Mental Health
Helping adolescents thrive - WHO
Mental health is a universal human right
Countries must promote regulatory and normative initiatives to support mental health as a fundamental human right, while at the same time limiting practices that favor human rights violations.
Mental Health and Human Rights
People with mental health problems have historically suffered and currently suffer human rights violations. They are also often subject to misconceptions and false beliefs that promote stigmatizing and discriminatory attitudes such as the belief that they are dangerous, have no capacity to make decisions by themselves or are weak, among other.
Stigma in Mental Health
Mental health stigma is one of the most difficult challenges of our time, mainly because it discourages people from seeking help for fear of being labeled. Stigma, discrimination and human rights violations against people with mental health problems are common in communities and care systems everywhere. Respect and support people with lived experience are necessary actions to avoid attitudes of prejudice and discrimination.
To know more
PAHO|WHO - Protection and promotion of human rights in mental health
World Federation for Mental Health
Window of Knowledge - Suicide Prevention
Publications
Deinstitutionalization of Psychiatric Care in Latin America and the Caribbean
CD60/9 - Strategy for Improving Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in the Region of the Américas
