tailieunhanh - Promoting mental health in scarce-resource contexts

Mental health advocacy is a relatively new concept, developed with a view to reducing stigma and discrimination, and promoting the human rights of people with mental disorders. It consists of various actions aimed at changing the major structural and attitudinal barriers to achieving positive mental health outcomes in populations. This module draws attention to the importance of advocacy in mental health policy and service development. The roles of various mental health groups in advocacy are outlined. Practical steps are then recommended, indicating how ministries of health can support advoca. | Free download from Promoting mental health in scarce-resource contexts Emerging evidence and practice Edited by Inge Petersen Arvin Bhana Alan J Flisher Leslie Swartz Linda Richter HSRC PRESS Free download from Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa First published 2010 ISBN soft cover 978-0-7969-2303-5 ISBN pdf 978-0-7969-2304-2 ISBN epub 978-0-7969-2305-9 2010 Human Sciences Research Council The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Human Sciences Research Council the Council or indicate that the Council endorses the views of the authors. In quoting from this publication readers are advised to attribute the source of the information to the individual author concerned and not to the Council. Copyedited by Jacquie Withers Typeset by Laura Brecher Cover design by MR Design Printed by XxX Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Tel 27 0 21 701 4477 Fax 27 0 21 701 7302 Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services EDS Tel 44 0 20 7240 0856 Fax 44 0 20 7379 0609 Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group IPG Call toll-free 800 888 4741 Fax 1 312 337 5985 Contents Free download from List of tables and figures v Acknowledgements vi Foreword vii Abbreviations and acronyms x Part 1 The imperative for and emerging practice of mental health promotion and the prevention of mental disorders in scarce-resource contexts 1 At the heart of development an introduction to mental health promotion and the prevention of mental disorders in scarce-resource contexts 3 Inge Petersen 2 Theoretical considerations from understanding to intervening 21 Inge Petersen Kaymarlin Govender 3 Contextual issues 49 Leslie Swartz 4 Evaluating interventions 60 Arvin Bhana Advaita Govender 5 From .