Guidance on Community Mental Health Services

Countries who have ratified the Convention of the Rights of Persons with disabilities (CRPD)  have an obligation to create the conditions for an active civil society which engages in policy making and advocates for the full participation of people with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities and their organizations, as a movement to be listened to and reckoned with. Government respect and support of movements of people with lived experience creates an environment which allows people to have a stronger voice to demand that their rights and interests are respected. This publication promotes good practice and  person-centred, rights based approaches.