#MHForAll Webinar Series
We regularly host webinars exploring various aspects and intersections of mental health, showcasing the transformative work being led by GMHAN members.
These webinars offer diverse perspectives from the field, including academics, UN agency representatives, civil society advocates, grassroots leaders, donors and more! Sessions are designed to spark thinking and provide insights into what global mental health means today, how it is practised and how change can happen. All attendees have access to live transcripts in over 100 languages!
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World Mental Health Day Webinar: Lived Experiences Heard - Real Voices, Real Change
9th October, 12PM GMT | 2PM CEST | 5:30PM IST - 75 Minutes
This World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization, World Federation for Mental Health, United for Global Mental Health and the Global Mental Health Action Network are hosting a special webinar focusing on this year's theme “Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change." We will discuss how people with lived experience can be meaningfully engaged in shaping mental health policy, services and practice. With experts by experience from three continents, and representatives from all three organisations, we will explore practical examples of meaningful participation. Speakers will consider what is needed to ensure lived experience is not simply heard, but shapes policy decisions and drives lasting change.
The webinar will also mark the launch of WHO’s guide, Supporting the transition to community-based mental health and social care: practical guide to the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric hospitals. The discussion will explore what deinstitutionalisation means for the rights and dignity of people living with mental health conditions, and the vital role of people with lived experience in shaping and delivering this work. Speakers will share how the guide can support the transition from institutional care towards rights-based, person-centred mental health and social care in the community.
Session Outline: 12PM GMT | 2PM CEST | 5:30PM IST - 75 Minutes
Introduction and welcome message from the World Federation for Mental Health
Opening remarks from panellists: “What does this year’s World Mental Health Day theme mean to you?”
Panel discussion: “How can we ensure lived experience experts are meaningfully engaged in shaping mental health policy and practice?”
Panel discussion: “What does the WHO’s Deinstitutionalisation Guide mean for the rights of people living with mental health conditions, and what are some of the core principles that we can use to inform our work?”
Audience Q&A
Final takeaways: “To ensure lived experience voices are heard and drive real change, we must…”
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