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WHO launches guide for community-based mental health care

Original: Stronger mental health involves people with lived experience Ahead of #WorldMentalHealthDay , new WHO guide to support c

The World Health Organization has released a new guide ahead of World Mental Health Day, urging countries to move away from institutionalized mental health care models. The guide promotes person-centred care delivered in the community, respecting people's rights and choices, and emphasizes the involvement of people with lived experience in shaping stronger mental health systems.

Why now: It was released just ahead of World Mental Health Day, drawing attention to mental health care reform.

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• Stronger mental health involves people with lived experience Ahead of #WorldMentalHealthDay , new WHO guide to support countries in shifting away from institutionalized #MentalHealth care models ➡️ person-centred care in the community that respect people’s rights & choices… · who.int@bsky.brid.gy · 4

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