Inclusion

From the Mental Health Movement to the Disability Movement – In Conversation with Yeni Rosa Damayanti

LRecently, TCI Asia Pacific spoke with Yeni Rosa Damayanti, Chairperson of the Indonesian Mental Health Association, about her experience with international, regional and national advocacy in human rights for persons with disabilities, the ideologies she aligns herself with and where she sees and hopes to see persons with psychosocial disabilities in the future.  Yeni has […]

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From \’Mental Health\’ to \’Inclusion\’ – Reframing the Momentum

Blog contributed by TCI Asia Pacific  #WhatWENeed – Reframing the momentum: From \’mental health\’ to \’inclusion\’ [1] TCI Asia Pacific advocates that the action field for persons with (psychosocial) disabilities is not the \’mental health\’ sector, but the Development sector. When we ask for \’inclusion\’, we have a more universal frame for our advocacy. Introducing

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#WhatWENeed is an Inclusive Approach to Mental Health

Author: Kavita Nair Bapu Trust For Research on Mind & Discourse, Pune Punitive? Biomedical? Recovery Based? Development Based? What is the most appropriate System For Mental Health – ‘Care/Treatment/Support’ Is it a system which criminalises mental health- where people with mental health issues are put into custodial institutions, have to go through court processes, are

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