ASHA International is a non-profit organization based in Portland (Oregon USA) promotes personal, organizational, and community wellness through mental health education, training, and support
Country: United States of America
Postal Address: P.O. Box 91232 Portland, OR 97291
Email: gayathri@myasha.org
Asia Australia Mental Health partners with leading local and international organizations for improved mental health in the Asia Pacific. Asia Australia Mental Health is a consortium of St. Vincent’s Health and the University of Melbourne’s Department of Psychiatry and Asialink. AAMH programs contribute to the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health. To achieve its purpose AAMH also draws on the substantial expertise and experience of Australian government, peak professional bodies, NGO’s and exceptional mental health leaders to support programming and its implementation in Australia and the region; inter-governmental bodies to further the mental health agendas at Ministerial levels globally and sia Pacific mental health leaders and Ministries of Health. AAMH areas include:
All Asia-Australia Mental Health initiatives and programs are collaboratively planned and delivered, incorporate cultural and national specific needs and priorities, build on existing networks, institutional and professional strengths and practical experience to enhance what is already working well and work with and help build capacity of mental health leaders
The POST Program offers tailored clinical training fellowships in mental health for individual psychiatrists, nurses and allied health professionals from the Asia-Pacific region.
Address: 4th Floor, Sidney Myer Asia Centre The University of Melbourne Parkville VIC 3010 Australia
Country: Australia
The Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare is a conduit for best practices and networking to promote Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs as a vital component of the Behavioral Healthcare Continuum. They aim to provide education, advocacy and support for Partial Hospitalization Programs and Intensive Outpatient Programs. Their advocates are active in Washington, DC and have a continued dialogue with CMS regarding PHP/IOP levels of care, regulations, and reimbursement. Their members can also look forward to an annual national conference that offers presentations by behavioral health industry experts critical to the success of our clients’ programs as well as many other benefits!
Address: 247 Douglas Avenue , Portsmouth, Virginia 23707
Country: United States of America
Email: aabhorg@cox.net
The Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programs aims to make a contribution to the improvement and promotion of mental health programs worldwide. It aims to achieve its goals by means of advice, consultation and research by organizing talks and seminars, initiating and coordinating studies and other theoretical and practical work, ny other appropriate means that can improve the care of people with mental illness and their families and, raising the value given to mental health by individuals and societies
Address: 14, chemin Colladon, CH-1209 Geneva, Switzerland
Country: Switzerland
Email: sartorius@normansartorius.com
The Australia-Nepal Mental Health Network (ANMHM) is a group of volunteer senior mental health professionals from Australia that support the endeavours being made in Nepal to improve the lives of people living with a mental illness. The Australia-Nepal Mental Health Network (ANMHM) offers expertise and collegial networks to improve skills and further build capacity of local Nepali mental health services. We do this by using our own experience and limited resources to help in ways that are sustainable and will add value to existing services. Members of the Network come from a range of professional mental health backgrounds in Australia and in Nepal, including medical, nursing, social work, occupational therapy, and pharmacology. Activities include:
PARTNERS
Address: Bloomfield Hospital - 1530 Forest Rd Orange NSW 2800
Country: Australia
Bangladesh ProtibandhiKallyanSomity (BPKS) is a voluntary non-profit making disabled people organization. BPKS works nationwide with a consumer-driven, rights-based, holistic approach that empowers persons with all types of disabilities to take responsibility for the initiation, participation and ownership of the development process. BPKS developed and localized 23 Disabled People’ Organizations (DPOs), and facilitates DPOs across Bangladesh which are now-a-days increasingly acting as a safeguard of principles and rights of disabled people. BPKS manages programs and includes an office, conference, seminar, training and accommodation facilities.
Address: BPKS Complex, H#17, Ward#01 Lane, Hatimbag Dhakkhinkhan, Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka -1230, Bangladesh.
Email: info@bpksbd.org
Caminar for Mental Health is a nonprofit, community-based agency that has been empowering individuals and families to move toward wellness, resilience, and independence. They reach more than 14,000 people annually in San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco, S
Caminar Avenida Apartments provides supportive housing opportunities for people with disabilities who have experienced homelessness. In collaborative partnership with the Butte County Department of Behavioral Health, HUD and Tri Counties Bank. Caminar’s Avenida Apartments offers affordable, supportive and attractive housing for people with disabilities who have experienced homelessness. Featuring fourteen housing units, Avenida Apartments are designed for people with a disability who have experienced homelessness. The complex has a community room for groups and recreational gatherings, laundry, maintained landscaped areas and a community garden. Avenidas Apartments has a full time live-in property manager in addition to case management and support services provided by Butte County Department of Behavioral Health. Employment opportunities are also onsite to assist residents in their recovery process to become productive members of the community. By encompassing a vocational training approach, providing employment opportunities onsite (including our social enterprise bike shop facility, along with grounds maintenance and janitorial services vocational opportunities), Avenida Apartments truly promotes independent living and self-sufficiency to its residents. The model fits perfectly with the Caminar Butte County Region’s goal of building community and enhancing lives for people with disabilities.
Caminar's Case Management programs assist individuals in meeting their basic needs while fostering empowerment, self-determination, and personal growth. Staff collaborate with each client to create a personalized recovery plan by focusing on life skills. Caminar's intensive case management provides a range of services to every client, from our most fragile clients in our Full Service Partnership (FSP) to our most independent clients in the Wellness and Recovery Action Plan Program (WRAPP) and everything in between. Full Service Partnership (FSP) provides services to San Mateo County's most fragile individuals and integrates streamlined, holistic health care utilizing the best-practice model of assertive community treatment. The team includes the added benefit of medical clinic services and a 24-hour on-call emergency response service.
Caminar's Comprehensive Case Management (CCM) program provides an enhanced case management service to Solano County residents who are mentally ill. Unlike traditional case management programs, CCM has an embedded Registered Nurse to help address the numerous medical and medication issues that so many of our clients struggle with, and thus making the service enhanced. The CCM program provides service to 120 clients and in addition to the RN, the program is staffed with a dedicated Program Director, 4 Case Managers, and a dedicated program Admin Assistant. Services are rendered throughout the entire county and referrals must be approved by Solano County Mental Health.
Family and Children’s Services of Silicon Valley (FCS) is a strategic partnership that brings together two Bay Area behavioral health organizations with a shared commitment. They provide a path to recovery we can strengthen communities and empower individuals to live independently, self-sufficiently, and with pride. FCS provides a wide variety of services for children, teens, and adults. They also recognize that each individual comes to them with unique needs and experiences and partner together to achieve individual goals and to empower clients to transform their lives.
To learn more about FCS's programs and how to access services, please visit FCServices.org or call 408.292.9353 or .
Friendship Circle (FC) directly assists individuals in their quest to develop the skills required to enhance their social lives through building and maintaining a circle of compatible friends. Founded on the belief that compatibility should be based on the commonality and camaraderie that arises from sharing mutual abilities, interests, and concerns, Friendship Circle is a social recreational program of Caminar designed to assist individuals with a developmental disability to acquire the skills necessary to enhance their social life by developing and maintaining a circle of compatible friends. In all cases, the emphasis of the program is on supporting the movement toward self-determination, responsibility, and independence with respect to meeting their own social needs. This is a critical element and the one which sets this program apart from other leisure/social programs. Friendship Circle is founded on the belief that compatibility should not be based on a common diagnosis of developmental disability, but rather on the commonality and comradely which arises from sharing mutual abilities, interest and concerns. The ultimate goal is to teach the social skills necessary for individuals to build meaningful and rewarding relationships with peers and other people in the community who share common interests.
Full Service Partnership (FSP) for Adults and Older Adults is a Mental Health Service Act [MHSA] funded intensive case management program. FSP’s are intended to provide services to California’s most vulnerable mental ill consumers. Case loads are smaller than traditional case management programs so that the staff can have more direct service time to spend with these consumers. We started serving clients in October 2010. The program is staffed by 4 case managers, 2 RNs, 1 assistant case manager, 1 Admin Assistant, 1 Program Director and 16 hours a week of psychiatry. The program serves 44 clients.
The Caminar Solano County Gateway program provides 30-day transitional housing support services and case management to individuals who are making the transition to higher levels of independent living. The community-based program also assists individuals in setting realistic goals and working towards achieving them.
HOME is a program aiming to meet the needs of the homeless mentally ill in Solano County by connecting them with support services. They provide supportive and stabilizing services to those experiencing situational homelessness and are facing a housing, health care, financial, or psychiatric crisis. Some services include:
Jobs Plus is a supported employment program that provides individualized training, assistance, and support to enable individuals to be successful in competitive employment. An on-site Job Coach provides long term assistance and support to the employee and employer at each job site, working with the new employee and teaching him/her the duties and responsibilities of the job. As the employee masters these newly learned abilities through goal-oriented skills training, the support services are designed to gradually decrease accordingly. The Jobs Plus staff is even available to provide technical assistance to the employer to help foster an empowering, productive work environment.
One aspect of Jobs Plus utilizes Personal Vocation Social Adjustment Services (PVSA) to provide training in appropriate work-related behaviors. This is designed to maximize an individual’s independent functioning by eliminating identified barriers to employment. Another service within Jobs Plus is our Situational Assessments (SA) which assesses a person’s employment skills. This assessment tool assists with determining an individual’s job interests, abilities, and potential barriers to employment. The result of the assessment is a comprehensive and objective report that is focused on providing accurate goal-oriented direction both for the client and for the Department of Rehabilitation in the quest to assist clients with achieving successful employment.
Contact Person / Email
info@caminar.org.
Laurel Creek is a short-term crisis residential treatment facility that is licensed by the California Department of Social Services and certified by the Department of Health Care Services. Laurel Creek provides a warm, home-like environment where people can regain the skills necessary to return to independent living. The program offers an array of personalized rehabilitation services including:
Laurel Gardens is an innovative supported independent living home, developed in partnership with Resources for Community Development and the Housing and Urban Development Agency, provides permanent independent housing for low-income individuals with disabilities. Caminar provides personalized rehabilitation and support services to individuals living at Laurel Gardens who have mental health conditions.
The medication clinic is part of the FSP stream of services and also funded by MHSA. There are two medication clinics for this program (one located in our Vallejo office and one located in our Fairfield office.) The clinic is staffed by two registered nurses and two psychiatrists. Services are provided in the office or field based. The psychiatrist will be managing the prescribed services for these client’s psychotropic medications and the RNs will be assisting in the medication management and providing other medical services to program participants in the FSP.
The staff at the Medication Clinic in San Mateo works closely with clients to design medication plans that best suit each person’s individual needs. The team of psychiatrists, nurses and licensed psychiatric technicians promote empowerment in medication choices. They offer information and education, assist clients in identifying personal pros and cons, discuss alternative and holistic health practices and focus on physical health as well as mental health. The medical staff works closely with case management and counseling teams to create coordinated and seamless services, enhancing recovery outcomes for its patients. Their Bridges to Wellness (BTW) program integrates primary and behavioral health care services while reducing preventable medical conditions and improving health outcomes.
New Ventures program provides personalized rehabilitation services to people who need support while they develop and work towards accomplishing their life goals. Services are provided in the community and based upon an individualized treatment plan that focuses on strengths and abilities. The program provides supported housing to help individuals keep and maintain the housing option of their choice, with some subsidized housing opportunities available. New Ventures collaborates with Caminar’s Supported Education and Jobs Plus programs to encourage the achievement of vocational and educational goals.
Olivos is an innovative, well organized model that closes the treatment gap. Olivosare leaders in providing services for people with mental, physical and developmental disabilities. They work with individuals in various stages of recovery -- from those with highly acute serious mental illness, to those dealing with the life-long effects of trauma, to those seeking to improve their mental health and wellness and strive to reach their full potential.
Address
1660 South Amphlett, Suite 111 San Mateo, CA 94403 USA
Contact Person / Email
info@caminarolivos.org
Olivos is Caminar’s private-pay psychiatric and psychosocial program which utilizes innovative, evidence-based practices to improve clients’ overall health and wellness. A psychologist, psychiatrist, care manager, registered nurse, outpatient therapist, job developer, educator and peer specialist compose the team who collaborate to provide a full range of services. Olivos provides comprehensive concierge-level care that can be tailored to fit diverse needs, ranging from psychiatric emergencies to life coaching. Olivos works with individuals and their support systems to help build and sustain the lives they desire with direction and purpose while managing their health.Costs and charges are based on the intensity of care and individual service plans.
Contact Person / Email
info@caminarOLIVOS.org.
Pro-Touch isa social enterprise designed and established for people who receive services from Butte County Department of Behavioral Health that trains individuals who are entering the workforce for the first time or have not had a job in several years. Pro-Touch is not only a vocational training, but also a small business that provides low cost janitorial and landscape services for local businesses and people on a limited income. All profits from both Pro-Touch and Sensible Cyclery go back into the programs, creating a double bottom line and giving customers a sense of making a social impact.
Recovery, Empowerment And Community Housing (REACH) serves San Mateo's severely mentally ill individuals but is a step down from FSP. REACH is an innovative and highly successful program that provides services to people who benefit from a high level of assistance to achieve their life goals. REACH pioneered hiring peer support staff to act as recovery role models to REACH participants, most of who live in their own apartments and participate in their community. This program also has medical clinic services and a 24-hour on-call emergency response service.
Resource Connect Solano streamlines access to life-changing housing and supportive resources for people in Solano County who are experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. Individuals and families receive assessment and referral services to identify housing needs and create linkages to available services. Using the Coordinated Entry System, we identify and facilitate the most appropriate response to each individual’s immediate and long-term housing needs. People who have been homeless the longest and are the most vulnerable receive priority access to scarce permanent housing resources.
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Contact Person / Email
RCS@caminar.org
Caminar San Mateo Residential Treatment Program encourages the return to independent living through supportive communities. Each of Caminar’s three San Mateo County residential treatment programs has been thoughtfully created to provide a warm, caring, and inviting environment for its residents—a true home environment—not just a “residential facility. They provide a fostering home environment helps residents receiving treatment thrive through a therapeutic community that empowers the individual’s return to independent living.
Caminar's Sensible Cyclery has been established to sell quality reconditioned bicycles at an affordable price. Bikes are donated from a variety of sources within the community. Then, the residents of Avenida Apartments, along with vocational trainees who receive services from Butte County Department of Behavioral Health, perform the important tasks associated with overhauling, repairing, tuning, and getting the donated bikes ready for resale. The mission of Sensible Cyclery is to recondition and sell quality used bicycles at an affordable price, and by being in business, to provide meaningful vocational opportunities that help our employees reach their fullest potential.
Caminar Supported Education Program offered at College of San Mateo (a community college) provides a full array state-of-the-art support services to students with disabilities including peer support, specialized classes, educational accommodations and on-campus counseling and support. Students with all types of disabilities including mental health conditions are completing classes, achieving certificates and going on to four-year universities. This model program also has a special team that works with Transition Age Youth. This team offers a tailor-made curriculum geared to increasing personal assets in young adults that are found to improve quality of life, reduce risk factors and give them the basic skills they need to go on to further studies and educational goals. Caminar Supported Educational Program was selected as a model program site in a research study by Boston University, highlighting its specialized support services aiding in educational success for students with disabilities.
Caminar's Supported Housing program in San Mateo assists clients in accessing federal housing subsidy programs such as Shelter Plus Care and Section 8, and when subsidized programs aren't an option, we work with local property owners to find our clients low-cost, permanent housing. Almost 100% of our Supported Housing clients have kept their residences for at least one year. That is one whole year they may have otherwise been on the streets without a place to call home or without a place to start their recovery.
The Wellness and Recovery Center (WRC) is a MHSA funded program through the prevention and early intervention service dollars and began services on December 1st, 2010. The Wellness and Recovery Center is a peer run drop-in center for individuals with a known or suspected mental illness, located adjacent to Caminar’s medication clinic and case management services. The center provides an array of services meant to promote wellness and ongoing recovery from mental health disorders. WRC staff, which consist of peer counselors as well as a program coordinator and assistant case manager, provide assistance and encouragement to clients for their total wellness. They assist in planning and implementing health and wellness education and support groups. They also provide immediate solutions to emergency problems by coordinating with local police and medical emergency units. The Wellness and Recovery Center provides:
Address
915 Tuolumne Street in Vallejo, CA USA
Wellness, Recovery, and Partnership Program (WRAPP) is a program specifically designed to enhance full recovery and community integration for independent clients. While in most programs, people who have achieved a high degree of recovery are often given few—if any—services, this program provides focused attention and encouragement to individuals who have a lot of success going on in their lives. It concentrates on the development of natural supports and accessing self-help opportunities. Participants develop Wellness Recovery Action Plans (Mary Ellen Copeland’s relapse prevention and wellness tool) and begin to gain confidence in their ability to reach for the stars—a career, meaningful relationships, a community of friends.
Caminar’s Young Adult Independent Living (YAIL) program offers support for young adults in San Mateo County as they transition into adulthood and seek recovery from mental health and/or substance use issues. The YAIL team strives to empower young people to build full, productive, and independent lives in the community. YAIL offers community-based and on-site programs. All participants have a case manager, create individual goals and action plans, and may access group sessions, social activities, and support to build independent living skills.
Contact Person / Email
YAIL@caminar.org
Address: Charles
Email: info@caminar.org
CARe Europe is an international network which serves professionals, service users and organisation to promote the transition to community-based and recovery-based care. CARe Europe is active in the field of mental health care, social care and welfare services for persons with psychiatric, learning and physical disabilities. Members are individual persons (professionals, consumers, activists), services, consumer organisations, national associations, educational and research institutes. CARe Europe has the following activities:
Advise and support program is a number of CARe Europe Consultancy Opportunities From the network of CARe Europe, we can offer advice and support in different fields (e.g. developing a new community based service, developing a service focusing on recovery, deinstitutionalising hospital services, developing a social enterprise, advocacy and human rights initiatives, developing peer expertise and peer support, developing a proposal for our partnership program and developing a proposal for a training program). Consultancy and advice can be given by email or Skype. Experts are also willing to visit your organisation and to offer personal advice on the spot. In this case only the expenses for travel and accommodation have to be covered.
CARe Europe Partnership Programme mobilizes and strengthens the network of professionals, users and organizations working for the transition of mental health and social services in line with the UN CRPD. The growing network we decided to open a new Partnership Program in order to connect Western European service providers with their Eastern European or Central Asian partners. The aim of the Partnership Programme is to initiate long term co-operation combined with support and mutual learning between Western European service providers and Eastern European or Central Asian organizations. CARe Europe takes the position of mediator between the potential partner organizations as a third partner. The key issues we consider when try to find partner organizations:
CARe Europe is seeking for active organizations that are willing to participate in our Partnership Programme from each region.
CARe Europe offers a variety of workshops and training opportunities. They provide workshops on introduction to the recovery model, working on social inclusion (community participation and support), introduction to the model of ‘expert-by-experience’ and peer support, social enterprises, introduction to the CARe model and developing peer expertise and peer support groups
Community Support project is a project to develop new knowledge for professionals about effective components of community support programmes. The focus was to increase empowerment and self-support of persons with psychiatric and other disabilities. The specific aims of the project were to develop new knowledge about effective components of community support programmes and professional intervention, to transfer this knowledge to professionals of social and mental health services in the three countries, and to teachers from the different universities and professional members of CARe Europe, to transfer this knowledge into teaching materials which can be used in bachelor and master programmes at the universities in the different countries and to increase mobility of lecturers, trainers, students and professors across Europe.
The partnership programme establishes partnerships between organisations working in the field of community based services and social inclusion throughout Europe and Central Asia. CARe Europe provides, together with its international partners, support to write the proposal and to find a suitable partner. For new organisations to be admitted to the programme, CARe Europe will carefully check credentials. The key criteria we consider to couple organizations as partners
Email: CARe@theCAReEurope.com
The CIJI Kristine Foundation Inc. is a non-profit organization committed to the creation of a social community for anyone suffering mental illness, abuse, addiction, self-injury, or suicidal tendencies. CIJIK focuses on bringing hope to families who are unable to come to terms with the loss of loved ones from overdose and suicide. CIJIK provides professional resources, overall ratings, and peer evaluations of local rehabilitation centers in order to connect family, friends, and those in need with a personal choice in rehabilitation.
Address: Calabasas, CA, United States, California
Country: United States of America
Email: info@cijik.com
Clarity Singapore Limited is a mental health charity endorsed by the Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore, and is a member organisation of Caritas Singapore
Address: Block 854 Yishun Ring Road, #01-3511 Singapore
Country: Singapore
Postal Address: 760854
Email: ask@clarity-singapore.org
Club2Care is a Singapore non-profit organisation focusing on community-based mental wellness.
Address: Singapore
Country: Singapore
Clubhouse International a non-profit organization that helps, start and grow Clubhouses globally. There are over 320 local Clubhouses in more than 30 countries around the world. Clubhouses are local community centers that provide members with opportunities to build long-term relationships that, in turn, support them in obtaining employment, education and housing by providing:
Email: asackett@clubhouse-intl.org
COMPASS Pathways is a mental health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health. Their first major initiative is developing COMP360 psilocybin therapy through late-stage clinical trials in Europe and North America for people with treatment-resistant depression.
Email: media@compasspathways.com
COMPASS Pathways is a mental health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health. Their first major initiative is developing COMP360 psilocybin therapy through late-stage clinical trials in Europe and North America for people with treatment-resistant depression.
Email: media@compasspathways.com
COMPASS Pathways is a mental health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health. Their first major initiative is developing COMP360 psilocybin therapy through late-stage clinical trials in Europe and North America for people with treatment-resistant depression.
Email: media@compasspathways.com
The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) builds interdisciplinary collaborations and facilitates the sharing of knowledge to address global health challenges. It assists members in sharing their expertise across education, research, and service. It is dedicated to creating equity and reducing health disparities everywhere. CUGH promotes mutually beneficial, long-term partnerships between universities in resource-rich and resource-poor countries, developing human capital and strengthening institutions' capabilities to address these challenges. It is committed to translating knowledge into action.
The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) is a rapidly growing Washington, DC based organization of over 145 academic institutions and other organizations from around the world engaged in addressing global health challenges. CUGH was established in 2008 with generous funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation.
Research Question Submission Page lists funded research questions (open to all) and unfunded questions from Low Income Nations. We hope this site will connect needed, practical questions with researchers, especially those undertaking work at a Masters, PhD, or post doc level. This will provide those posing the research questions with high quality research while the scientist may make new connections, identify potential future employment opportunities, and may receive funding for their work.
Address: Consortium of Universities for Global Health 1608 Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest Washington DC, 20036, USA
Email: info@cugh.org
Developing Mental Health is an international network for mental health professionals working in developing countries to reduce unnecessary suffering in thousands of communities. Developing Mental Health is designed and prepared for all health care professionals who have an interest in and concern for mental health care – psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, general physicians, mental health nurses, general nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, dieticians, community health workers, social workers, administrators…
IEPA Early Intervention in Mental Health is a non-profit international network for those involved in the study and treatment of the early phases of mental health disorders encompassing a trans-diagnostic approach
Address: 35 Poplar Road Parkville, Victoria 3052
Country: Australia
Postal Address: P.O. BOX 42 Parkville, Victoria 3052
Email: admin@iepa.org.au
EmergingProud is a not-for-profit, Grassroots Social Movement aimed at re- framing ‘Madness’ as a catalyst for positive transformation. The concept of the campaign is built on that of the Pride gay rights movement, because being gay was considered a mental illness before the public uprising in the late 60’s, when the voices of those feeling oppressed and discriminated against spoke out to initiate change. Homosexuality is no longer a category in the DSM as a result. Voices create change; let’s not stay silent. #Emerging Proud aims to achieve the same ‘normalisation’, but for mental distress and extreme human experiences.
Emerging Proud now has a not-for-profit Publishing Company that publishes only inspirational Pocket Books
KindaProud is an innovative ‘Pocket Books of Hope and Transformation’ series, these personal stories are aimed at providing hope and encouraging us to re-think mental distress as a potential catalyst for positive change. Kinda Proud empowers passionate Peers to tell their stories and be validated in doing so by a growing community that values authenticity, vulnerability and reduces stigma and shame. This helps build confidence and connection. Our project is empowering Peers to bravely speak out, proudly owning their story, and letting their voices be heard, in many cases for the first time. The main aim of our Kinda Proud book series is to decrease stigma, improve wellbeing and influence the saving of lives through providing a more compassionate and positive conceptual framework for emotional distress.
FABBS is a coalition of scientific societies that share an interest in advancing the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior. We communicate the importance and contributions of basic and applied research in these areas to policy makers and the public. FABBS promotes human potential and well-being by advancing the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior; promoting scientific research and training in these fields; educating the public about the contributions of research to the health and well-being of individuals and society; fostering communication among scientists; and recognizing scientists who have made significant contributions to building knowledge. FABBS represents the interests of its scientific societies by:
Address: 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036 USA
Email: info@fabbs.org
Fireweed Collective offers mental health education and mutual aid through a Healing Justice lens. We help support the emotional wellness of all people, and center the needs of those most marginalized by our society. Their work seeks to disrupt the harm of systems of abuse and oppression, often reproduced by the mental health system. Thy strive to cultivate a culture of care, free of violence, where the ultimate goal is not just to survive, but to thrive as individuals and as communities. We envision a world in which all communities get to self-determine the source of their care, medicine, and wellness.
Healing Justice (HJ) is a framework rooted in racial justice, disability justice, and economic justice. Healing Justice provides us with tools we can use to interrupt the systems of oppression that impact our mental health. Fireweed Collective uses HJ as a guide to help redefine what medicine is, and increase who has access to it.
The Federation for Excellence in Mental Health is an international community foundation that connect visionary donors with independent researchers and innovative, recovery-focused program developers. With donor-advised funds, Excellence gives serious philanthropists a place to bring new ideas to life and to invest with confidence in a new vision of excellence in mental healthcare.
Excellence is a community united by a shared dedication to improving mental health outcomes. The international group includes these important members of the mental health community including philanthropists, researchers, psychiatrists, psychologists and clinicians, public policy analysts and advocates and people with lived experience, family and community members. Excellence engages in a broad scope of activity, supporting independent research, innovative programs and its own research and educational initiatives. They help you create your own fund, donate to an existing fund, underwrite the operations of Excellence itself or leave a legacy through your estate plan – through a charitable plan that balances your personal financial and philanthropic goals with the needs of the community. There are 7 essential functions:
The AACP Fund will allow community psychiatrists to take the national stage supporting research and programs to bring recovery practices to every community. The AACP Fund was established by the American Association of Community Psychiatrists to encourage, equip and empower community and public psychiatrists to develop and implement policies and high-quality practices that promote individual, family and community resilience and recovery.
Adapting Open Dialogue Project is a recovery-focused early psychosis model imported from Finland with 30 years of research behind it
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Fund is a fund to prevent adverse childhood experiences and healing the trauma of those already affected. The Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Fund will assist programs dedicated to preventing the causes of Adverse Childhood Experiences that lead to mental health challenges and will partner with existing organizations to increase the availability of care for children that addresses trauma, builds resiliency and does not rely on prescription drugs. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is one of the largest investigations ever conducted to assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being. The study is a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente’s Health Appraisal Clinic in San Diego.
The Anatomy Fund will support professional study groups by underwriting the distribution of Robert Whitaker’s groundbreaking book, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
The Bill Anthony General Research Fund supports some of the most exciting and important independent research being done today. This fund is dedicated to research and program development focused on expanding the availability of effective recovery programming.
The Collaborative Pathway Fund brings early psychosis recovery services to families of ordinary means and sharing the model with the world. The Advocates Inc. Collaborative Pathway Fund will enable the Collaborative Pathway team to serve families of ordinary means by supplementing their health insurance with philanthropic support. Fund donations will also support the necessary research to show the safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of this clinical model so that it can be adopted by communities across the nation and the world.
The Dorothea Dix Think Tank Fund aims to change the process by which people with mental illness enter jails and prisons and by creating alternatives to incarcerating people with mental illness. The fund has brought together a panel of recognized experts who have “hands on” experience both in mental health and our justice system.
The Families Healing Together is a dynamic, supportive online community of families healing together – exploring, sharing, listening, feeling, letting go, reclaiming hope, setting boundaries, and ultimately demonstrating the power of community to heal hearts and minds. Families Healing Together is an online leader in the delivery of a new kind of mental health education, providing interactive, self-paced classes and a supportive community focused on recovery.
Gnosis House Retreat Fund will establish a residential house in San Francisco or other Bay Area community based on the R.D. Laing model offering sanctuary and community to those seeking to move through mental, emotional and spiritual distress with minimal or no use of medication. The Gnosis Retreat Center aspires to be a place of safety and community for those who want to take the necessary time to step back and come to an understanding of themselves and their pain and regain their passion for living. It will offer a network of fellow travelers who aspire to cultivate skillful means of helping people whose relations with themselves and others have become an occasion of wretchedness and despair. By living together in a perfectly ordinary household with no regimen to follow, we hope to foster a better understanding of how each of us, perhaps unwittingly, sometimes occasion the predicament we are in, by getting to know ourselves and others at the deepest level. Gnosis Retreat Center is not a “treatment” center, but those who choose to live there are encouraged to participate in individual psychotherapy, with whomever they wish, off premises.
Healing Voices Film Fund is a feature length documentary which asks the question what are we talking about when we talk about "mental illness"?
Contact Person / Email
pj@digitaleyesfilm.com
Hearing Voices Research and Development Fund provides funding to understand the experience of hearing voices. The Hearing Voices Fund research and development team’s long-planned project to bring Hearing Voices peer support groups to hundreds of communities across the United States is in full swing, sending trainers into the field to equip support group facilitators in five regions of the U.S. and fostering the creation of a stronger regional and local infrastructure over the long term. Thanks to a generous donor, all three phases of the project are now fully funded. Phase Two will expand the network of hearing voices peer-support groups to remaining unserved regions of the United States and build sustaining regional links that will allow the network to thrive and develop over the long term; Phase Three will enable further research to identify ways to optimize the effectiveness of such groups. But this is just the start to realizing our vision of a Hearing Voices group in every neighborhood in America.
Contact Person / Email
Caroline@westernmassrlc.org
Holistic Healing Fund is a long-term naturalistic study to assess psychiatric and medical symptoms, quality of life and treatment costs for patients who fail to respond to conventional treatment. This is the first long-term study assessing the medical and economic effectiveness of the Disease-Centered Model (DCM) and the Patient-Centered Approach (PCA). It will assist in reducing the cost of treatment, improving the outcome and quality of life for patients suffering from Anxiety, Depression and Bipolar Disorders who failed to respond to conventional treatments.
Inner Fire will be a proactive, healing community offering a choice for people to recover from debilitating and traumatic life challenges without the use of psychotropic medications. The Inner Fire Fund will launch a proactive, healing community at Grace Brook Farm in Brookline, Vermont, offering a choice for people to recover from debilitating and traumatic life challenges without the use of psychotropic medications.
The Intentional Peer Support Fund will bring high quality peer support training to communities in need. The Intentional Peer Support Fund will speed the expansion of its innovative peer support curriculum to serve a wider variety of cultures and provide scholarships to people who would otherwise not be able to access the training.
The International Leadership Academy Fund will transform the lived experiences of mental ill health and recovery into the lived expertise to transform mental health services around the world. The International Leadership Academy Fund aims to prepare persons with lived experiences of mental ill health and recovery to take on leadership roles within their own local, regional, and national systems of care across the globe.
New Standard of Care Fund aims to develop a new standard of care in psychiatry and psychology is an imperative in today’s world. An International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry effort with the goal of identifying, studying and promoting safe, humane approaches to helping those with mental disorders. Examples of such approaches are psychotherapy, residences based on the Soteria model, non-drug help for persons in early psychosis, peer support and other recovery-based approaches.
The ISEPP’s New Standard of Care Fund will support various efforts to find, explore, study, understand and promote safe, humane, life-enhancing approaches to helping persons with mental health challenges. In general, this means approaches which do not use psychotropic drugs as the primary treatment but, rather, use drugs very judiciously, for very limited periods of time and only as an adjunct to other forms of treatment. Examples of other approaches are various forms of psychotherapy; residences based on the Soteria model; non-pharmaceutical help for persons in early psychosis, such as the Open Dialogue approach; supported employment, housing and education; support groups such as the Hearing Voices Network; peer support and other recovery-based approaches. Also important to recovery are programs that help with employment, relationships, education, housing, exercise, nutrition and other issues of living.
RxISK.org puts the power of the Internet to use in collecting data and related narratives of real-life experiences with medications. The RxISK Fund supports the collection, analysis and publishing of patient data and related narratives of experiences with medications to promote recovery and make medicines safer for all of us through the integration of the best research data with clinical expertise and patient values. The RxISK Fund also offers expert assessments of new drugs by independent clinicians for licensed and unlicensed indications, analysis of consumer-reported data relative to medication outcomes, and educational resources about treatment risk and risk mitigation. It also supports these activities:
The Empathic Therapy Fund embraces therapeutic, educational and self-development programs rooted in empathy. They support research, education, publications, conferences and other projects that are based on and that foster caring, respectful human relationships. The Center has an Advisory Board of more than 70 outstanding, international professionals from the fields of medicine, neurology, psychiatry, nursing, addiction, psychology, social work, counseling, ministry, education, law and public advocacy.
The Folktime Fund will secure the future of FolkTime’s peer support programs for generations to come through the planned giving of its founders and other friends of FolkTime.
The Global Mental Health Fund provides mentors and funding to health programs in low and middle-income countries to establish and assess psychiatric rehabilitation models that are tailored to the unique needs of each community. The Global Mental Health Fund provides mentors and funding to health programs in low and middle-income countries to establish and assess psychiatric rehabilitation models that are tailored to the unique needs of each community.
The Nutrition and Mental Health Research Fund will support research and education on the ability of multi-nutrient treatments to reverse and prevent the onset of psychiatric symptoms. The Nutrition and Mental Health Research Fund will support research and education on the ability of multi-nutrient treatments to reverse and prevent the onset of psychiatric symptoms.
Address: 8532 SW St. Helens Drive, Suite 250 Wilsonville, Oregon 97070 USA
Postal Address: 1162 Court Street NE Salem, Oregon 97301-4096 USA
The Freedom Center is a support and activism community run by and for people labeled with severe 'mental disorders.' They create alternatives to the mental health system's widespread despair, abuse, fraudulent science and dangerous treatments. They are based in pro-choice harm reduction philosophy regarding medical treatments and include people taking or not talking medications. The Freedom Center is a 'Pioneer Valley' advocacy groups run by and mental health consumers in which allies and supporters share their personal experiences are also welcome. There are many parts to the
Country: United States of America
Postal Address: P.O. Box 1358 Northampton, MA 01061-1358
Email: freedomcenter.northampton@gmail.com
The IMHCN and its partners have been at the forefront of pioneering community mental health services for the last twenty years. They promote the development and sustainability of community mental health services founded on the whole person and their whole life needs. We believe services must be developed through a Whole life – Whole Systems Community Approach. The objective is to build an integrated and comprehensive system with widespread community ownership capable of meeting the identified whole life needs of individuals and local communities.
Action Learning Sets work together as safe, experiential and participative groups to explore the principles of shared responsibility, co-production and the belief in culture change towards a Whole Life Recovery Approach in mental health. The purpose is to explore the real needs and interests of people and how these can better understood and met. Action Learning Sets consider the way in which we understand life stories and their significance, the importance of developing trusting relationships based on reciprocal partnerships, sharing and reflecting on local practices using case studies, working alongside the person recognising the essential importance of each others personal strengths, understanding the needs and the important contribution of families and social networks and cconstructing whole life plans for named individuals. Active Learning Set programs involve up of 20-25 members.:
Discovery Partners: Facilitating and Enabling the Persons Whole Life Discovery Journey is a partnership with individuals who have used mental health services for long periods of time and want to make significant improvements to their mental health and their lives. They provide the essential time and space required for people to embark on their discovery journey. The Discovery Partnership achieves this by focussing on peoples unique assets and circumstances and breaking the cycle of hopelessness, dependency and maintenance.
International Psychiatric Hospital In Transition Alliance builds on the declaration made in Trieste in 2011 at the Franco and Franca Basaglia International School "Beyond the Walls" entitled "The process of phasing out of psychiatric hospitals as places of social exclusion and the shift to community services. The Declaration proposes the following provides support and guidance in various countries for deinstitutionalisation and development of integrated/comprehensive Community Mental Health services by drafting of policies at the local and national level; sstrengthening leadership and management (e.g through the exchange of operators, on-site and off-site training, courses and stages); ssupporting implementation and development of local services network and supporting workforce development (multidisciplinary teams). The main purpose of this International Alliance is to improve their quality of life, their human rights, to meet their individual needs, to improve their choice of treatments and therapies and to protect them from abuse and discrimination by addressing these challenges by changing the culture in in-patient settings from one of maintenance and no hope to a Whole Person, Whole Life and Recovery Approach. They will do this by:
Palestine: Whole Life – Whole System Recovery Training and Development 2014 is a two week mission sponsored by the World Health Organisation and supported by the Palestinian Authority that provided training and consultancy to the mental health services in Gaza and the West Bank of Palestine. The training was focused on creating a Whole Life Whole Systems Recovery Action Plan for the services. The Ministries chose the participants who undertook the training based on their assessment of their capacity to implement the training into their practice and services.
The workshop introduced an important new approach to meeting the whole life needs of the people with mental health problems, families and the wider community. We developed the thinking, knowledge and practice of the participants in assisting people in their recovery journey and to become active members of society - as part of a whole systems approach. The training built on existing knowledge and practice of using the recovery approach within the mental health teams in West Bank and Gaza.sans-serif;">This session provided an overview of a range of different person centred recovery planning and action tools including WRAP, MAPs, Victim to Victor.
The participants of the workshop proposed that they form a formal group to lead on and support the implementation of recovery practice in the West Bank and Gaza. These groups will continue to work together with an agreed terms of reference and programme of work. Both Groups will report to their respective Mental Health Directors. This recommendation was accepted by both Directors of Mental Health and will commence their work immediately. Both Learning and Development Groups identified priorities for work over the next six to twelve months as follows:
Developing the Hearing Voices Approach: Both groups have undertaken to develop the hearing voices approach for users within their services, specifically through the establishment of voice hearing support groups and developing professional practice. IMHCN with the Hearing Voices Network Cymru have agreed to provide training materials and a small start up grant to assist in this initiative. Other support including future study visits, online training etc. is being explored. Two additional meetings to discuss the hearing voices approach and recovery were also held. The first meeting took place on Thursday 8th February at the Friends for Mental Health Centre and was attended by thirty people. As a result of this meeting IMHCN has agreed to work with the management group of Friends for Mental Health to assist in the establishment of hearing voices group at the centre and to explore other social inclusion and recovery initiatives involving families. We will be liaising with the Director and staff in the next few months and sending resource packs.
The common purpose of the Whole Person,Whole Life-Whole Systems Approach should be to build access to services and opportunities for people in all aspects of their lives. This can be done by building a system that meets the Whole Life needs of people in several life domains. These should embrace all the principles and values of Recovery and the parts of the system must be sensitive to their contribution in achieving the overall purpose. The whole becomes more important than any of the parts on their own. They should actively promote self determination and growth for the individual by benefiting from both the mental health services and a community’s natural resources. Whole System thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It’s essential framework is developing inter-dependence and interrelationships rather than static and separate parts. The Whole Life Domains areas follows:
The Whole Person,Whole Life-Whole Systems Twinning Collaboration Convention brings together people and organisations that wish to learn from each other in a reciprocal way to identify areas of good practice based on our philosophy, values and practice, agree on areas of common interest in service development and practices that promote the Whole Person, their Whole Life and opportunities for Recovery and overcome the barriers of thinking, practice and organisations that prevent progress in achieving a whole life for people.
The Twinning Collaboration Convention has been developed and supported by IMHCN members over the last eight years and has proven to be an effective way of introducing new ways of thinking and working. The Twinning involves two, three or four organisations who have identified a common agenda and wish to apply this to change and develop their services and practices. The organisations develop a programme for study visits where workers, service users and family members spend time examining the day to day operation of each other services and practices. Lessons learnt by the study groups about the visited services are then discussed and shared with a wider group of colleagues and managers within their respective organisations. The plan should include as a foundation to our understanding of each others circumstances in the following areas:
We also need to improve our knowledge of hospital and community mental health nationally and internationally by gathering information and research on evidence based practices in the literature but also through unpublished material through our Networks; examining philosophies and belief systems that have changed the thinking of professionals, service organisations and the publicl eecognising the values and guiding principles that have gained and sustained new ways of working with people with mental health problems over long periods of timel gathering user and carer stories of experiences and positive things that have helped them to recover. An important aspect of improving the lives of people in the psychiatric hospitals is to provide opportunities for them in a wide range of meaningful occupation including:
Address: Lion Court, Kings Drive, Kings Business Park, Prescot, Merseyside, L34 1BN
Email: info@imhcn.org
Ipso is a humanitarian organisation that provides psychosocial care through our online counselling service and project field work; encourage cultural dialogue and facilitate socio-cultural activities as well as symbolic expression through local culture and art; build the capacities of non-governmental organisations and governmental agencies to provide psychosocial care and mental health care services; and develop concepts for organisations that wish to improve the sustainability of their programs by introducing a psychosocial component to their projects as a crosscutting issue. Ipso is supporting local art and culture fostering dialogue between cultures and people with different background. Ipso is active in the humanitarian aid on individual and institutional level for people who need psychosocial and mental health support.
Ipso Academy is a 12-month course that provides suitable and motivated people with a refugee or migration background its value-based psychosocial counselling methodology. Ipso’s consultation method was developed in 2004 and has been systematically evaluated and adapted in various countries since then. The aim of this counselling-consultation is to restore people’s self-reliance as quickly as possible so that they can begin to experience themselves as meaningful beings in their current social context. Ipso’s approach is value-based and therefore it is important that the counsellors come from the same culture as the client and that the counselling takes place in the native language of the client. Theoretical knowledge, practical psychosocial interventions, self-experience and self-reflection as well as practical work and application are the most important components of Ipso’s training. Currently, we train over 90 counsellors from 24 countries in Germany.
Ipso Care is a program for people who need to talk to an empathic and professional counsellor to clarify their situation; people who are in a crisis situation, suffer from psychological stress or have undergone trauma. Consultation with an Ipso counsellor also helps clients overcome personal and family tensions and start living life more creatively and positively. We offer low-threshold psychosocial support for refugees and migrants in over 15 languages. Our team of supervisors who supervise our counsellors always ensure the quality of their consultations. The consultation can be a face-to-face one at the Ipso centre or can be done online. Please register at www.ipso-care.com or visit us in Berlin or Erfurt if you need help.
IPSO established partnerships with local organizations in Lebanon which provide psychosocial care to Syrian refugees. Their goal is to support and supplement the work of our partner organisation by offering psychosocial counselling by our trained counsellors with refugee backgrounds who speak the native language of their clients, in this case Arabic. Thier services are available for refugees living in camps as well as in cities in Lebanon through our online platform www.ipso-care.com. The counsellors are based in in Berlin, five of whom are available daily to those in need of help in Lebanon. They provide personal and low-threshold advice to clients in issues related to their everyday life and challenges. The partner organizations have set up Ipso internetpoints in community centers near various camps in the Bekaa Valley, Tripoli and Shatila.
Those in need can avail of our online consulting service daily.
Monitoring and evaluation services ran by IPSO provide pre-project field surveys taking local culture into account. These projects aims at developing monitoring and evaluation concepts for programmes or projects in their design stagel developing quality indicators for programmes or projects; developing a project component designed to ease the psychosocial burden or to identify possible trainees in key positions or engaged in community based work; establishing monitoring and supervision systems that meet programme or project requirements as well as programme and project evaluation
Project development services run by IPSO provide detailed analysis of a local situation through the development of concepts and training materials as well as project implementation in target countries (management, logistics, finance and administration, technical expertise)
Research services ran by IPSO aim at assessing the effectiveness of existing or implemented projects and assessing demands of given situations
Supervision and coaching services ran by IPSO provide supervision and coaching of expatriates working in the field; teambuilding for mixed teams of national and expatriate field staff; as well as the provision of continued support for such clients
Technical assistance service ran by IPSO work on improving existing programmes with technical expertise considering the psychosocial component as a crosscutting issue in the health and non-health sector; developing and providing staff trainings tailored to specific needs, and initiating cultural exchange and dialogue between donor countries and beneficiary countries: conferences, workshops, summer school
Address: Münsterplatz 13 78462 Konstanz Germany
Email: info@ipsocontext.org
Le Va supports people of the moana to unleash their full potential. Their portfolio of work spans the mental health and addiction, public health and disability, suicide and violence prevention and youth wellbeing social sectors.
Address: Harakeke House 15 Ronwood Avenue Manukau City Auckland 2104
Country: New Zealand
Email: admin@leva.co.nz
Manas Foundation is a registered trust that aims to promote an understanding mental health from a psycho-social perspective; demonstrate the linkages between mental health, discrimination, poverty and access to justice; de-stigmatize mental health issues and creating both a demand and a supply for mental healthcare and provide services that are positive, preventive and promotive. Manas Foundation aims to change the nature of mental health care in India and to make it accessible to every section of the sociey.
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CBSE Guidelines for School Safety- NOTICE! aims to provide preventive measures to ensure that each school can be considered a safe and secure environment for children to extend an offer to partner with your school in implementing the following guidelines mandated by CBSE:
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Contact Person / Email
foundation.manas@gmail.com
Manas provides psychosocial interventions by plugging in mental health in existing systems, such as care and protection homes, schools, colleges and corporate without creating new structures. This helps us not to be seen as an external agent in the community but as part of the system. Currently, Manas Foundation has set up Mental Health Units in:
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Manas Foundation, in partnership with Sanskriti School has taken the initiative to seamlessly blend mental health into their everyday curriculum for students of classes 6, 7 and 8. The children during this age are in their adolescence, and the curriculum targets issues of adolescence, a time period which is often filled with confusion and struggles for the children. In addition, it aims at mainstreaming mental health issues, thus reducing stigma and help promote positive growth and development of the children. Some of the themes usually covered in the interactive workshops are:
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Manas has developed a unique, behavior-change training module to engage men in transforming public transport into safe spaces for women. Manas has applied the principles of psychology to combat violence against women through one-of-its-kind intervention with drivers of public transport vehicles. This has made a big headway in violence against women in public transport in the past year. Manas Foundation has set-up an Auto-Sahara Helpline to support the progress made during mandatory trainings. This helpline provides an opportunity for drivers to face challenges and difficulties in gender-specific situations. Manas also launched a Facebook page “Spot the Auto”, engaging public in supporting the behavior change of auto drivers.
Manas Foundation has implemented the “You are not alone Students School program: a series of workshops for students and teachers”, across 120 schools located in Delhi NCR. The workshops are used as an interactive media to initiate a comprehensive discussion on Mental Health and related themes. The workshop utilizes videos, pictorial cues, interesting activities and student participation to encourage facilitation of psycho-educative discussions and contextualizing it to the lives of students and teachers.
The Manas OPD provides psychotherapeutic interventions for diagnosable mental illnesses and disorders at an individual level, and aids in individual problem alleviation, potential enhancement, relationship management, and career counseling.
Address: Mental Health and Social Service S-62, Okhla Industrial Area Phase II, New Delhi-110020 India.
Email: foundation.manas@gmail.com
Mental Health Europe (MHE) is the main independent European non-governmental network organization committed to protecting the rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities, promoting positive mental health, preventing mental distress, and improving mental health care and social inclusion.
Mental Health Europe strives to protect the rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities, promote positive mental health, prevent mental health problems, and improve mental health care and social inclusion. To do so, they:
ADVANCE is a comprehensive project aiming to enhance our knowledge about mental health promotion and prevention. It will develop specific programs that can be used as models for important groups in various European countries. Additionally, ADVANCE will create the necessary guidance and methodologies to make sure that mental health programs are not only effective but also can be developed, adjusted, put into action, evaluated, and scaled up to reach wider populations
CO-CAPTAIN is a pioneering initiative dedicated to addressing the critical intersection between mental health challenges and cancer care disparities. The project mission is to provide evidence-based, person-centred navigation that aims to reduce cancer morbidity and bridge gaps in primary prevention access for individuals facing mental health issues.
E-YOUTH (Empowering youth Individuals with fewer opportunities towards citizenship) is an Erasmus+ Project which aims to develop a cross-sectoral (health, social services, social environment, families, community mainstream services, NGOs…) and community-based intervention methodology for youth individuals with a disability based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and also trying to focus on upskilling & reskilling and enhancing the competences of young workers or young professionals in the sector.
EU-PROMENS is a capacity-building programme on mental health financed by the EU4Health programme and will be implemented by the project consortium (GFA Consulting Group GmbH, Trimbos Institute, and Mental Health Europe) between January 2024 and December 2026. It will enhance and improve the capacity of health professionals across Europe in the field of mental health. The programme implements flagship 15 ‘Initiative For More And Better Trained Professionals in the EU’ of the Commission’s Communication on a comprehensive approach to mental health. It targets different groups of professionals, including:
Health professionals working in mental health sector
Teachers and educators working in the educational setting
Social workers working in various community settings
Professionals working in prisons and juvenile detention centres
The European Mental Health Week is a pan-European initiative that aims to raise awareness about the importance of mental health in our everyday lives. Set up and run by Europe’s largest independent mental health NGO Mental Health Europe, the seventh edition of the European Mental Health Week will take place from 19 to 25 of May 2025. More information about 2025 will be available here soon but in the meantime you can revisit the past editions on this page, and contact Mental Health Europe with any questions.
This week-long online action is a chance for everyone to exchange about all aspects of mental health, share personal stories of coping with difficulties in times of crisis and in general, and highlight the need for action.
The Go Green Routes project under Horizon 2020, led by the University of Limerick, will look at the positive effects of nature-based solutions on citizen’s physical health, but also mental health and well-being. Bringing together several cities, universities, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and fellow NGOs across Europe, the project’s goal is to position European citizens as world ambassadors of urban sustainability. Advancing mental health and well-being, the project’s components will focus on nature-based enterprise, sustainable physical activity and digital, cultural and knowledge innovation. A knowledge ecosystem with urban communities will raise awareness about links between human and environmental health.
Let’s Talk About Children is a short evidence-based child-centred psychosocial intervention to promote the mental health of children and prevent the intergenerational transmission of problems by identifying strengths, resources and everyday solutions for children, parents, teachers, and the network of families.
The project MENTALITY pilots established European promising practices targeted at children, healthcare and other care workers, people with pre-existing mental health problems and psychosocial disabilities, migrants, and service providers. The project establishes a path for successful and sustainable transfer and adaptation of practices in participating countries that also leads to in-country upscale and further future implementation in other EU countries. Capacity-building activities and materials are developed and made available to support this. An EU-wide awareness-raising campaign is carried out at the same time to break a major barrier to mental health support, stigma and discrimination.
MH_UKR (Response to Mental Health Impact of Ukraine Crisis) is a Project funded by the European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM), which aims to increase, improve, support and strengthen the response to the mental health impact of the ongoing Ukraine crisis.
The Inter-Active Living for Mental Health (InALMH) project aims to contribute towards the development of an upgraded Policy Framework in the form of Recommendations for EU Guidelines for the use of Sport/PE on Mental Health and to create an Interactive Platform (IP) for the collection, the organisation and the dissemination of information concerning the PE Practices providing free access to all interested parties and individuals together with the enhancement for the development of new practices. The IP is a structured WEB space that includes:
The goal of the WELL CARE project is to strengthen the supports available to long-term care workers and informal carers to improve their resilience and mental wellbeing. The project consortium will do this by contributing to the identification, improvement/adaptation and implementation on a wide scale of innovative solutions for addressing care partnerships.
The project will investigate what are the good practices that directly improve long-term care workers and informal carers’ mental health, as well as those which prevent or mitigate the occupational risks (e.g. heavy workload, stressful working conditions, risk of exposure to infectious agents, precariousness, ethical stress) and non-occupational risks (based on factors such as gender, age, migration background, socio-economic status, and the quality of the care partnership) affecting their mental health.
WELL CARE will select, model and promote such innovative solutions. Our fieldwork with good practices and solution prototypes will be focused on 5 EU countries, i.e. Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, and Sweden. These countries were selected to capture contrasting features of (formal and informal) LTC systems in Europe and The goal of the WELL CARE project is to strengthen the supports available to long-term care workers and informal carers to improve their resilience and mental wellbeing.
Mental Health Europe is excited to launch its new Youth Leadership Programme for young people based in Europe. This is a fantastic opportunity to ensure that the voices of young people are at the heart of the mental health movement, through storytelling.
Address: Rue de la Presse 4 1000 Brussels
Country: Belgium
Email: info@mentalhealtheurope.org
The Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG) is a coalition of national organizations representing consumers, family members, mental health and addiction providers, advocates, payers and other stakeholders committed to strengthening Americans’ access to mental health and addiction care. They have 60+ member organizations are dedicated to elevating the national conversation around mental health and addiction who work together to advance federal policies that support prevention, early intervention, treatment and recovery services and supports. The MHLG is a forum for collaboration among the leading national mental health and addiction-focused organizations that:
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Address: 1400 K Street, Suite 400 Washington DC 20005
Country: United States of America
MindFreedom International is a nonprofit organization that unites sponsor and affiliate grassroots groups with thousands of individual members to win human rights and alternatives for people labeled with psychiatric disabilities. MindFreedom aims to:
MindFreedom is one of the very few totally independent groups in the mental health field with no funding from or control by governments, drug companies, religions, corporations, or the mental health system. MindFreedom International is a nonprofit under IRS 501(c)(3) that is the only group of its kind accredited by the United Nations as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with Consultative Roster Status. MindFreedom is where the power of mutual support combines with the power of human rights activism. MindFreedom International is where democracy is finally getting hands on with the mental health system.
LThe majority of MindFreedom’s members are people who have experienced human rights violations in the mental health system, or psychiatric survivors (read a few member stories here). However, everyone who supports human rights is invited and encouraged to join and become active leaders. Mental health professionals and workers, advocates and attorneys, family members and the general public are all active as equal members and leaders in the MindFreedom International family. Our sponsor and affiliate groups are among the key leading organizations to change the mental health system.
The Peer Respite Directory provides public access to resources about peer respites in the United States. A peer respite is a voluntary, short-term, overnight program that provides community-based, non-clinical crisis support to help people find new understanding and ways to move forward. It operates 24 hours per day in a homelike environment.
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KNOWLEDGEBASE is MindFreedom’s library of information about mental health, psychiatry, human rights & alternatives. These are items gathered by MindFreedom about mental health care, the psychiatric profession, advocacy, humane alternatives and more. This information is gathered for public education, and does not necessarily reflect the position of MindFreedom and its board. Nothing on MindFreedom.org or in our material should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a medical or legal opinion.
The Mentorship Support Program is connecting mentors to emerging leaders and activists who fight for human rights in the mental health system. If you are interested in being connected to a mentor, contact Sarah-at-MindFreedom-dot-org for more information. The purpose of this project is to:
Mentorship may be centered around helping a particular individual gain access to an alternative to forced/coerced psychiatric treatment (which is a human right) or assisting one or more psychiatric survivors and advocate effectively for human rights in their community, such as by eliminating unjust practices or promoting alternatives and choices in general.
MindFreedom published a comprehensive handbook for psychiatric survivors with help from the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care,. This guide is intended to help survivors protect themselves and others from psychiatric harm as well as organize for human rights throughout the world.
The MFI Affiliate Campaign is on! Here you will find information, links, and resources about MindFreedom Affiliate and Sponsor groups.
The Mind Freedom Shield Program is a coordinated registration system and solidarity network of current Mind Freedom members who want to have as much protection as possible from coerced or forced psychiatric treatment.The Mind Freedom Shield is not meant to replace a formal psychiatric “advance directive,” which is a legal document we highly recommend people fill out. Mind Freedom does not have the resources to assist in completing an advance directive. The MindFreedom Shield helps protect registered members from coerced psychiatric procedures. MindFreedom International issues alerts about individuals at risk of orcurrently experiencing involuntary psychiatric procedures, including onan outpatient basis while living peacefully in the community in theirown residences.
Current MindFreedom members may register for the MindFreedom Shield for free. Then if a member with a Shield is threatened with coerced psychiatry, that member can instantly activate a public alert system.
An advance directive is a written document that expresses your wishes in advance about what types of treatments, services and other assistance you want during a personal mental health crisis. A directive provides a clear statement of your medical treatment preferences and other wishes or instructions. You can also use it to grant legal decision-making authority to another person to be your advocate and agent until the crisis is over.
An advance directive goes into effect if you are hospitalized and it has been determined that you “lack the capacity to make decisions for yourself.” By writing your advance directive when your capacity is not in question, you have the opportunity to better influence what happens during a hospital stay. In an emergency situation, therefore it’s critical that an advanced directive is made in advance. For state by state information in the United States and for other countries:
The Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs is an illustrated guide with the best information available coming off psychiatric medication. Based in more than 10 years work in the peer support movement, this Guide is used internationally by individuals, families, professionals, and organizations, and is available a growing number of translations. Includes info on:
A ‘harm reduction’ approach means not being pro- or anti- medication, but supporting people where they are at to make their own decisions, balancing the risks and benefits involved. Written by Will Hall, with a 55-member health professional Advisory Board providing research assistance and more than 50 collaborators involved in developing and editing. The guide has photographs and art throughout, and a beautiful original cover painting by Jacks McNamara. Now in a revised and expanded Second Edition.
The Alliance is designed as a resource to better link independent mental health activism with the world of academia by listing scholars and research groups who are working toward the empowerment and rights of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. It is also designed to foster connections and knowledge-sharing between these accomplished academics themselves. The scholars endorse the principles of MindFreedom and work to share their research expertise and interests with communities worldwide.
The gateway is a searchable online database for mental and emotional support.
Contact Person / Email
creativerevolution@mindfreedom.org
Address: 454 Willamette, Suite 216 PO Box 11284 Eugene, OR 97440-3484
Country: United States of America
Email: office@mindfreedom.org
New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association is a non-governmental organization which aims at providing quality community-based recovery-orientated services for people in recovery of mental illness, so as to help them develop their full potentials, attain a desirable quality of life and integrate into the society.
Address: 332 Nam Cheong Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong China
Email: ho@nlpra.org.hk
The mission of WholeTree Foundation is to identify, initiate, partner worthwhile social innovation projects to effect positive transformations in areas of youth and human wellness, including health and education, on a global scale. We wish to orchestrate a holistic and socially conscious approach to creating awareness and catalyzing sustainable solutions to society’s most challenging problems as they relate to youth and human wellness.
Address: Singapore
Country: Singapore
Email: http://overtherainbow.sg/getting-help/
Recovery International offers meetings to men and women of all ages that ease the suffering from mental health issues by gaining skills to lead more peaceful and productive lives. In the last 80 years RI has equipped over 1 million people with tools to control behavior and change attitudes. The mission of Recovery International is to use the cognitive-behavioral, peer-to-peer, self-help training system developed by Abraham Low, MD, to help individuals gain skills to lead more peaceful and productive lives. Recovery International will be the world’s premier provider of self-help training for mental health and wellness available to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Recovery International’s Online Meetings bring convenient and confidential peer-support meetings right to your home using web and mobile devices. This Online Meeting space to feel safe and open to all people and to reflect the RI Method.
Contact Person / Email
Steve@recoveryinternational.org
Recovery International Telephone Meetings are brand new to the Recovery International Cognitive Behavioral Training Method, or a veteran member who has attended community meetings. Telephone meetings also serve those who are unable to attend R.I. community-based meetings in person due to distance, illness or other challenges.
Address: 1415 W. 22nd St., Tower Floor Oak Brook, IL 60523
Country: United States of America
NCSS is the umbrella body for over 450-member social service organisations in Singapore. Their mission is to provide leadership and direction in enhancing the capabilities and capacity of our members, advocating for social service needs and strengthening strategic partnerships, for an effective social service ecosystem.
A collective made up of and led by people with lived experience. Our collective actively gives a voice to the lived experience, reducing stigma and building a safe space for open discussions around mental illness and recovery, and mental wellness in general.
Address: 40A Orchard Road, MacDonald House, #03-01 Singapore
Country: Singapore
Postal Address: 238838
Email: contactus@resilience.org.sg
RI International is a global organization with more than 50 programs throughout the United States and abroad. Our services include crisis, outpatient, housing, community support teams, and more. Every RI site is founded on the RI Way of Safety, Peer-Powered, Engaged, and Performance. Safety always come first in all aspect of operations. Peer integration is the foundation of the RI Ways and is woven into the fabric of our company from leadership to direct supports in our community. Engagement is the omnipresent thread that recovery is possible in all that we do and is delivered by developing a partnership with our guests, communities and with the teamwork of our staff. Performance is created with exceptional care delivery with a systemic commitment to our processes creating accountability and driving quality improvement projects. We strive to deliver the fusion of clinical best practices, peer-delivered care, and to provide care to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Address: 2701 N. 16th Street, Suite #316 Phoenix, Arizona 85006
Country: United States of America
Samaritans of Singapore is a non denominational, non-profit suicide prevention centre. Since its establishment in 1969, SOS has developed into a professionally run and managed organisation. It adopts a holistic approach to suicide, focussing on suicide prevention, intervention and postvention.
Address: 10 Cantonment Close #01-01 Singapore
Country: Singapore
Postal Address: 080010
Email: pat@sos.org.sg
Sangath is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation committed to improving health across the lifespan by empowering existing community resources to provide appropriate physical, psychological and social therapies. Its primary focus areas include child development, adolescent and youth health, and mental health and chronic disease. Started in 1996, it began as Goa’s first multi-disciplinary child development clinic based in Porvorim through the voluntary contributions of its seven founder-members. Sangath has now stretched its reach to become one of the state’s most influential health NGOs garnering local, national and international recognition. Over the years, we have shifted to a public health model to increase the coverage of basic interventions for child development, adolescent health and mental health. The major barriers to accessing healthcare include an emphasis on providing care in medical settings, the lack of specialists and high costs of medical care.
A key element of our philosophy, therefore, is to strengthen state and private sector services by integrating affordable and effective interventions to ultimately scale up through sustainable health systems. We empower low-cost human resources with knowledge and supervision to improve access to healthcare for children with developmental disabilities, adolescents and young people, or people with any form of mental disorder.
We realise that NGOs have a limited reach in the Indian landscape and have fashioned ourselves to develop innovative strategies to bridge the treatment gap for mental disorders. Training and supervising low-cost human resources is one of our most inventive strategies, and examples of our work using this method include:
Sangath is a nodal agency for the National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Mental Retardation, Cerebral Palsy and Multiple Disabilities. We have also been awarded the MacArthur Foundation’s International Prize for Creative and Effective Institutions in 2008 in recognition of our work.
We hope you enjoy reading about the things we do. Many thanks for your support, and do not hesitate to get in touch, should you need further information.
Address: H No 451 (168), Bhatkar Waddo, Socorro, Porvorim, Bardez, Goa 403501 India
Email: contactus@sangath.in
Silver Ribbon was set up to combat mental health stigma, encourage early help, and facilitate integration of people with mental illness within the society through innovative means of promoting mental health literacy.
Address: H.O.L.A., Block 208 Serangoon Central, #01-238, Singapore
Country: Singapore
Postal Address: 550208
Email: info@silverribbonsingapore.com
The Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) fosters the development and application of knowledge concerning the interrelationships of health, illness, and behavior. They are a professional organisation of 2400+ who are dedicated to promoting better health through evidence-based behavior change. They are a multidisciplinary organisation dedicated to promoting the study of the interactions of behavior with biology
Address: 555 E Wells St, Ste 1100, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Country: United States of America
Email: info@sbm.org
The SSI CoP – Mental Health aspires to rally the mental health community to reduce stigma associated with mental illness, and retain staff in the social sector. It also seeks to raise standards across the industry and improve client care.
Address: Singapore
Country: Singapore
The Staunton Farm Foundation is a family foundation established in which their estate is used to benefit people with mental illness. The Trustees of the Staunton Farm Foundation make grants to support treatment, services, and systems improvements for children, youth, and adults with behavioral health issues. Grants are limited to non-profit organizations that benefit people in ten counties of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Active Minds aims to end mental health stigma on college campuses. Hogg Foundation for Mental Health started when a young woman following her brother's suicide,
CONNECT Community Paramedic Program is a free opioid workshop for first responders that will include a lunch as well as continuing education credits for those in attendance.
Address: 650 Smithfield Street, Suite 210, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 USA
Email: office@stauntonfarm.org
The TCA Aragón Association is a non-profit organization adding voices against eating disorders. They have a range of programs focusing on:
Country: Spain
Email: info@tca-aragon.org
The Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes aims to make a contribution to the improvement and promotion of mental health programmes worldwide. It aims to achieve its goals by means of consultation, by organizing talks and seminars, by initiating and coordinating studies and other theoretical and practical work, and by any other appropriate means that can improve the care of people with mental illness and their families and raise the value given to mental health by individuals and societies.
Comorbidity of mental and physical disorders is a project aiming to improve the treatment of comorbid mental and physical illnesses. AIMHP has organized a number of symposia and workshops dealing with comorbidity of mental and physical disorders, usually in conjunction with major scientific international meetings.
Coordination of development of the WPA Educational programme on depressive disorders is the production of the WPA educational programme on the recognition and treatment of depressive disorders, Professor Sartorius was invited to co-chair the development of an updated vesion of the program, this time coordinated by AIMHP.
Fighting stigma related to mental disorders and its consequences is a global programme against stigma and discrimination related to schizophrenia. The programme has also been the origin of the creation of a special scientific section of the WPA on stigma. That section working hand in hand with AIMHP has organized several international conferences dealing with stigma of mental illness and stimulated activities related to the fight against stigmatization because of mental illness. The AIMHP has:
Leadership Development in Psychiatry is a project that aims to identify future leaders of psychiatry and facilitate their professional development. This is being done through:
The courses developed by AIMHP have a standard curriculum focusing on the acquisition of specific skills that can be useful for psychiatrists at the beginning and in the course of their career. The skills that are being developed in an intensely interactive style include skills of presentations of scientific and other material, skills of chairmanship and leading groups, fund searching, and other skills selected in the light of information about the students and the countries in which they live and work. In addition to a clearly demonstrable improvement of leadership skills the courses have also led to continuing and collaborative contacts among the participants and to the development and implementation of joint projects. U
Over the years, some of the leadership courses were carried out in collaboration with other organizations, including the World Psychiatric Association and several of its national member societies with the Brandenburg Academy of Science in Berlin and with a number of universities. Support for the courses came from various sources, including universities, foundations and unrestricted educational grants by pharmaceutical companies. A description of the programme has been published. In all, AIMHP has until now organized more than 100 courses involving some two thousand psychiatrists early in their career and coming from over one hundred countries.
Postgraduate Education in Psychiatry in Central Asian Countries develops educational materials that would be based on local experience and at the same time present ways in which psychiatry is practiced in other countries. After meetings held to review the current situation and needs relevant to psychiatry in Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Tajikistan and other Central Asian countries, it was decided to give priority to the improvement of communication between psychiatrists in those countries and between them and psychiatrists elsewhere. To do this and to facilitate collaboration in postgraduate training in psychiatry a series of case histories were produced and commented upon by psychiatrists from Central Asia and from Russia (where the Central Asian psychiatrists were trained) and from several Western European countries. This led to the production of a Casebook in which experts from Central Asian countries describe cases of mental illness as they see them. Their diagnoses and recommendations concerning treatment are then listed together with opinions of experts from Russia as well as from Western European countries. Recommendations concerning the diagnosis and relevant criteria developed during the meetings in Bishkek were submitted to the World Psychiatric Association, to national psychiatric societies and to the governments of the participants’ countries.
Preparation of a Technical Review of Antidepressant Medications and Other Treatments of Depressive Disorders was a project to review evidence and experience concerning the use of antidepressant medications. The review is substantive and covers materials published over the 10 years preceding the publication in several languages. The review has been prepared by a Task Force established for the purpose and assisted by a large group of advisers.
In order to ensure that evidence as well as experience are represented in the review the Task Force organized several regional meetings in 2006 in different parts of the world. Each of these meetings brought together experts from the country in which the meeting took place as well as participants from other countries in the region. The country experts included representatives of several scientific disciplines (e.g. psychiatry, pharmacology, neurology, internal medicine, public health), representatives of the government, of family and patient organizations and, on occasion, of industry and the media. The experts who took part in the meetings have then organized national meetings along the lines of the regional meetings in their own countries. The reports of national meetings were published in local scientific journals.
The review served as the background to a consensus statement endorsed by the Executive Committee of the CINP. The costs of the meetings related to the preparation of the Review and administrative expenses have been covered by the CINP and by participating institutions. The members of the Task Force, advisers to the project, the editors of the report and others who contributed to it received no honoraria nor other financial compensation for their work. AIMHP has also taken the lead role in the production of a review of publications describing antipsychotic medications.
Review of legal and administrative provisions protecting the rights of the mentally ill is a project that has undertaken focuses on legislation that will protect the mentally ill from discrimination and ill treatment by authorities, public institutions, social agencies and individuals.
Staging Dementia a project that aims to define stages of dementia in operational terms; develop a method that will allow the assessment of the stage of dementia in clinical work and research; to assess the value of the method in clinical work in practice conditions in several European countries, both at general health care and in specialist services; to assess the reliability of the staging method when used by different categories of health personnel; to propose a set of interventions for each stage of severity of dementia; to promote the use of the staging method in education, clinical work and research on dementia.
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Support to Mental Health Programmes in the Least Developed Countries (LDC) and other Innovative Programmers is a project to provide small grants for innovative initiatives in the field of mental health, particularly in the least developed countries (LDCs). The maximum amount of the grants is USD 5.000, but most of the sums allocated are smaller. Applications for grants containing a brief description of the goals and methods of the project and a description of the group responsible for its implementation can be sent to the President of the AIMHP. The proposals received are examined by a Committee composed for the purpose and involving experts who, in addition to their expertise, have a good knowledge of the situation in the LDCs. 36 programs have been founded.
The Dialogue on Diabetes and Depression (DDD) is an international collaborative initiative coordinated by AIMHP and focusing on the comorbidity of depression and diabetes. It has been the largest effort of its type ever undertaken. It brought together 18 major nongovernmental organizations as well as numerous major institutes active in the field. The DDD initiative aims to raise awareness about the magnitude and severity of problems related to the comorbidity of depression and diabetes and to improve its recognitiion and management in health services. In order to raise awareness about the comorbidity of depression and diabetes and to improve its recognition and management in health services, the Dialogue on Diabetes and Depression has taken four lines of action. It:
Address: 14, chemin Colladon 1209 Geneva, Switzerland
Email: sartorius@normansartorius.com
The Center for Reintegration is a non-profit organization committed to helping people with mental illnesses pursue a meaningful life through reintegration-. Reintegration is the process by which a person with a mental illness finds meaningful work and education, restores his or her relationships, and moves toward independent living. To help achieve these goals, the Center for Reintegration provides useful information, resources, and supports for consumers, caregivers, employers, educators, family and friends.
Country: United States of America
Postal Address: PO Box 35218, Philadelphia, PA 19128
Email: email@reintegration.com
The Decision Lab is a behavioral design think tank. We apply behavioral science, digital innovation and lean methodologies to solve pressing problems in policy, social justice and business
Email: info@thedecisionlab.com
The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MSD) aims to foster activities in the field of mental health, including those affecting the harmony of human relations and to reduce the burden associated with mental, neurological and substance use disorders, and to promote mental health worldwide. MSD works to enhance mental health in the public health agenda; provide a reliable information base; provide technical guidance; and strengthen mental health and substance abuse policies. MSD does this by providing a reliable information base on mental health, neurological and substance abuse problems and service systems; evidence-based technical guidance on mental health and substance abuse; strengthening policies and systems for mental, neurological and substance abuse care; and strengthening capacity on mental health and substance abuse policies and systems to deliver services that are effective, adequate and respect the human rights of affected individuals, and respond to emerging mental health problems such as emergencies and HIV/AIDS. The core functions of MSD include:
The EU-Compass for Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing is a web-based mechanism used to collect, exchange and analyse information on policy and stakeholder activities in mental health. The Compass will communicate information on the European Framework for Action on Mental Health and Well-being and monitor the mental health and wellbeing policies and activities of EU countries and non-governmental stakeholders through:
In addition, the EU Compass will collaborate with the EU-Group of Governmental Experts on Mental Health and Wellbeing and non-governmental stakeholders in the preparation of four scientific papers. Outcomes of the EU Compass such as identified good practices, annual reports and consensus papers can be accessed in:
The EU-Compass focuses on preventing depression & promoting resilience, better access to mental health services, mental health at work, mental health in schools, preventing suicide, roviding community-based mental health services, developing integrated governance approaches and collecting information on policy and best practice. The European Commission, in cooperation with the Group of Governmental Experts on Mental Health and Well-being, supervises the development and implementation of the EU-Compass. Various national and regional mental health promotion activities are underway in EU countries.
The four scientific reports produced by EU-Compass feature specific themes identified by the Group of Governmental Experts on Mental health. Each paper explores the issues surrounding each theme, the current situation in Europe, a summary of relevant activities at the EU level and in EU countries, best practices identified, and principles and recommendations for action. The scientific reports are produced by experts in their field, and once reviewed and approved by the Group of national experts and relevant non-governmental stakeholders they become consensus documents: the two topics focused on in 2016 were prevention of depression and strengthening resilience.
The Compass holds three mental health forums as main events. Their aim is to share the results from the annual surveys and to facilitate high-level discussion on progress made in implementing the European Framework for Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing. A key part of this will be communicating the case for, and examples of, public ownership and action on mental health and wellbeing through policy and non-governmental stakeholder action.
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) gather in an informal group to discuss issues, cases, pharmaceuticals, research and training. SIGs are a vivid contribution of networking and supporting members and members of national associations that are associated with the EAPM. They meet at the EAPM Annual Meetings, report at the General Assembly and stay in exchange throughout the year via emails and phone conferences. All Special Interest Groups are expected to present a short summary of their activities before the annual EAPM conference. This report has to be sent to the EAPM Administrator in advance.
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Germany
EAPM Working Groups work on a specific topic or task, authorized by the EAPM executive council. At the moment we have three operating WGs.
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Germany
EAPM is an interdisciplinary and multi-professional scientific association advancing knowledge and cooperation on psychosomatic medicine/consultation-liaison psychiatry throughout Europe. Members are professionals and trainees working in the field of psychosomatic medicine/consultation-liaison psychiatry. EAPM hosts annual meetings at which APM frequently contributes. EAPM members may register for APM’s annual meeting at APM member rates. EAOM aims to:
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) gather in an informal group to discuss issues, cases, pharmaceuticals, research and training. SIGs are a vivid contribution of networking and supporting members and members of national associations that are associated with the EAPM. They meet at the EAPM Annual Meetings, report at the General Assembly and stay in exchange throughout the year via emails and phone conferences. All Special Interest Groups are expected to present a short summary of their activities before the annual EAPM conference. This report has to be sent to the EAPM Administrator in advance.
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Germany
EAPM Working Groups work on a specific topic or task, authorized by the EAPM executive council. At the moment we have three operating WGs.
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Germany
Address: General Hospital Nuremberg Paracelsus Medical University Nuremberg
Country: Germany
The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care (EXCELLENCE) is a community foundation with a strong, diverse board of eminent researchers, people with lived experience, philanthropists and finance managers and an intellectually rich Scientific Advisory Council. Excellence gives donors the opportunity to make an impact by supporting recovery-oriented research, developing family and community education resources that spread hope and knowledge about recovery practices, and by supporting professional symposia and learning collaboratives that will begin to shift the field’s mindset from the chronic disease model to one that expects recovery for every person with mental health challenges.
From around the globe, EXCELLENCE is a community united by a shared dedication to improving mental health outcomes. This international group includes these important members of the mental health community including philanthropists; researchers, psychiatrists, psychologists and clinicians; public policy analysts and advocates; and people with lived experience, family and community members Excellence supports important existing research as well as innovative research and program development. Each recipient of Foundation funds is required to submit a detailed budget and timeline; focus on clear goals that are consistent with the mission of Excellence; make regular progress reports and produce measurable results. Objective evaluation and documentation of these results will build greater trust in mental health philanthropy.
Excellence convenes interested parties and experts to discuss and formulate plans for developing new mental health protocols and treatment strategies. We sponsor symposia to build a new standard of care focused on long-term recovery, and we help other groups come together in a spirit of neutrality. As a “neutral convener” rising above the politicization of issues, we can help to ensure that philanthropic dollars are effectively helping the mental health care community move toward viable solutions. As an international community foundation, EXCELLENCE are a catalyzing force that creates a better future for all by addressing the most critical and persistent challenges, inclusively uniting people, institutions and resources, and producing significant, widely shared and lasting results. Like all community foundations, they are a public charity, so donors receive the most advantageous tax benefits available for charitable gifts.The flexibility of our many types of funds, which include donor-advised funds, and the expertise of our investment advisors ensure the stability and longevity of every gift. EXCELLENCE seeks donations from individuals, corporations and other foundations, in the belief that by connecting the passion of private philanthropy with the genius of today’s top researchers and social entrepreneurs, we can make mental health recovery and wellness a reality.
Excellence partners with other mental health groups by acting as their fiscal agent, helping them obtain grants and raise funds. The Community Conversation in Washington, D.C., part of the National Dialogue on Mental Health, is a recent example of our services as a fiscal agent. They expertise in planned giving can help leaders of innovative non-profit mental health initiatives grow and thrive by assisting them with capital campaigns, fundraising and endowment management. 7 Essential Functions of EXELLENCE include:
Adapting Open Dialogue Project is a recovery-focused early psychosis model imported from Finland with 30 years of research behind it It is an innovative, recovery-oriented, clinical intervention that has been demonstrated to help individuals in acute psychiatric crises to find recovery. There are currently three pilot projects underway in Massachusetts and Atlanta, Georgia, as well as the Institute for Dialogic Practice in Haydenville, MA which runs a two-year training program in dialogical practices and the open dialogue approach. The research is a clinical manual with dialogical practice and organizational system-level fidelity instruments that will allow for evidence-based replication of the model throughout the nation.
Adapting the Open Dialogue Model in the United States is a project that will create tools for implementing and evaluating the Open Dialogue approach in the United States. Additional funding will allow the research team to develop the full practice manual and the full set of fidelity scales for clinicians, program leaders and researchers. These materials will include a written description of the approach, training and pilot implementation, and feedback obtained through supervision and other methods. They will lead to clinical studies of specific populations, such as transitional age youth or those experiencing first-break psychosis. They will also enable organizational change studies of systems, clinicians, and clients in a wide range of clinical cases.
Supporting professional study groups by underwriting the distribution of Robert Whitaker’s groundbreaking book, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America.
Bill Anthony General Research Fund Early is an early psychosis treatment program. This is a key component of making recovery the new mainstream, and it is just one of the research areas.
The Dorothea Dix Think Tank Fund aims to change the process by which people with mental illness enter jails and prisons and by creating alternatives to incarcerating people with mental illness The Dorothea Dix Think Tank was created by Dr. Dean Brooks to decriminalize mental illness. Dr. Brooks, former superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital best known for his role in the film, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, assembled a panel of experts in mental health and the law to discuss and recommend solutions for what has become a national scandal. The fund has brought together a panel of recognized experts who have “hands on” experience both in mental health and our justice system.
The Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy, Education & Living supports research, education, publications and conferences that foster caring, respectful human relationships. It then draws upon scientific integrity, personal responsibility, honesty, and respect for the individual. We value the integrity and inviolability of each person’s brain, mind, and spirit, and embrace the ideal of “First, do no harm!” Based on science and empathy, the best approaches are wholly voluntary and entirely free of psychiatric diagnoses and drugs. As pioneers in the emerging field of empathic therapy, we encourage all human services that are rooted in mutual respect and equality between those who seek help and those who wish to provide it.
The Families Healing Together Scholarship Fund helps families for whom the cost of class registration is a barrier to accessing this life-changing recovery education and support. Families Healing Together is an online leader in the delivery of a new kind of mental health education, providing interactive, self-paced classes and a supportive community focused on recovery. Families Healing Together grew from the joint efforts of three organizations convinced of the healing power of community. The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care, Family Outreach and Response, and PracticeRecovery and are dedicated to helping families recover from mental health challenges.
Families Healing Together is a dynamic, supportive online community of families healing together – exploring, sharing, listening, feeling, letting go, reclaiming hope, setting boundaries, and ultimately demonstrating the power of community to heal hearts and minds. Families Healing Together is an innovative program in its early years organized to meet this crucial need. It has immense growth potential. The organization currently offers online family recovery education that has supported families across the United States and in 9 countries on 4 continents. Initial evaluation of the course for outcomes and user satisfaction is very encouraging.
The Folktime Fund will secure the future of FolkTime’s peer support programs for generations to come through the planned giving of its founders and other friends of FolkTime. FolkTime’s NE Portland Program provides peer support in a social setting to provide a safe space for recovery. Members of the NE Portland program receive support from peer support specialists as well as other members. They also explore other community support networks and provide avenues for discussing important topics regarding recovery that are often stigmatized in the community at large.
The NE Portland Social Center provides a safe place for people with mental health diagnoses to come together in a relaxed atmosphere to play games, paint, garden, bowl, sing and eat together. Members host art shows and concerts in the community. FolkTime also offers a food pantry for members in coordination with Trader Joe’s and the Oregon Food Bank. All of our programming is free to members. FolkTime is unique in the Portland area. No other mental health recovery social program is open to all adults regardless of provider, residence or income.
The Gnosis House Retreat Fund will establish a residential house in San Francisco or other Bay Area community based on the R.D. Laing model offering sanctuary and community to those seeking to move through mental, emotional and spiritual distress with minimal or no use of medication. The fund seeks to raise $500,000. The Gnosis Retreat Center aspires to be a place of safety and community for those who want to take the necessary time to step back and come to an understanding of themselves and their pain and regain their passion for living. It will offer a network of fellow travelers who aspire to cultivate skillful means of helping people whose relations with themselves and others have become an occasion of wretchedness and despair. By living together in a perfectly ordinary household with no regimen to follow, we hope to foster a better understanding of how each of us, perhaps unwittingly, sometimes occasion the predicament we are in, by getting to know ourselves and others at the deepest level. Gnosis Retreat Center is not a “treatment” center, but those who choose to live there are encouraged to participate in individual psychotherapy, with whomever they wish, off premises.
Gnosis Retreat Center will be comprised of three part-time directors, two live-in staff, volunteers and interns from local graduate schools. Ongoing training, seminars, lecture presentations and poetry readings will be organized for the local neighborhood. Time isn’t “filled” with rote activities, but devoted to reflecting upon while forming friendships with one another, the key agent for lasting change and recovery. Meditation, yoga, mindfulness exercises, and a healthy diet are provided in order to ease the state of panic and turmoil that our guests are typically struggling with.
The Hearing Voices Fund research and development team’s long-planned project to bring Hearing Voices peer support groups to hundreds of communities across the United States is in full swing, sending trainers into the field to equip support group facilitators in five regions of the U.S. and fostering the creation of a stronger regional and local infrastructure over the long term. Thanks to a generous donor, all three phases of the project are now fully funded. Phase Two will expand the network of hearing voices peer-support groups to remaining unserved regions of the United States and build sustaining regional links that will allow the network to thrive and develop over the long term; Phase Three will enable further research to identify ways to optimize the effectiveness of such groups. But this is just the start to realizing our vision of a Hearing Voices group in every neighborhood in America. Communities interested in sponsoring a training in their area are encouraged to contact Caroline White, Training Coordinator, at 413.539.5941 x316 or Caroline@westernmassrlc.org to learn about costs and training requirements.
Excellence’s Hearing Voices Fund supports the development of a network of hearing voices peer-support groups across the United States. These groups offer a safe place for people to share their experiences of voices, visions, tactile sensations, unshared beliefs, and other distressing experiences. By meeting together to help and support one another, to exchange information, and most importantly to learn from each other’s coping strategies, these groups can transform the lives even of people who have suffered for many years. As a consequence, some people stop hearing voices entirely, once they understand the symbolic significance they have been serving (e.g., to preserve a memory of trauma that has yet to be worked through). Others learn to accept and “live with voices” in ways that enable them to regain more control over their lives.
The Hearing Voices Fund is supporting a systematic program of training intended to create a network of hearing voices peer-support groups in five key regions of the U.S. Participants are being selected using a rigorous model in which mental health professionals and voice hearers collaborate in an intensive shared learning experience that equips them to apply HVN’s concepts and methods to the creation of positive alternatives for people diagnosed with psychosis. An equally important part of the Hearing Voices Fund’s mission is to conduct research that can systematically analyze the mechanisms by which these peer-support groups work. Personal testimonies and some initial phenomenological studies of people’s experiences in groups suggest promising avenues for more intensive analysis, and the Fund’s research arm seeks to advance this work across the U.S.
The Holistic Healing Fund is long-term naturalistic study to assess psychiatric and medical symptoms, quality of life and treatment costs for patients who fail to respond to conventional treatment. This is the first long-term study assessing the medical and economic effectiveness of the Disease-Centered Model (DCM) and the Patient-Centered Approach (PCA). It will assist in reducing the cost of treatment, improving the outcome and quality of life for patients suffering from Anxiety, Depression and Bipolar Disorders who failed to respond to conventional treatments. This is the first long-term study assessing the medical and economic effectiveness of two different treatment models, focusing on those suffering from Anxiety, Depression and Bipolar Disorders who fail to respond to conventional treatments.
HThe Person-Centered Approach (PCA) has been used for centuries. It helps restore health by applying treatments specific to the individual’s imbalances. Treatments are usually low cost, have few if any side effects and require the person’s active participation. Medications are rarely part of a long-term solution but can be applied for a short time. The PCA approach strives to improve long-term health, thus alleviating symptoms and decreasing the cost of treatment. Our study examines how applying the DCM or PCA treatment model and philosophy affects long-term medical, psychiatric and quality of life outcomes and treatment costs.
The Inner Fire Fund will launch a proactive, healing community at Grace Brook Farm in Brookline, Vermont, offering a choice for people to recover from debilitating and traumatic life challenges without the use of psychotropic medications. Donations will cover the cost of capital construction ($715K) and implementation personnel ($140K) as well as the projected cash-flow deficit during the ramp-up stage of operations (about $525,000 which could be financed with a charitable no-interest loan). Inner Fire, Inc. has been created to offer an alternative to the current treatment model. Detoxing from psychotropic medications will be part of the program, including holistic treatment options based on a range of proven therapeutic practices, structured individualized care and deep healing in a residential environment that values and reconnects the human being with his inner fire, inborn power and purpose in life.
Inner Fire grew out of the personal and professional experience of Beatrice Birch. Beatrice has an extensive background in therapeutic and administrative aspects of residential treatment facilities and is a leading practitioner of Hauschka Artistic Therapy and has worked throughout the world in treatment facilities and training institutes. She has applied knowledge from 30 years of professional practice in prisons, inner cities, residential facilities and her own private practice. The heart of this initiative is about people: love and respect for people and the challenges of being human.
Intentional Peer Support Fund brings high quality peer support training to communitie. The Intentional Peer Support Fund will speed the expansion of its innovative peer support curriculum to serve a wider variety of cultures and provide scholarships to people who would otherwise not be able to access the training by offering subsidized trainings and seats at trainings to organizations and individuals who do not have adequate financial resources.
The 5-day Core Training has been developed, tested, and refined over many years in many areas of the world and is well-suited to accommodate a variety of learning styles, interests, and lifestyles. IPS has an established network of contacts with organizations that will help link us to the places and people in need. We are currently working with several organizations and initiatives to identify populations that are interested in our material but otherwise cannot afford and access it. We plan to use the funds raised here to support and continuously refine our trainings and materials in those areas. They expect that people will learn a powerful way of practicing peer support that creates and restores mutuality in relationships. We expect that the practice of Intentional Peer Support in the communities we train will increase connection between individuals, deepen understandings of worldview, and help folks move away from dependence on helping systems and toward creating two-way relationships that benefit all.
New Standard of Care Fund is developing a new standard of care in psychiatry and psychology is an imperative in today’s world. An International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry effort with the goal of identifying, studying and promoting safe, humane approaches to helping those with mental disorders. Examples of such approaches are psychotherapy, residences based on the Soteria model, non-drug help for persons in early psychosis, peer support and other recovery-based approaches.
ISEPP’s New Standard of Care Fund will support various efforts to find, explore, study, understand and promote safe, humane, life-enhancing approaches to helping persons with mental health challenges. In general, this means approaches which do not use psychotropic drugs as the primary treatment but, rather, use drugs very judiciously, for very limited periods of time and only as an adjunct to other forms of treatment. Examples of other approaches are:
Various forms of psychotherapy
Residences based on the Soteria model
Non-pharmaceutical help for persons in early psychosis such as the Open Dialogue approach
Supported employment, housing and education
Support groups such as the Hearing Voices Network
Peer support and
Other recovery-based approaches.
Also important to recovery are programs that help with employment, relationships, education, housing, exercise, nutrition and other issues of living.
The Nutrition and Mental Health Research Fund aims to strengthen knowledge and evidence for the use of multi-nutrient formulas to ease withdrawal from psychiatric medication and provide alternatives to beginning pharmacotherapy. The Nutrition and Mental Health Research Fund will support research and education on the ability of multi-nutrient treatments to reverse and prevent the onset of psychiatric symptoms. It seeks to raise an initial $1,000,000 for its first round of research grants. Fund donations will support additional research on these multi-nutrient treatments. Although the the evidence is strong that dietary habits are associated with psychiatric symptoms, there are two areas in particular needing additional research:
Once further research data has accumulated, the fund will support knowledge translation and dissemination to professionals and the public.
The Open Path website connects clinicians to individuals and families searching for affordable mental health care. Open Path Psychotherapy Collective is a network of like-minded mental health clinicians dedicated to reaching individuals and families who can neither afford therapy sessions nor qualify for government aid. The Open Path Psychotherapy Collective provider list is growing all the time.The Collective’s website provides a searchable, detailed index of psychotherapists, psychologists, and social workers who belong to the Open Path Psychotherapy Collective. Besides connecting altruistic clinicians with those who want to find them, Open Path links clinicians to a suite of educational and business services that support mental health practices.
The Reclaiming Childhood Program Development and Research Fund will support programs which help families move beyond the current pharmaceutically-focused model of mental health and apply more holistic approaches in their daily efforts to help social, emotional, and behaviorally-challenged children. Their mission is to help families move beyond the current pharmaceutically-focused model of mental health and better understand the need to apply more holistic approaches in their daily efforts to help social, emotional, and behaviorally-challenged children. One of the main goals is to dramatically slow down the trend of over diagnosing, labeling and medicating children in the name of mental health. We want to help adults, help kids — still in the prime of their critical development stages– live more “normal” childhoods and become great citizens.
RxISK.org puts the power of the Internet to use in collecting data and related narratives of real-life experiences with medications. The RxISK Fund supports the collection, analysis and publishing of patient data and related narratives of experiences with medications to promote recovery and make medicines safer for all of us through the integration of the best research data with clinical expertise and patient values.
The website, www.RxISK.org, enables reporting of medication outcomes by those with lived experience. Its mobile site extends this capability to many handheld devices. These sites report the merits or drawbacks of treatments, testing and diagnoses. The RxISK Fund also offers expert assessments of new drugs by independent clinicians for licensed and unlicensed indications, analysis of consumer-reported data relative to medication outcomes, and educational resources about treatment risk and risk mitigation. It also supports these activities:
The AACP Fund was established by the American Association of Community Psychiatrists “to encourage, equip and empower community and public psychiatrists to develop and implement policies and high-quality practices that promote individual, family and community resilience and recovery.” AACP members’ approach to psychiatric care reflects an inclusive public health perspective that recognizes the diverse settings and continuum of service needs of their patients who may be of any age, diagnosis, or economic circumstances. They are committed to excellence in public care in both inpatient and community settings; to promoting training and research to increase the number of well-qualified psychiatrists choosing careers in community settings; and to educating the public about the vital role of the community mental health system in the wellness of not only persons with mental health challenges but of the whole community.
The AACP, in conjunction with the APA and with support from SAMHSA, has developed a modular curriculum for psychiatrists, which explores all the significant aspects of recovery oriented care. The goal over the next several years is to assure that the curriculum is widely disseminated and embedded in residency training and continuing medical education programs. Each module is followed by a discussion of the issues it has raised, facilitated by a psychiatrist and a person with lived experience. The development of a geographically diverse array of facilitator pairs for regional training capacity is essential to the success of this project, and with the expiration of the initial grant, we will need additional resources to accomplish this goal.
The AACP works in other ways to further the agenda of developing a psychiatric workforce that is prepared and capable of dealing with the challenges presented by this work and providing high quality care to diverse populations. It has developed a certification process through which qualified and well trained community psychiatrists can have their skills recognized. Through this process, and several related activities, the AACP has been the standard bearer for the field. Programming has also been developed to provide support and resources to practicing psychiatrists and their organizations which allow them to maximize the value of psychiatric time. The AACP is quite active in nurturing the interests and ideals of those students and trainees who might enter the field to serve the needs of often neglected segments of our society.
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Prevention Fund will assist programs dedicated to preventing the causes of Adverse Childhood Experiences that lead to mental health challenges and will partner with existing organizations to increase the availability of care for children that addresses trauma, builds resiliency and does not rely on prescription drugs.
The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is one of the largest investigations ever conducted to assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being. The study is a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente’s Health Appraisal Clinic in San Diego. The ACE Study findings suggest that certain experiences are major risk factors for the leading causes of illness and death, including addiction, heart, lung and liver disease, depression and ongoing family dysfunction and abuse, as well as social, emotional and cognitive impairment that causes isolation and mental health challenges. There is a great wealth of untapped data and under-utilized knowledge that could help those with childhood trauma to find recovery and wellness.
The Global Mental Health Fund provides mentors and funding to health programs in low and middle-income countries to establish and assess psychiatric rehabilitation models that are tailored to the unique needs of each community.
Donations will provide grants to these countries to innovate and measure services and outcomes and will primarily impact people with significant mental health challenges. The work will be facilitated through personal contacts between clinical and program research grantees and Fund advisors and their partners from leading academic institutions in better resourced countries. Fund grants will yield program model descriptions, pilot data on clinical population, services and outcomes to aid in increasingly better quality, more efficient growth of rehabilitation services and infrastructure in underserved areas around the world.
The Global Mental Health Fund’s first grant was awarded to Padhar Hospital, a rural Lutheran multi-specialty mission hospital located in Betul District of Madhya Pradesh, roughly equidistant from Bhopal and Nagpur. It is currently running on a limited budget financed entirely by personal donations from well-wishers. The project activities include building awareness of mental health issues and epilepsy in the target community, door-to-door screening by field workers using a specially designed screening tool, weekly outreach clinics (on Wednesdays) by the team including the consultant psychiatrist in selected village settings, provision of free medications on site for patients with severe mental illnesses and epilepsy, referral of patients with less severe mental health issues to Padhar hospital for more pharmacological and/or psychotherapeutic interventions or consultations with other departments, fostering community re-integration of patients and their families in the field, facilitating practical community-based research to improve service provision, and a mechanism to follow up patients receiving medications in the field on a regular basis
The Collaborative Pathway project changes the trajectory of young people encountering the mental health system from disability and chronicity to recovery-oriented self-direction. The person in crisis and their families are included in treatment decisions from the start, using clear, everyday language to make decision-making accessible.
The Collaborative Pathway (CP) uses an existing, state-of-the-art, recovery-oriented mobile crisis team to deliver services in the home whenever possible, avert unnecessary hospitalization, and build on the strengths and preferences of the person and family. CP includes shared decision-making and informed choice about neuroleptic medications. It applies “collaborative psychopharmacology” principles, honoring the option of using little or no neuroleptic and opting for benzodiazepines for symptomatic relief of anxiety/insomnia, if these are the person and family’s preference. Such neuroleptic minimization /delay has been shown to have no long-term negative consequences, allowing individuals and families time to collaborate on treatment decisions. CP slows down treatment by working with the person and family in a safe, “holding” network, offering more treatment choice and defusing alienation and “non-compliance.”
A Collaborative Pathway team with clinical training and training in using research instruments for capturing outcomes is being developed. Research staff are being added and IRB approval from the Department of Mental Health is expected. The project is anticipated to show that engaging young people with early psychosis in fully informed consent and shared decision-making about all medication can be accomplished safely. Outcomes should be as good, or better, than standard care in these ways:
Address: 8532 SW St. Helens Drive, Suite 250 Wilsonville, Oregon 97070
Country: United States of America
Email: gina@mentalhealthexcellence.org
The International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services (IAPSRS) aims to help advance the role, scope, and quality of services designed to facilitate the community readjustment of people with psychiatric disabilities. IAPSRS brings together agencies, practitioners, families, and persons with psychiatric disabilities. We serve as advocates for community-oriented psychosocial rehabilitation and seek to ensure that the best interests of all concerned are effectively supported.
The International Network Toward Alternatives and Recovery gathers prominent survivors, professionals, family members, and advocates from around the world to work together for new clinical and social practices in response to emotional distress and what is often labeled as psychosis. Based in leading edge research and successful innovations, INTAR believes the prevailing biomedical overreliance on diagnoses, hospitals, and medications has failed to respect the dignity and autonomy of the person in crisis, and that full recovery must be at the center of ethical care. INTAR promotes alternative settings to hospitals and institutions, so that people in crisis including what is called "schizophrenia" and "bipolar" can find the care, connectedness, respect, and interventions they need and elect to use. They understand "madness" and extreme states of distress from a social, holistic, and humanistic perspective
Email: intar@intar.org
The Joint Action for Mental Health and Well-being (JA MH-WB) aims at building a framework for action in mental health policy at the European level and builds on previous work developed under the European Pact for Mental Health and Well-being. Funded by the European Agency for Health and Consumers, the Joint Action involves 51 partners representing 28 EU Member States and 11 European organizations, and is coordinated by the Nova Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal. The objective of the JA MH-WB is to contribute to the promotion of mental health and well-being, the prevention of mental disorders and the improvement of care and social inclusion of people with mental disorders in Europe. The Joint Action addresses issues related to five areas:
This objective will be attained by establishing a process for structured collaborative work, involving MS, EU, relevant stakeholders and international organizations, leading to the development of an endorsed framework for action. The expected outcomes of the JA MH-WB include:
In each of the five areas of work of the Joint Action, a similar methodology was adopted, which includes a situation analysis in participating countries, the development of recommendations for action, and the support to the endorsement of a framework for action by EU and member states. Evaluation of progress made in EU and Members States in each of the five areas of the JA is currently being completed by national and European working groups, integrating policy makers and other stakeholders. With the collaboration of experts, they reviewed the available knowledge and resources resulting from other mental health projects in Europe (toolkits, guidelines, databases, etc.), and analyzed previous initiatives in order to better identify the ingredients that should be taken into consideration to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of future initiatives. Working methods included SWOT analysis (to evaluate achievements, barriers and challenges in MS), review of literature, questionnaires, and interviews.
The development of recommendations for action at EU and Member States level to improve the effectiveness of mental health policies implementation has been made in collaboration with EU agencies, WHO and other international organizations. To support engagement and commitment of Member States and stakeholders in effective action, several methods are being used:
To support the endorsement of the recommendations by Member States and the EU, and promote their commitment for follow-up actions, a final Joint Action conference will be organized in the beginning of 2016. To build the sustainability of mental health policy initiatives in Europe, a close collaboration was established with other European mental health initiatives, in the research, clinical and policy areas, and a specific strategy will be developed to create the mechanisms that are required to support a permanent, structured and coherent cooperation in mental health policy in Europe in the future.
An external Advisory Committee includes representatives from the main stakeholders and ensures timely contribution of the whole consortium to the achievement of the Join Action outcomes. The Advisory Committee members are:
Community Based Approaches is a working group across Europe to ensure high-quality longer-term care for people with severe mental disorders, which helped to advance mental health care in many countries. These include improvements in the living conditions in psychiatric hospitals, the development of community services, the integration of mental health care within primary care, the development of psychosocial, the protection of the human rights of people with mental disorders and the increasing participation of users and families in the improvement of policies and services. The ultimate goal of this work package is to develop recommendations for action at EU-level and in Member States that may lead to a more effective implementation of the desired shifting to community-based mental health systems and services.
A literature review was made in order to review scientific evidence, best practices and available technical resources relevant for the implementation of community-based and socially-inclusive approaches to mental health in Europe. To identify the general trends of the transition to community-based mental health care in EU, an analysis of existing data on a selected set of indicators was made. To understand in more detail the process of transition to community-based care, three different methods were used in the 9 countries that participated in this Workpackage (Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, UK), which somehow represent the main different kinds of transition process registered in EU:
The Workpackage on Depression, Suicide, including E-Health are to build on outcomes of 2008 European Pact for Mental Health, and the new WHO Mental Health Strategy. Proposed recommendations for action include:
The expected output of the working group on Depression, Suicide, including E-Health is:
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Mental Health and Schools aims to develop an action framework for cooperation between the health, social and education sector the management of mental disorder prevention and mental health and well-being promotion, including educational attainment, among children and adolescents as part of a commonly endorsed action framework on mental health and well being in Europe. The outputs are to:
Mental Health in All Policies in the Joint Action for Mental Health and Well-being is about how the policies of different sectors can have an impact on mental health. The focus of the working group is at identifying, evaluating and disseminating good population level practices on how to take mental health and wellbeing into account in decision making processes. The aim is to present in the end of 2015 a Framework for Mental Health in All Policies as a useful tool for Member States at different levels of governance (local, regional, national).
The work started in 2013 with a survey of good practices in 10 partner countries and the data collection was extended to other Member States in 2014. The data collection concentrated on getting information on intersectoral collaboration practices with all kinds of policy sectors (such as employment, environment, education, culture, etc.) In the autumn of 2014 the reported practices will be assessed and good policy level practices for exchange between Member States will be selected. In 2015 the evaluated good policy level practices will be introduced including strategies how to involve other sectors to get mental health and wellbeing issues into decision making processes. Good practices will, for instance, include tools for mainstreaming mental health issues, tools for mental health impact assessment of policy decisions and strategies to create collaboration with different sectors in mental health issues. From the early results it is emerging that conceptual clarity will be important in the implementation phase since the idea of Mental Health in All Policies is quite new and unknown in many sectors and countries. It is encouraging, however, that the attitudes towards the concept have been mainly positive and its value has been broadly supported.
The Mental Health in All Policies work package has developed four Policy Briefs that provide practical information on including mental health in education, labour, local authority and whole-of-government policies. Conference Conclusions for the Mental Health in All Policies – Supporting sustainability and growth in Europe, which was held 11-12 May 2015 in Helsinki, Finland, have also been produced in collaboration with the Finnish Ministry for Social Affairs and Health.
The Joint Action of mental Health and Well-being is organized in 5 areas of work related to mental health and well-being policy; and 3 transversal working groups dedicated to the management, dissemination and evaluation. Each of these working groups are designated Working Packages (WP). A Steering Committee, comprised of the Coordinators of each working area (work packages) is responsible for the implementation of the Joint Action. Working groups include:
Mental Health at Workplaces is part of the aims to develop an action framework to support enterprises in adopting policies and practices which prevent mental ill-health and strengthen positive mental health by working with the representatives of eleven participating member states and their relevant stakeholders. The member states involved are Austria, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Malta, Netherlands and Slovenia. The planned action will focus not on practices at enterprise level but on how the various stakeholders (apart from enterprises) can put in place a framework and supportive infrastructure which encourages enterprises to adopt initiatives that supports employees with mental health problems and promotes a positive corporate culture that prevents mental health at work.
Address: NOVA Medical School 130, 1169-056 Lisboa
Country: Portugal
Email: info@mentalhealthandwellbeing.eu
Talisman Foundation is a psycho-social rehabilitation that supports up to 200 people with diagnosed mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar mood disorder and personality disorders. Talisman Foundation individualises the services to support people the best they can by creating an environment conducive to wellness and a program that fits nes needs and capabilities. They have eight facilitators who coordinate and run groups according to the groups needs and level of functioning. Services Provided by the Talisman Foundation include:
Facilitation: an individual facilitator sets and review goals and teach people about relapse prevention
Psycho-Education: teaching on coping strategies and lifestyle changes to help people manage their condition and prevent relapse in their daily group workshops
Vocational Skills Training: developing and building skills to return to or join the work place though work-like opportunities in a range of departments
Sports and Fitness: sports team for people to play competitively or join regular local fun runs and walks.
Events: cultural and world events such as Heritage Day and Valentines Day including plays, music, games and sports on many occasions throughout the year
Relaxation: tranquil gardens, meditation and mindfulness groups and our safe space in the community.
Creative Expression: art, music, drama, poetry, writing and mosaic groups as well as fortnightly art lessons.
Community Access: connecting people to their community
Routine & Structure: group program to manage daily living with time to achieve goals.
Fundraising: fundraising projects to help keep services available
Outings: trips to the theatre, museums, galleries and much more
Computer Room: computer skills and access to the internet and Microsoft office
Safe Premises: staff on-site 24/7 and security measures in place such as security staff, electric fencing and manned gating
Gym: weighless group or keep fit in the gym
Chapel: services run in the chapel including guest pastors and speakers
Address: 58 Plinlimmon Road, The Hill, Johannesburg, 2197
Country: South Africa
Email: recepetion@talisman.org.za
