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@WHO
We are the @UN’s health agency working for #HealthForAll Always check our latest tweets for updated advice/information.
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    Too many people with mental health conditions are still isolated in institutions instead of receiving the support they need to live and participate in their communities. People with #MentalHealth conditions deserve rights- based, person-centred care, not custodial systems.
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    Would you trust this system with someone you love? "We need to create systems that we would feel comfortable having our loved ones enter if they were in crisis." -Tiwa, United Kingdom That is the standard every mental health service should meet: safe, dignified and rights-based
    Portrait of Tiwa from the UK smiling gently against a plain background, promoting World Mental Health Day with a quote about supportive crisis care.
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    Fewer than 1 in 10 countries have fully transitioned from institutional care to community-based #MentalHealth care. Most countries are still working towards a future where care is delivered closer to home, with dignity and social inclusion at its core. A new WHO guide provides
    Illustration of Earth with location markers, highlighting that fewer than 1 in 10 countries have shifted from institutional to community-based mental health care.
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    Recovery is never a solo journey. "As someone who has experienced those dark periods of chaining and everything, it was a deeply degrading situation that hurt me. But I chose to use this to find the meaning of my life. I also learned that I couldn't go on the journey myself –
    Portrait of Anto Agus from Indonesia sharing a quote on the importance of support for mental health on World Mental Health Day.
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    Healing belongs at home and in the community, not behind locked doors. "Please help end institutionalization and coercive approaches to care and invest in rights based, community centered, person centered care. I was among the 8 million who are admitted and left to be in the
    Close-up of a smiling young woman named Veronica from Canada advocating for rights-based, community-centered mental health care for World Mental Health Day.
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