From The Desk of the Editor

Volume 5 Issue 10 October 2015

Dignity in mental health

Many of the people with mental health conditions around the world are deprived of their human rights. The dignity of many people with mental health conditions is not respected as many are subjected to physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect in hospitals as well as in community, denied access to general and mental health care, often deprived of access to education and employment opportunities, and prevented from participating fully in society. The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day, observed on 10th October, is “Dignity in mental health”. This year, WHO will be raising awareness of what can be done to ensure that people with mental health conditions can continue to live with dignity, through training of health professionals, public information campaigns, human rights oriented policy and programs, destigmatizing psychiatry, psychiatrist, and psychiatric care and improving mental health literacy.