Attention: Due to time constraints, I was forced to stop updating this list by January 2015. The information will be outdated soon. Sorry, I hope you will find your information elsewhere on the internet.
Some of the most (cost) effective ways to improve Mental Health and in Low and Middle Income Countries are:
-Free sharing and dissemination of knowledge and tools via the internet
-Concerted global advocacy and innovation activities
-Possibilities for workers service users to connect and network with others
There are a couple of very valuable websites that offer these things. Sites that build bridges between organizations and/or give voice to people in the field. Here is a list of 15 of them.
I will start with the most interactive websites and end with the more static ones: Continue reading →
This is the seventh interview in the Global Mental Health Inside Stories series. In this series I want to collect and spread information/ideas from people active in mental health from all over the world and specially from low resource settings or fragile countries.
I hope this series contributes to more insight in the challenges and wishes from people active in these settings and adds to a more bottom up movement in global mental health.
Joseph Atukunda answered the 10 interview questions as follows: Continue reading →
This is the fifth interview in the Global Mental Health Inside Stories series. In this series I want to collect and spread information/ideas from people active in mental health from all over the world and specially from low resource settings or fragile countries.
I hope this series contributes to more insight in the challenges and wishes from people active in these settings and adds to a more bottom up movement in global mental health.
Ignicious Murambidzi from Zimbabwe answered the 10 interview questions as follows: Continue reading →
James Sanahene
This is the fourth interview in the Global Mental Health Inside Stories series. In this series I want to collect and spread information/ideas from people active in mental health from all over the world and specially from low resource settings or fragile countries.
I hope this series contributes to more insight in the challenges and wishes from people active in these settings and adds to a more bottom up movement in global mental health.
James Sanahene answered the 10 interview questions as follows:
Continue reading →
This is the second story in the Global Mental Health Inside Stories series. In this series I want to collect and spread information/ideas from people active in mental health from all over the world and specially from low resource settings or fragile countries.
I hope this series contributes to more insight in the challenges and wishes from people active in these settings and adds to a more bottom up movement in global mental health.
Nir Prakash Giri’s answers on 10 interview questions are as follows: Continue reading →
The WNUSP is an international representative network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry. Building on the success of the past decade, WNUSP embarks on a project to further build their global movement. It is called ‘Strengthen Our Voices!’.
During this first quarter of 2013, WNUSP is sending out a questionnaire and asking members of the movement what their opinions and views are. You can download the WNUSP 2013 Survey here. Please send it back to wgwnusp2013@gmail.com.
The information that you give will assist this important global network towards more strength and growth.
A review of Recovery and Peer/User-led theories/projects/stories worldwide in:
10 organization-examples
10 inspiring videos
10 recovery models/theories
10 relevant documents Continue reading →
February 2014:
This post is renewed. Please go to: 14 Global Mental Health Information and Network Websites
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Some of the most (cost) effective ways to improve Mental Health and in Low and Middle Income Countries are:
-Free sharing and distributing of knowledge and tools via internet
-Concerted global advocacy and innovation activities
-Possibilities for workers and users to connect and network with others
There are a couple of very valuable websites that offer these things. Sites that build bridges between organizations and/or give voice to people in the field. Here is an update of 14 of them.
A few websites of the previous list are left out, because these websites are dormant (Society for Emotional Well-being Worldwide, World Network of users and Survivors of Psychiatry and the Mental Health Community). I added 7 other ones.
I will start with the most interactive websites and end with the more static ones: Continue reading →
With more then 100 others I attended today, 17 October 2011, this one day summit in Cape Town, South Africa. Although I missed the very first part of the day (due to waiting cue for the registration) and the very last part (due to the desire to do some groceries before shops were closed), I followed all the other 25 presentations and 6 plenary discussions. Continue reading →
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Also tagged conferences, congress, developing countries, Lancet, LMIC, LMICs, mental health, mental illness, mhgap, psychiatry, user-organizations
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Attention: Due to time constraints, I was forced to stop updating this list by the end of 2016. The information will be outdated soon. Sorry, I hope you will find your information elsewhere on the internet.
Every week in2mentalhealth has been highlighting one mental health NGO/user-organization on the in2mentalhealth Facebook page. All the big/small/nearby/faraway organizations highlighted were listed below in a random order. Each with own challenges and accomplishments. Continue reading →
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