World Mental Health Day 2023 – October 10
Mental health is a universal human right
This year’s event represents a global commitment to raise awareness of mental health and advocate for it as a universal human right. Everyone should have the right to live a life with dignity, equity, equality, and respect, and this includes people with mental health conditions. Yet, in the Region of the Americas, stigma, discrimination, and human rights violations continue to persist.
In many countries of the Region, people with mental health conditions do not have access to quality services, they are subjected to coercive practices, inhumane treatment, and in some cases abuse – even in healthcare settings, where they should be protected…read more
See more:
- Mental Health
- Protection and promotion of human rights in mental health
- Depression
- Suicide Prevention
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- Evidence Map on Aromatherapy Clinical Effectiveness
- Caja de herramientas para el abordaje integral del uso de sustancias psicoactivas (SPA)
- BE-BienEstar: promoción de habilidades para la vida y bienestar psicosocial
- Caja de herramientas: Intervención en Salud Mental y Apoyo Psicosocial (SMAPS) a flujos mixtos migratorios
- Evidence Map on Clinical Effectiveness of Bioenergetic Analysis
- Mapa de Evidências sobre a efetividade da Cannabis Medicinal; Evidence Map on effectiveness of Medicinal Cannabis; Mapa de Evidencias efectividad de la Cannabis Medicinal.
- Pesquisa avalia impacto da pandemia no diagnóstico e tratamento do câncer de mama
- Saúde mental deve estar no topo da agenda política pós-COVID-19, diz relatório da OPAS
- Novo estudo destaca fatores contextuais associados ao suicídio nas Américas
- Prevención y tratamiento del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas / Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas / Universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services
