QualityRights Training: Peer Support Groups for Lived Experience People

The World Health Organization's (WHO) QualityRights initiative aims to improve the quality of care and support provided in social and mental health services, and to promote the human rights of people with psychosocial, intellectual or cognitive disabilities worldwide.

The training and guidance modules of the QualityRights initiative aim to increase knowledge, skills and understanding among key stakeholders on how to promote the rights of people with psychosocial, intellectual or cognitive disabilities, as well as improve the quality of services and support provided in the field of mental health and other related areas, in line with international human rights standards and, in particular, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the recovery approach.

The objective of this module is to provide guidance on how to offer and strengthen peer support groups , also called mutual aid groups , made up of people with psychosocial, intellectual or cognitive disabilities, as well as groups made up of family members and/or caregivers.