Mental Health

Turning the tables: The imperative to reframe the debate towards full and effective participation and inclusion of persons with psycho-social disabilities.  Excerpts from “Galway-Trieste” conversations – Part I

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), adopted in 2006, represented a paradigm shift in relation to the rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities. The focus was no longer the right to health, but achieving full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities. […]

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Link between Diet and Mental Health – Role of a Nutritious Diet on Mental Well-Being

Originally published on Mad in America The link between diet and health is a well established one. Previous research has shown that there is a well established connection between a diet high on pro-inflammatory foods and depression. The benefits of having a rich, well-balanced diet on our well being and as an additional and alternative

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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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