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Improving Networks of Community Mental Health Services in the Asia-Pacific Economies

Cover_220_HWG_Improving Networks of Community Mental Health Services in the Asia-Pacific Economies
Published Date November 2020
Type of Publication Reports
Publication Under SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE), Health Working Group (HWG)
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Pages 110
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Description

This report outlines the proposal for including mental healthcare in APEC economies’ agendas and provides an overview of each participant's issues. At the same time, it addresses community mental health models, psychosocial rehabilitation and financing implementation processes, strategies, and experiences. From a more theoretical approach, it describes the use of complex thinking systems in mental health planning. Finally, it gives a description of some investment initiatives in vulnerable populations, strategies to remove stigma, and global challenges and opportunities, and it offers an approach to promoting mental health in all public policies of the region. Evaluating production and use can be observed as an overarching theme in the improvement experiences of community mental health services.