Dignity Integral to Healthy, Fulfilling Lives for People with Mental Disabilities

On October 10, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivered his message for the World Health Day:

World Mental Health Day, which this year focuses on “dignity in mental health”, is an opportunity to raise awareness of the challenges faced by people with mental and psychosocial disabilities, and of efforts needed to ensure that they can lead fulfilling and satisfying lives.

Despite a number of critical measures to address these challenges — including the landmark United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities — many people around the world living with mental and psychosocial disabilities continue to face discrimination, stigmatization, as well as physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect. A lack of qualified health professionals, use of coercion in treatment and imprisonment in isolated mental and social health facilities further hinders their basic human rights and their prospects of recovery.

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