Learn more about mental health rights

In this section you will find websites of national and international organizations, associations of affected people, articles, documentaries and other resources that may be helpful if you want or need to know more.

• International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (New York Convention) United Nations World Organization, 2006

Information on rights and mental health in the international arena

• World Health Organization (WHO) – Human Rights :
• Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD)
• Mental Health Europe (MHE)

Reports on rights and mental health

• Mapping and understanding exclusion in Europe (Mental Health Europe, 2017
• Human Rights and Disability. Spain Report 2020 (CERMI)
• Report on the State of Human Rights in Mental Health 2020 (Spanish Mental Health Confederation)
• Report on mental health and mental health in Catalonia 2019 (Federació Salut Mental Catalunya)

Guides to defending rights

• Empowerment and defense of rights. Guide for the self-defense of the rights of people with disabilities (CERMI, 2016)
• Guide to mental health rights. There is no recovery without rights (Federació Veus)

Associations and resources for defending rights in Spain

• Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI)
• Spanish Mental Health Confederation
• Bioethics Committee of Catalonia
• Mental Health Federation of Catalonia (SMC)
• Federació Veus – Catalan Federation of Mental Health Entities in First Person
• Activament Catalunya Associació. Active group of people with the experience of mental disorder

Other materials and entities

Alternatives to coercive practices:

• Short Guide to ending coercion and restraint in mental health services (Mental Health Europe)
• Dignified Care Foundation  
• I-DECIDE. Supported Decision Making

Advance Decision Planning (ADP):

• Health Channel of the Generalitat of Catalonia
• Report on advance decision planning (PDA) in mental health (Federació salut Mental Catalunya, 2018)

Advance care planning in mental health:

• Support guide for professionals and users of Mental Health Services (Andalusian Health Service)

Training and guidance tools in mental health, disability and human rights

• Mental health, disability and human rights. WHO QualityRights core training – for all services and all people (WHO)