2023-05-30 15:27:47
Salut Mental Catalunya publishes ‘Policy recommendations: promotion and strengthening of social support networks in mental health’
The document is a local version, with specific contributions from the Catalan federation, of a report on social support networks in mental health, from which to offer recommendations.
The Catalan Mental Health Federation has published the document ‘Policy recommendations: promotion and strengthening of social support networks in mental health’a local version of the report ‘Policy brief on mental health care. Brief on policy recommendations to promote and strengthen mental “health social support networks‘, which has already been presented to the European Commission and which includes the results of the research project ‘CoActuem per la Salut Mental’ of social citizen science, developed between 2020 and 2022, within the framework of the project ‘CoAct’.
From Salut Mental Catalunya they explain that ‘CoActuem per la Salut Mental’ «It has placed people with their own experience in mental health and their family environment at the center. This line of research and innovation has focused on analyzing and better understanding social support networks in mental health, through participatory and participated research, with the aim of defining recommendations for their promotion and strengthening.
The research has been created and directed by groups of citizens with a shared social concern, in this case, in relation to social support networks in mental health.
Citizen science is a scientific research model that has the active participation of the general public or especially interested groups, which is gaining strength worldwide. It includes first-rate academic research that combines scientific advancement with social transformation and improved public policies.
In Salut Mental Catalunya they trust that “The legacy of the research allows us to improve the quality of mental health care for people with their own experience and for family members”, and for this, they affirm they will work with the objective of «to send the various political recommendations to the public administrations, so that they can put their hands to work on their public policies».
The research has been possible thanks to the dedication and contribution of more than 800 people with their own experience, family members and professionals.
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