Indonesia and Japan Sign Memorandum of Cooperation in Law and Human Right: ANTARA News
Recently the governments of Indonesia and Japan signed the Memorandum of Cooperation in Law and Human Right, a massive step forward in strengthening ties between the two countries that have now joined forces to work together for developing civil and commercial sectors.
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New report published by the UN Special rapporteur on health says relationships and social justice are main determinants of mental health
On the 24th of June, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Dr. Dainius Pūras, presented a report examining the multiple ways in which human rights intersect with the determinants of mental health and well-being. The report argues that policy...
INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS DEMANDS A NEW LOOK AT PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS
An international Task Force of the American Psychological Association’s Division 32: Society for Humanistic Psychology has today issued a statement detailing concerns about major psychiatric diagnostic manuals. In an open letter already endorsed by leading international mental health organisations, the Task Force...
Almost All Patients in South Korean Psychiatric Ward Have Virus
This post was originally written by Kanga Kong for Bloomberg on February 22, 2020 and can be accessed here.
Almost all patients at a psychiatric ward of a South Korean hospital tested positive for the coronavirus, with local reports...
UN Report: Involuntary Psychiatric Interventions “May Well Amount to Torture”
This article was originally written by Tina Minkowitz for Mad in America on March 5, 2020 and can be accessed here.
In a new report, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture writes that "Involuntary psychiatric interventions...
Peer Support in Asia: JNGMDP and TCI Asia Meeting in Japan
On November 22-23, 2017, the Japan National Group of Mentally Disabled People (JNGMDP) hosted a TCI Asia plenary to discuss the current practice and the future of peer support in the region. The meeting was supported by the Open Society Foundation, International Disability Alliance, Japan Disability...
COVID-19 and Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities: A Joint Statement and Some Recommendations
The following concerned organisations have drafted a collective statement on the heightened risk that people living with psychosocial disabilities face amidst a pandemic like COVID-19.-Pan African Network of Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities-Redesfera Latinoamericana de la Diversidad Psicosocial-TCI Asia Pacific (Transforming Communities for...
TCI Asia at the UN
TCI Asia members have been representing regional concerns and solutions and contributing to discussions within the UN system to ensure that transforming communities for inclusion remains at the core of efforts to challenge and change the mental health care system.
Promoting human rights – OHCHR...
The Forgotten People
Only last year, Mad in Asia Pacific ran Yeni Rosa Damayanti’s photo-essay on the horrific conditions the mentally ill in Indonesia had been abandoned in during and after the 2018 earthquake and tsunami that struck Central Sulawesi. Damayanti, a lead TCI Asia...
Bali Declaration 2018: Transforming Communities for Inclusion-Asia Pacific
The Classic Edition Plenary of TCI Asia Pacific was held in Bali, Indonesia from 26-29 August, 2018. The Plenaries are an important space for individuals and Disabled People's Organisation (DPO) members from Asia and Pacific Region to come together, learn and share, and to...