New guidance from the World Health Organization ( WHO ), published on Thursday, calls for providing mental health care that respects human rights and focuses on recovery. Globally, mental health care mainly continues to be provided in psychiatric .
Globally, the majority of mental health care continues to be provided in psychiatric hospitals, and human rights abuses and coercive practices remain all too common.
Severe human rights abuses and coercive practices are still far too common in mental health services in all countries, the World Health Organization has warned.
In a damning new report, the WHO has called for “considerable” changes in countries of all income levels, citing widespread use of forced admission and treatment; manual, physical and chemical restraint; physical, verbal, psychological and sexual abuse; and unsanitary living conditions. Globally, the majority of mental health care continues to be provided in psychiatric hospitals, the report found.
Dr Michelle Funk, from the department of mental health and substance use at the WHO, told the
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The World Health Organization newly published guidance for community mental health urges an end to forced treatment and the adoption of person-centered and rights-based services.