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It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek! How much do you know about young people's right to mental health? 
There are 4 interrelated and essential principles underpinning the right to mental health support.
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There are 4 interrelated and essential principles underpinning the right to mental health support.[THREAD]
#1 Availability
Adequate mental health services (and the staff to deliver them) must be available to everyone.
That means diverse, integrated services working across health promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, care& recovery for every section of the population.
Adequate mental health services (and the staff to deliver them) must be available to everyone.
That means diverse, integrated services working across health promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, care& recovery for every section of the population.
#2 Accessibility
Services, as well as the underlying determinants of positive mental health should be physically and economically accessible, and non-discriminatory.
Info on mental health, treatments and services must also be readily available to all sections of the population.
Services, as well as the underlying determinants of positive mental health should be physically and economically accessible, and non-discriminatory.
Info on mental health, treatments and services must also be readily available to all sections of the population.
#3 Acceptability
Mental health services must respect medical ethics and human rights, as well as meeting the needs of different cultures, genders, disability and, vitally, different age groups.
Mental health services must respect medical ethics and human rights, as well as meeting the needs of different cultures, genders, disability and, vitally, different age groups.
#4 Quality
We need to shift away from over-medicalisation and institutionalisation of people with mental illness; looking instead to psychosocial models which see the individual as a whole person, with the right to live in their community.
We need to shift away from over-medicalisation and institutionalisation of people with mental illness; looking instead to psychosocial models which see the individual as a whole person, with the right to live in their community.
You can find out more on the right to mental health and how these principles can be used to improve provision for young people in our #MyRightsMyMind briefing: http://makeourrightsreality.org.uk/rights-briefing/
What do you think are the key components of rights-based services?
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
What do you think are the key components of rights-based services?
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
