Mental health must be upheld as a universal human right
Al JazeeraAs multiple crises are putting mental health under pressure, people must be guaranteed the right to better care. WHO’s Special Initiative for Mental Health is a good example of how scaling up capacity at the primary healthcare level can improve access to services for the people who need them most. Since 2019, the Special Initiative for Mental Health has extended access to local mental health services, where previously there were none, to 40 million people across nine participating countries. As we marked World Mental Health Day last week, which was focused on upholding mental health as a human right, it is important to remember just how many people still experience coercion, abuse and neglect in mental health services, and are denied the right to have a say in their treatment. We have a collective responsibility to ensure that mental health treatment and services respect people’s human rights and support their recovery.
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