LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Personal Experience, Involvement and Activism for the Reform of Uganda’s Mental Health System

Photo from wikipedia

This Fresh Focus commentary describes the author’s grassroots perspective on and advocacy efforts to bring about change within the mental health system in Uganda. The essay draws on personal narrative,… Click to show full abstract

This Fresh Focus commentary describes the author’s grassroots perspective on and advocacy efforts to bring about change within the mental health system in Uganda. The essay draws on personal narrative, first-hand description of human rights violations, grassroots efforts to bring about change through legal advocacy and development of peer support and service user leadership initiatives, and ultimately charts a course for deeper change.

Keywords: health; experience involvement; mental health; personal experience; health system

Journal Title: Community Mental Health Journal
Year Published: 2022

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.