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WHO Initiative of Support to People Disabled by Mental Illness: some issues and concepts related to rehabilitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

JM Bertolote  and
N Sartorius
JM Bertolote
Affiliation:
Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization1211Geneva 27, Switzerland
N Sartorius
Affiliation:
Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization1211Geneva 27, Switzerland
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Summary

This paper describes some of the World Health Organization's (WHO.) activities related to psychosocial rehabilitation highlighting its Initiative of Support to People Disabled by Mental Illness. Critical issues related to consumer empowerment and the role consumers can play in psychosocial rehabilitation are discussed. Consensus and disagreements between medical and lay views about concepts relating to mental disorders and rehabilitation are also discussed. WHO future work in this area is indicated.

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psychosocial rehabilitationmental disordersconsumer empowermentbasic conceptsclassificationmental health care

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European Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue S2: The rehabilitation of patients with long-term psychiatric disorders , 1996 , pp. 56s - 59s
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1996

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