News
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2014 Geneva Prize for Human Rights in Psychiatry
Nominations are sought for the 2014 Geneva Prize for Human Rights in Psychiatry, an award made every three years for exceptional achievement in defending human rights in psychiatry. Shared by Mariana Pinto da Costa, collaborative member of the Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform.
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Mental health in Armenia: new perspectives
Armen Soghoyan, collaborative member of the Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform, sends us news about mental health in Armenia
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Mental Health in Chile
Among low and middle income countries (LAMICs), Chile is one of the countries that has been able in recent years to develop consistent mental health policies and plans. For this reason, it was chosen by the International Journal of Mental Health for a special issue. Alberto Minoletti, collaborative member of the Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform, is presenting this special issue about mental health in Chile.
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"Changing conceptual headsets to take on dominant paradigms"
We are publishing a letter to the Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry written by Alan M Rosen, collaborative member of the Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform.
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"Exploring the links between physical and mental health: the patients experience"
In 2011 GAMIAN-Europe has conducted a survey on the physical health of people living with mental illness. The results were published as the document "Exploring the links between physical and mental health: the patients experience".
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. Méndez
The United Nations Special Rapporteur examines a number of the abusive practices commonly reported in health-care settings and describes how the torture and ill-treatment framework applies in this context. It identifies the policies that promote these practices and existing protection gaps, and the scope of State's obligations to regulate, control and supervise health-care practices with a view to preventing mistreatment under any pretext.
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The OECD Mental Health and Work Project
The reports from the OECD Mental Health and Work Project are looking at how the broader education, health, social and labour market policy challenges identified in Sick on the Job? Myths and Realities about Mental Health and Work (OECD, 2012) are being tackled in a number of OECD countries.