Partnerships for better mental health worldwide: WPA recommendations on best practices in working with service users and family carers

Wallcraft, Jan; Amering, Michaela; Freidin, Julian; Davar, Bhargavi V.; Froggatt, D L; Jafri, Hussain; Javed, Afzal; Katontoka, Sylvester; Raja, Shoba; Rataemane, Solomon; Steffen, Sigrid; Tyano, Sam; Underhill, Christopher; Wåhlberg, Henrik; Warner, Richard; Herrman, Helen

doi:10.1002/j.2051-5545.2011.tb00062.x

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“…This is in line with the WPA ' s work in its fi rst trialogic working group within the framework of the WPA Action Plan 2008 -2011. The Task Force on Best Practice in Working with Service Users and Carers under the leadership of Helen Herrman published its recommendations to the international mental health community in 2011 (Wallcraft et al, 2011). The ten recommendations call for a partnership approach on all levels of mental health policy and care and promote shared work worldwide to identify best practice examples and create a resource to assist others to begin successful collaboration.…”

Section: International Developmentsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Recovery in Austria: Mental health trialogue

Amering¹,

Mikus²,

Steffen³

2012

International Review of Psychiatry

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The active involvement of service users and relatives and friends is essential for the development of recovery-orientated mental health practice and research. However, accepting each other as equally entitled experts is still a challenge. In trialogue groups users, carers and friends and mental health workers meet regularly in an open forum that is located on 'neutral terrain' - outside any therapeutic, familial or institutional context - with the aim of discussing the experiences and consequences of mental health problems and ways forward. Trialogues offer new possibilities for gaining knowledge and insights and developing new ways of communicating beyond role stereotypes. They also function as the basis and starting point for trialogic activities on different levels, e.g. serving on quality control boards or teaching in trialogic teams, and different topics, e.g. a task force on stigma busting or a work group on trauma and psychosis. In German-speaking countries well over a hundred trialogue groups are regularly attended by altogether about 5,000 people. International interest and experiences are growing fast. Trialogues facilitate a discrete and independent form of acquisition and production of knowledge and drive relevant changes in forms of communication as well as in structures.

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Section: International Developmentsmentioning

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Recovery in Austria: Mental health trialogue

Amering¹,

Mikus²,

Steffen³

2012

International Review of Psychiatry

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“…The WPA Executive Committee, chaired by President D. Bhugra, met at the Secretariat on July 17, 2016 and discussed various Association matters [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] . The Planning…”

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The WPA Action Plan 2017‐2020

Herrman¹

2017

World Psychiatry

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“…Strategies at training and organizational levels are required to tackle such resistances, so that recovery goals of service users will be supported by their service providers. For details on recovery approach and family interventions such as family consultation, family education, and psychoeducation see [43][44][45].…”

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Applying a Mental Health Recovery Approach for People from Diverse Backgrounds: The Case of Collectivism and Individualism Paradigms

Tse

2014

J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health

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Western countries have put the mental health recovery approach into practice since the 80 s, and other cultures have started to adopt it into their services. However, the cross-cultural application of the recovery approach has to be addressed, and individualistic-collectivistic values often take center stage in the debate. While people with individualistic value orientations place importance on personal goals, people with collectivistic value orientations see themselves and their goals as an inseparable part of a family or community. However such a simplistic view on the two values may polarize the differences rather than appreciate the intricacies and heterogeneity within and across people and cultures. This brief paper outlines how these two value paradigms may help and hinder recovery on a practical level. The present paper offers a framework for providing culturally responsive mental health service that adequately engages service users and families, thereby generating more dialogues on the topic.

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Partnerships for better mental health worldwide: WPA recommendations on best practices in working with service users and family carers

Cited by 130 publications

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Recovery in Austria: Mental health trialogue

Recovery in Austria: Mental health trialogue

The WPA Action Plan 2017‐2020

Applying a Mental Health Recovery Approach for People from Diverse Backgrounds: The Case of Collectivism and Individualism Paradigms

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