MENTAL HEALTH SPAIN denounces violations of mental health rights

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[post_content] => [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Like every year, on the occasion of the celebration of World Mental Health Day, on October 10, the SPAIN MENTAL HEALTH Confederation seeks to make visible through its networks the main problems faced and reported by people with health problems. mental. On this occasion, the Confederation has focused on the violations of fundamental rights suffered by people with mental health problems and psychosocial disabilities, especially in the health field. Under the hashtag #SaludMentalDerechoUniversal, and through various animated infographics, the most common violations are reported, accompanied by some of the proposals that SALUD MENTAL ESPAÑA claims as possible and plausible solutions to avoid the rights violations it denounces.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thus, the Confederation demands the end of:

Coercion and physical, mechanical and chemical restraints in health centers. The Confederation calls for moving towards ‘zero containment’, personalized and individualized care, and more training for health professionals to care for people without having to resort to violence.

Confinement, isolation and lack of privacy that occurs in involuntary admissions. Faced with these practices, the Confederation demands that the person be cared for in therapeutic and reassuring environments that promote relationships of trust. This involves, among other measures, limiting the use of surveillance cameras, eliminating punitive restrictions, facilitating communication with loved ones and enabling intimate hygiene.

Forced medication and overmedication. For the Confederation, it is essential that there is a humanization of treatments, empathy and active listening, as well as individualized home care and support plans and the participation of people in their own treatment.

Lack of information and participation in decision making. The Confederation asks to design individualized support systems, and to inform and encourage people’s participation in decision-making. The campaign, which is financed by the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 and the ONCE Foundation, is part of the different actions scheduled for the month of October by the Confederation, under the motto ‘Mental health, global health. A universal right.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”97788″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”97792″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”97794″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”97790″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

World Mental Health Day 2023 This year, and as in previous editions, the SPAIN MENTAL HEALTH Confederation has supported the theme proposed by the World Federation of Mental Health (WFMH, in its acronym in English), for the celebration of the Day. Mental Health World Cup, which takes place every October 10. In this way, and in addition to this campaign on social networks, the Confederation has designed all its actions to actively defend the human rights of people with mental health problems. Today, October 10, the commemorative event, chaired by Her Majesty the Queenwhich is also attended by the acting Minister of Health, José Manuel Miñones, and which includes participation in a discussion of Francisco Javier Morenorepresentative of the First Person Mental Health Committee, and Rosa Garciarepresentative of the State Network of Women of MENTAL HEALTH SPAIN, and the testimonies of the rapper and composer El Chojin and the mountaineer Edurne Pasaban.

On October 25, the Auditorium of the Puerta de Tolero Campus of the Carlos III University will host the presentation of the report Treatments and involuntary admissions in mental health, prepared by the Confederation together with the Gregorio Peces-Barba Human Rights Institute of the Carlos III University of Madrid. This event is open to all people and admission will be free.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”93070″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://consaludmental.org/sala-prensa/actualidad/salud-mental-espana-cumple-4-decadas/”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_btn title=”VOLVER A NOTICIAS” style=”gradient-custom” gradient_custom_color_1=”#ffffff” gradient_custom_color_2=”#ffffff” gradient_text_color=”#005b50″ shape=”square” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-chevron-circle-left” add_icon=”true” link=”url:%2Fnoticias%2F|title:NOTICIAS||”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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MENTAL HEALTH SPAIN launches a campaign to denounce the violations of rights suffered by people with mental health problems

On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, which is celebrated every October 10, the Confederation has launched a series of animated infographics in which it denounces violations of rights and, at the same time, presents its proposals to prevent these violations from occurring. violations.

Like every year, on the occasion of the celebration of World Mental Health Day, on October 10, the SPAIN MENTAL HEALTH Confederation seeks to make visible through its networks the main problems faced and reported by people with health problems. mental.

On this occasion, the Confederation has focused on the violations of fundamental rights suffered by people with mental health problems and psychosocial disabilities, especially in the health field.

Under the hashtag #SaludMentalDerechoUniversal, and through various animated infographics, the most common violations are reported, accompanied by some of the proposals that SALUD MENTAL ESPAÑA claims as possible and plausible solutions to avoid the rights violations it denounces.

Thus, the Confederation demands the end of:

Coercion and physical, mechanical and chemical restraints in health centers. The Confederation calls for moving towards ‘zero containment’, personalized and individualized care, and more training for health professionals to care for people without having to resort to violence.

Confinement, isolation and lack of privacy that occurs in involuntary admissions. Faced with these practices, the Confederation demands that the person be cared for in therapeutic and reassuring environments that promote relationships of trust. This involves, among other measures, limiting the use of surveillance cameras, eliminating punitive restrictions, facilitating communication with loved ones and enabling intimate hygiene.

Forced medication and overmedication. For the Confederation, it is essential that there is a humanization of treatments, empathy and active listening, as well as individualized home care and support plans and the participation of people in their own treatment.

Lack of information and participation in decision making. The Confederation asks to design individualized support systems, and to inform and encourage people’s participation in decision-making.

The campaign, which is financed by the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 and the ONCE Foundation, is part of the different actions scheduled for the month of October by the Confederation, under the motto ‘Mental health, global health. A universal right.

World Mental Health Day 2023

This year, and as in previous editions, the SPANISH MENTAL HEALTH Confederation has supported the theme proposed by the World Federation of Mental Health (WFMH, in its acronym in English), for the celebration of World Mental Health Day, which It takes place every October 10.

In this way, and in addition to this campaign on social networks, the Confederation has designed all its actions to actively defend the human rights of people with mental health problems.

Today, October 10, the commemorative event, chaired by Her Majesty the Queenwhich is also attended by the acting Minister of Health, José Manuel Miñones, and which includes participation in a discussion of Francisco Javier Morenorepresentative of the First Person Mental Health Committee, and Rosa Garciarepresentative of the State Network of Women of MENTAL HEALTH SPAIN, and the testimonies of the rapper and composer El Chojin and the mountaineer Edurne Pasaban.

On October 25, the Auditorium of the Puerta de Tolero Campus of the Carlos III University will host the presentation of the report Treatments and involuntary admissions in mental health, prepared by the Confederation together with the Gregorio Peces-Barba Human Rights Institute of the Carlos III University of Madrid. This event is open to all people and admission will be free.

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