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WHO #QualityRights is reforming #mentalhealth services and promoting the human rights of people with psychosocial, intellectual and cognitive disabilities around the world bit.ly/WHOQualityRigh…

WHO #QualityRights, now being introduced or expanded in 31 countries, aims to improve access to quality #mentalhealth and social services and promote the rights of people with mental health conditions, psychosocial, intellectual and cognitive disabilities bit.ly/WHOQualityRigh…

@WHOAFRO @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho WHO #QualityRights ensures that #mentalhealth services promote a person-centred, recovery & human rights-based approach - services without coercion, which take into account the wishes of people & see them in the context of their lives - not just as an illness to be managed

@WHOAFRO @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho “In September 2018 I was admitted to hospital following a manic episode. This was my third admission. It was the first time, however, that I left with something other than the clothes I arrived in and a doctor’s prescription. I left with a recovery plan”
- Thurayya Zreik, Lebanon

@WHOAFRO @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho Thurayya's recovery plan, developed during her most recent hospital visit, with the support of a team of medical staff, is one of the central components of WHO’s #QualityRights programme for #mentalhealth bit.ly/2rsdfkC

@WHOAFRO @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHO_Europe @pahowho The care available in #mentalhealth facilities around the world is often not only of poor quality but in many instances actually hinders recovery. It is common for people to be locked away in small, prison-like cells with no human contact or to be chained to their beds

WHO is launching #QualityRights training and guidance materials for quality #mentalhealth services that respect people’s human rights and promote their recovery bit.ly/2OPJAcS

@WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO If you are a health-care worker:
🤝Respect the dignity, protect the rights, promote the autonomy & liberty of people with mental health conditions
🤝Ensure that informed consent of people with mental health conditions is the basis for all treatment provided
#mentalhealth

@WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO If you are a journalist:
🤝Avoid stereotyping, sensationalism, perpetuating myths & misconceptions when reporting on #mentalhealth issues
🤝Present mental health issues with compassion
🤝Highlight the human rights of people with mental health conditions
bit.ly/2OPJAcS

@WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO If you are a policy-maker:
🤝Improve and increase the financial and human resources for quality community-based #mentalhealth services that promote rights and recovery
🤝Find out more about the WHO #QualityRights programme bit.ly/WHOQualityRigh…

@WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOAFRO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO Find out what countries do with WHO #QualityRights bit.ly/2L2RChu