjndMnG3ow

QualityRights training and guidance to support countries to create services & supports that promote recovery, empowerment and human rights for people in mental health

http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/quality_rights/guidance_training_tools/en/

WHO MiNDbank for direct access to national policies, laws, strategies, and service standards for mental health, substance abuse, disability, human rights, older people, youth and adolescents … www.who.int/mental_health/mindbank