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- Practical Guide to Mental Health Problems (2014)
- IASC Guidelines for mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings (2007)
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- Training Manual - Psychological First Aid for Field Workers in Fiji (2021)
- The Impact of Explosive Weapons in Ukraine – Focus on hard-to-reach areas (2024)
- Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline for mental, neurological and substance use disorders (2023)
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WHO QualityRights Act, unite and empower
recommended
QualityRights is WHO’s global initiative to improve the quality of care provided by mental health services and promote the human rights of people with psychosocial, intellectual and cognitive disabilities1. It offers a new approach to mental health care which is rights-based and recovery-oriented.
QualityRights est l'initiative mondiale de l'OMS visant à améliorer la qualité des soins dispensés
par les services de santé mentale et à promouvoir les droits humains des personnes souffrant de handicaps psychosociaux, intellectuels et cognitifs1. Cette initiative offre une nouvelle
approch...
Around the world, approximately 1 in 45 children are on the move – nearly 50 million boys and girls that have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced within their own countries.1 Climate-related events
and their impacts are already contributing significantly to these staggering numbers...
J Depress Anxiety S3:004. doi:10.4172/2167-1044.S3-004
This paper is therefore designed to review public knowledge and belief about mental disorders (mental health literacy) in developing countries with particular emphasis on the public knowledge and beliefs about causes and symptoms of mental dis...
The document is primarily meant to inform mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) staff, such as: psychologists, psychosocial counsellors, social workers, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, and others who are involved providing individual or group counselling, psychotherapy and/or psychiatric...
This brief guidance note seeks to provide advice on protecting and supporting the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Europe. It describes key principles and appropriate interventions to guide all those who are designing and organizing emergency servi...
Untersuchung und Dokumentation von Folter und Menschrechtsverletzungen. 2. Auflage
Специальный доклад- Уполномоченного по правам человека в Томской области
К Уполномоченному по правам человека в Томской области жители региона обращаются по сам...
Специальный доклад Уполномоченного по правам человека в Калужской области «О соблюдении прав и свобод граждан в учреждениях, оказывающих психиатрическую помощь ...
Réduction des risques, promotion de la résilience et aide au relèvement
Kit de ferramentas de avaliação e melhoria da qualidade e dos direitos humanos em serviços de saúde mental e de assistência social.
Instrumento de Calidad y Derechos de la OMS
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Evaluando y mejorando la calidad y los derechos humanos en los establecimientos de salud
mental y de apoyo social
Kit de ferramentas de avaliação e melhoria da qualidade e dos direitos humanos em serviços
de saúde mental e de assistência social
Kit de ferramentas de avaliação e melhoria da
qualidade e dos direitos humanos em serviços
de saúde mental e de assistência social
The European Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2020
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Mental disorders are one of the top public health challenges in the WHO European Region, affecting about 25% of the population every year. In all countries, mental health problems are much more prevalent among the people who are most deprived. The WHO European Region therefore faces diverse challeng...
This document presents an integrated strategy for mental health system development that will lead to enhanced service delivery, improved outcomes, and improved human rights for people with mental disorders.
By using the practical guidance provided in this document, countries can ensure that thei...
The notion of dignity can simply be defined as the inherent and inalienable worth of all human beings irrespective of social status such as race, gender, physical or mental state1. Dignity is deeply embedded in international human rights instruments.
In fact the very first article of the Universal ...
