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Page 173: Bosnia and Herzegovina mental health service network. Page 175 & 177: WHO Lebanon/R. Ziade. The accompanying guidance document and technical packages are available here. Contents Illustrations . vii Foreword . viii Acknowledgements . ix Executive summary . xvii What is the WHO QualityRights initiative? . xxiii About the WHO Guidance and technical packages on community mental health services . xxiv 1. Overview: person-centred, recovery and rights-based approaches in mental health ..... 1 1.1 The global context . .2 1.2 Key international human rights standards and the recovery approach . .4 1.3 Critical areas for mental health services and the rights of people with psychosocial disabilities . 6 1.4 Conclusion . 12 2. Good practice services that promote rights and recovery ..................................... 13 2.1 Mental health crisis services . 15 2.1.1 Afiya House - Massachusetts, United States of America 16 2.1.2 Link House - Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . 21 2.1.3 Open Dialogue Crisis Service - Lapland, Finland . 26 2.1.4 Tupu Ake - South Auckland, New Zealand . 31 iii Guidance on community mental health services 2.2 Hospital-Based Mental Health Services . 37 2.2.1 BET Unit, Blakstad Hospital, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust - Viken, Norway . 38 2.2.2 Kliniken Landkreis Heidenheim gGmbH - Heidenheim, Germany . 43 2.2.3 Soteria - Berne, Switzerland . 49 2.3 Community mental health centres . 54 2.3.1 Aung Clinic - Yangon, Myanmar. 55 2.3.2 Centros de Atenção Psicossocial (CAPS) III - Brasilândia, São Paulo, Brazil . 60 2.3.3 Phoenix Clubhouse - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China . 65 2.4 Peer support mental health services . 70 2.4.1 Hearing Voices support groups . 71 2.4.2 Nairobi Mind Empowerment Peer Support Group - USP Kenya . 76 2.4.3 Peer Support South East Ontario - Ontario, Canada. 81 2.5 Community outreach mental health services . 86 2.5.1 Atmiyata - Gujarat, India . 87 2.5.2 Friendship Bench - Zimbabwe . 92 2.5.3 Home Focus - West Cork, Ireland . 97 2.5.4 Naya Daur - West Bengal, India. 102 2.5.5 Personal Ombudsman - Sweden . 107 2.6 Supported living services for mental health . 112 2.6.1 Hand in Hand supported living - Georgia . 113 2.6.2 Home Again - Chennai, India . 118 2.6.3 KeyRing Living Support Networks . 123 2.6.4 Shared Lives - South East Wales, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . 128 2.7 Conclusion . 134 iv 3. Towards holistic service provision: housing, education, employment and social protection ....................................... 136 3.1 Housing. 138 3.2 Education and training . 141 3.3 Employment and income generation . 144 3.4 Social protection . 147 3.5 Conclusion . 150 4. Comprehensive mental health service networks ....................................... 151 4.1 Well-established mental health networks . 153 4.1.1 Brazil Community Mental Health Service Network - A Focus on Campinas . 154 4.1.2 East Lille community mental health service network - France . 160 4.1.3 Trieste community mental health service network - Italy . 165 4.2 Mental health networks in transition. 170 4.3 Conclusion . 179 v Guidance on community mental health services 5. Guidance and action steps ........................ 180 5.1 Policy and strategy for mental Health . 182 5.2 Law reform . 185 5.3 Service model and the delivery of community-based mental health services . 188 5.4 Financing . 192 5.5 Workforce development and training . 197 5.6 Psychosocial interventions, psychological interventions and psychotropic drugs . 201 5.7 Information systems and data . 205 5.8 Civil society, people and the community . 209 5.9 Research . 215 References . 218 Annex . 262 vi Boxes Box 1. Peru – a mental health network in transition . 171 Box 2. Bosnia and Herzegovina – a mental health network in transition. 173 Box 3. Lebanon – a mental health network in transition . 175 Box 4. Lebanon, Peru and Bosnia and Herzegovina – strengthening civil society and meaningful participation . 177 Box 5. Key directions for policy, strategy and systems . 183 Box 6. Landmark legal reforms . 186 Box 7. WHO QualityRights assessment tool kit . 189 Box 8. Financing as a lever for reform in Belgium, Brazil, Peru and countries of West Africa . 194 Box 9. WHO QualityRights Training Materials on mental health, disability, human rights and recovery . 197 Box 10. WHO QualityRights e-training on mental health and disability : eliminating stigma and promoting human rights . 199 Box 11. The recovery approach in mental health– WHO resources and tools . 202 Box 12. WHO resources for psychological interventions . 203 Box 13. Tools for data collection on mental health and psychosocial disability . 206 Box 14. Challenging mental health stigma and discrimination . 210 Box 15. Civil society organizations of people with psychosocial disabilities . 212 Box 16. Call for action by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe . 216 vii Guidance on community mental health services Foreword Around the world, mental health services are striving to provide quality care and support for people with mental health conditions or psychosocial disabilities. But in many countries, people still lack access to quality services that respond to their needs and respect their rights and dignity. Even today, people are subject to wide-ranging violations and discrimination in mental health care settings, including the use of coercive practices, poor and inhuman living conditions, neglect, and in some cases, abuse.