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Rethinking Mental Health in Ireland: Why Not a Trieste-Style Approach?

Mad in America

Irelands mental health policy landscape has evolved over the decades, with A Vision for Change (2006) and the more recent Sharing the Vision (2020) outlining ambitions for a recovery- oriented, community-based system. The Irish Context: Where Do We Stand?

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Justice for the Mind: The Mental Health Crisis Among Indian Lawyers

Lawyers with Depression

This is a guest blog from attorney, Amarbir Singh Shergill , a Private Legal Practitioner in the Honble Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh, India since 2019. The Indian legal system, festered with rewards for the privileged and resourceful, amplifies this harsh reality. He earned his B.A.LLB (Hons.) Fame attracts fame.

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Reimagining Crisis Support: A Conversation with Tina Minkowitz

Mad in America

That is, the legal framework and policies and practices for services and support still need to be created, because it is still very institutional, is what activists there have told me, but there are all these reforms underway. I started the book project for two reasons.

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Default Depression—How We Now Interpret Distress as Mental Illness

Mad in America

The Situational Approach Workplace mental health policies and practice have had a huge impact on industry and the workplace, including an enormous cost burdenboth human and economic.

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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 isnt just aspirational, Funk emphasized.