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Mental Wellbeing Impact Assessments: Ensuring government policy supports good mental health

Centre for Mental Health

Therefore, understanding both the intended and unintended impacts of government policy on mental health is crucial for creating more inclusive and effective policies that foster healthier, more resilient communities. A mental health policy test is a simple and effective way to do this.

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Reimagining Crisis Support: A Conversation with Tina Minkowitz

Mad in America

One, the main reason, is that there were all these reforms underway, mainly in Latin American countries that are pioneers in legal capacity and are even going in the direction of abolishing forced psychiatry; now in 2023, Mexico has made a reform that activists agree has the possibility of abolishing forced psychiatry, except when it is imposed through (..)

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