Kizito Julius’ Post

Safe, stable, affordable housing in a person’s community is essential to recovery. Housing affirms a person’s dignity. Housing offers hope. Housing creates pathways to employment, education, and independence. In addition, supportive housing offers critical wrap-around services to people with complex mental health needs, decreasing unnecessary hospitalizations and use of emergency services. In the midst of the affordability crisis in New York State, individuals with mental health needs cannot be left behind. Many rely on SSI as their sole source of income, which is calculated to be below the federal poverty line, and thus leaves people unable to compete in the housing market. Mental health housing programs work, and they need to be fully funded.

Who’s hands should Mental Health be in? A 24-hour strike was called against a new law in Greece. The law would change who has legal control to run Mental Health and therapy organizations. Power would switch from the organization to regional authorities. The hospital worker union POEDIN organized the strike. The state of Mental Health can vary between places. Different locations can have different needs. On one hand, users of the services often know what they need the most. Because they experience it first-hand. Yet, a wider perspective could ensure optimal care is achieved across regions as a whole. So the questions arise: · How can a regional approach produce individualized care? · What happens if the priorities of hospital workers conflict with those of regional authorities? · What’s deemed as a ‘successful’ outcome? Do you think mental health services should be run independently? Or grouped together for a whole region? What’s been your experience in the past? Or is it a conflict that can’t be solved, because the priorities of hospital workers and regional directors may be different? #MentalHealth #HealthCare #Health #Wellness #Services

We've got a plan to build a mentally healthier nation. And we want to see it put into action in the next parliament. Alongside 60 organisations we're calling on all political parties to make a serious commitment to mental health by focusing on preventing mental ill health, tackling inequalities and investing in services. Our manifesto for the 2024 general election sets out the policies that would make a real difference. Let's build #AMentallyHealthierNation https://lnkd.in/eNYavjk3

On this International Day of Parliamentarism, we urge parliaments and parliamentarians to take concrete steps towards removing the GST/HST on therapy in Canada. By advocating for tax-free therapy services, they can make mental health care more accessible for all Canadians and address the urgent need for support in our communities. #PRPA #ParliamentarismDay #TaxFreeTherapy #MentalHealthAdvocacy #PRPA #SupportMentalHealth

I know I'm going to enrange some (guilty) people, but in the end, somebody needs to call a spade a spade! Who died and made you Pope? Who said that people need more 'specialists trained in mental health'? What about training people themselves in preventive mental health so they won't need specialists?! I'm literally sick of this virtue signaling posturing! This is my reply to Centre for Mental Health post https://lnkd.in/egP5W4Qf Address the real causes of poor mental health and you don't need £23 billion/year NHS plan. 1. Inequality & poverty, low paid jobs that don't match the living costs - scientifically proven to be the main causes of mental health conditions, addictions, domestic violence and child abuse and neglect - adding in a snowball effect to more MHC. 2. Preventive self-development education. Why are these 'militant' organisations so keen to advocate for more after the fact, firefighting NHS therapeutic interventions (which we know are anything but and fail most patients - I have plenty of data, in case you need it) and more state funded charities offering substandard services, instead of offering each family a yearly tax benefit/grant to invest in their mental health of their choice? If it's 'person-centred approach', let the person choose what they expose themselves and their family to. 3. Diversity and inclusion. Most people are religious or spiritual. Many of the adults neurodivergents fit in this cathegory. These are protected characteristics under the EAct. A person's faith and spiritual beliefs are fundamental in their healing and recovery, yet, the current mental health materialistic approach is denying these rights. Alternative modalities are excluded from a sufferer's options, yet they pay their taxes and therefore, their treatment, while having no say in the matter. I call NHS England partly responsible for the deterioration of people's mental health in the UK because through their monopoly over human experience - aka 'mental health', they've excluded and marginalised people of faith and spiritually inclined who would have benefited from a holistic approach. The NHS excludes from the employment pool lived experience therapists, counsellors, coaches and alternative medicine practitioners, while wasting more taxpayer money to train new batches of young Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners for one year, by their design, to then deploy in their IAPT & CHAMS 30-45 min 'person-centred therapeutic interventions'. These people haven't finished growing, let alone have the life experience to help those with complex conditions. So, yeah, lobby away, but lobby the right issues!

🌟 Empowering Families in Mental Health Care 🌟 Ensuring families and family carers have a voice in mental health policy and decision-making is crucial, as is promoting resilience programmes, and equipping families with essential information for meaningful participation in the recovery journey. With the principles outlined in EUFAMI's European Elections 2024 Manifesto, we are committed to advancing family empowerment across Europe. 📰 Read EUFAMI's Manifesto for the #EUElections2024 here ➡ bit.ly/48Mi7QL #FamilyEmpowerment #MentalHealthAwareness

🚨 Did you know that in at least 23 countries, suicide is still criminalized? This type of legislation, which is mostly outdated and of colonial origin, not only actively hinders people from seeking help, but perpetuates stigma and discrimination towards people with mental health conditions. It is therefore vital  that mental health-related legislation either directly incorporates or goes hand in hand with the repeal of such discriminatory legislation. 📜✊   We urge our national partners to leverage both the World Health Organization/Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights guidance and our latest advocacy guide, "Using the WHO/OHCHR’s Guidance and Practice for National Reform," to advocate for these necessary legislative reforms. 💪💙 📥 Download the guide here: https://lnkd.in/dXe6wjDM UHC2030 - Taking action for universal health coverage Mental Health Innovation Network (MHIN) Taskeen #MentalHealthPH#MentalHealthPH #MentalHealthAdvocacy #LegislativeReform #GlobalMentalHealth

Collaborating for a healthier future: Joining hands to prevent premature mortality from NCDs, fostering mental well-being. Advocating for comprehensive approaches across government and society throughout the life course. #PublicHealth #WellnessAdvocate #sdgs2030