United Nations – A New Vision for Mental Health

The New WHO and UN Guidance: Psychiatry Must Entirely Change

Author: Editorial 23rd November 2023 0 Comments

“A fundamental shift is required within the field of mental health … There is an overreliance on biomedical approaches to treatment options, inpatient services and care, and little attention given to social determinants and community-based, person-centred interventions…” The new World…
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UN community does not endorse biomedical psychiatry

Author: Editorial 13th October 2023 0 Comments

This blog-post from Duncan Double has been published by Relational Psychiatry. It begins: “I’ve mentioned before reports produced by professor Dainius Pūras, when he was Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of…
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Global Psychiatry’s Attempt to Excommunicate the Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

Author: Editorial 6th October 2023 0 Comments

This article by Susan McPherson and Jeppe Oute has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Between 2014 and 2020, the UN published three reports on mental health, prepared by the special rapporteur on the right to health (Dainius Puras)….
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W.H.O. and U.N. Join Calls to Transcend the Medical Model

Author: Editorial 4th October 2023 0 Comments

“On June 10 the W.H.O. [World Health Organisation] called for a fundamental change in mental health services.” This article from Dr. John Read has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “KEY POINTS The United Nations Special Rapporteur called for a…
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World needs “revolution” in mental health care – UN rights expert

Author: Editorial 17th January 2022 0 Comments

This news item comes from the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner. It begins: “GENEVA (6 June 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, has called for a sea change in mental…
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W.H.O. and U.N. Join Calls to Transcend the Medical Model

Author: Editorial 8th September 2021 0 Comments

“I cannot be the only person to be sickened by the sight of parties of psychiatrists standing at the airport desk with so many gifts with them that they might as well have the name of the drug company tattooed…
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