Training Module on the Right to Mental Health
Training Module on the Right to Mental Health for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
for Civil Society Organizations
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• Excessiveanxiety,easilyenraged,or
depressedmood
• Unabletofallorstayasleep
• Exhaustion,physicalillness
• Unabletoperformduties,absenteeism
• Isolation,avoidingsocialevents
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Training Module on the Right to Mental Health
for Civil Society Organizations
KeyFactsAboutMentalDisorder
• Mentaldisorderisacombinationofabnormalthoughts,
perceptions,emotions,behavior,andrelationshipswith
others.
• “Mentaldisorders”isusedtodenotearangeofmental
andbehavioraldisordersthatfallwithinthe
InternationalClassificationofDiseases(ICDͲ10).
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Depression
Bipolaraffectivedisorder
Schizophrenia
Anxietydisorders
Dementia
Substanceusedisorders
Intellectualdisabilities
Developmentalandbehavioraldisorderswithonsetusually
occurringinchildhoodandadolescence(ex.Autism)
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Training Module on the Right to Mental Health
for Civil Society Organizations
KeyFactsAboutMentalDisorder
• Thereareeffectivestrategiesforpreventingmental
disorders,effectivetreatments,andwaysto
alleviatethesufferingcausedbythem.
• Peopleshouldhaveaccesstohealthcareand
socialservicescapableofprovidingtreatment.
• Inthelightofwidespreadhumanrightsviolations
anddiscriminationexperiencedbypeoplewith
mentaldisorders,ahumanrightsperspectiveis
essentialinrespondingtotheglobalburdenof
mentaldisorders.
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