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Advocacy for Mental Health: Mental Health Policy and Service Guidance Package

4 CE Hours
45 members have taken this course

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About the Course

Mental health advocacy promotes the human rights of persons with mental disorders and works to reduce stigma and discrimination. Advocacy consists of various actions aimed at changing the structural and attitudinal barriers to achieving positive mental health outcomes in populations.

Advocacy is considered to be one of the eleven areas for action in any mental health policy because of the benefits that it produces for people with mental disorders and
their families.

This World Health Organization article thoroughly discusses the principal elements and benefits of advocacy, and offers proactive and concrete suggestions to put mental health advocacy into practice.

This course is based on the reading online article, Advocacy for Mental Health: Mental Health Policy and Service Guidance Package created by World Health Organization (WHO)

Publication Details

Journal/Publisher: World Health Organization
Publication Date: 2003

Course Material Author

World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. This World Health Organization (WHO) document was produced under the direction of Dr. Michelle Funk, Coordinator, Mental Health Policy and Service Development, and supervised by Dr. Benedetto Saraceno, Director, Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, World Health Organization. The World Health Organization also gratefully acknowledges the work of Dr. Alberto Minoletti, Ministry of Health, Chile, who prepared this module.

World Health Organization (WHO) authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, nurses, and other interested professionals who seek knowledge about mental health advocacy. This course would also be appropriate for administrators who are interested in promoting mental health advocacy. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Describe mental health advocacy and explain the benefits of advocacy.
  2. 2 Identify the barriers to mental health.
  3. 3 Identify potential barriers and solutions for supporting advocacy.
  4. 4 Define the roles of different groups in mental health advocacy.
  5. 5 Identify the principle steps for supporting advocacy activities with stakeholders in mental health advocacy, including health professionals, families, and the general population.

Disclosure to Learners

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$36

Course Details

4 CE Hours
Reading Online
Course 101954

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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