Category: Rights

News, Suicide Decriminalisation, Tackling Stigma & Discrimination

Suicide Decriminalised in Malaysia

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Round Table

News, Suicide Decriminalisation, Tackling Stigma & Discrimination

Experts share tips on how to responsibly report on mental health and suicide

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70% of people with mental health conditions say the media makes stigma and discrimination worse

News, Rights

Launch of the report of The Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health

In response to the new Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health launched on Oct 10 UnitedGMH and the Global Mental Health Peer Network has launched a new Media Manifesto.

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Sarah Kline, CEO and Founder of United for Global Mental Health

Rights

UnitedGMH contributes to Nordic countries Event on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support.

Our CEO and Co-Founder, Sarah Kline, outlines suggested next step actions for Nordic countries to accelerate positive action on MHPSS in emergency settings.

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World Suicide Prevention Day 2022 - IASP

Rights, Suicide Decriminalisation

World Suicide Prevention Day 2022 – Creating hope through action

From 2021 to 2023, the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) has set the theme for World Suicide Prevention Day as “Creating Hope through Action”.

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News, Rights

Bringing mental health in the G7 spotlight

The G7, a group of the world’s largest economies which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States this week held their 48th Summit at Schloss Elmau, Krün, Bavarian Alps, Germany with a focus on the progress toward an equitable world.

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Systems, UHC

Brief: Mental health should be meaningfully integrated into UHC systems

Using new research, our latest brief highlights the need for, and the substantial mental and physical health benefits of, integrating mental health into UHC.

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News, Rights, Systems

One step forward, three steps back: progress and peril for USA mental health parity

As President of Well Being Trust, Benjamin F. Miller, PsyD, oversees the implementation of the foundation’s strategies and full portfolio of investments and partnerships to help Well Being Trust have a real-world impact on America’s mental health and addiction crisis.

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News, Rights, UHC

Member states demand greater advocacy and priority for mental health

Mental health was one of, if not the most, talked about health topic during Agenda Item 7 of the WHO Executive Board meeting.

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News, Publications, UHC

Mental health: The human rights imperative in Universal Health Coverage

Universal health coverage (UHC) is a simple concept: everyone everywhere should be able to access the highest attainable standards of health without suffering financial hardship. Global leaders in a high level UN meeting in 2019 committed to achieving UHC by 2030, and stated that it was the right of every human being, without distinction, to enjoy the highest standard of mental health as a part of UHC. 

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