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South African and Brazilian Youth Leaders Reimagine Global Mental Health Care

Child Mind Intitute

In South Africa, as in many places around the world, young people have faced exclusion from important mental health policy and decision-making spaces, resulting in policies and practices being developed without their voices included.

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New WHO Guidance Calls for Paradigm Shift in Mental Health Policy

Mad in America

O n March 25, the World Health Organization published a 44-page document, Guidance on Mental Health Policy and Strategic Action Plans , that reflects the ongoing work of global activists who have fought for a paradigm shift in mental health. This is not just another event.