Executive summary = 2
Aims and target audience = 8
1. What is advocacy and why is it important? = 9
1.1 Concept of mental health advocacy = 9
1.2 Development of the mental health advocacy movement = 13
1.3 Importance of mental health advocacy = 14
2. Roles of different groups in advocacy = 17
2.1 Consumers and families = 17
2.2 Nongovernmental organizations = 18
2.3 General health workers and mental health workers = 19
2.4 Policy-makers and planners = 20
3. How ministries of health can support advocacy = 22
3.1 By supporting advocacy activities with consumer groups, family groups and nongovernmental organizations = 24
3.2 By supporting advocacy activities with general health workers and mental health workers = 30
3.3 By supporting advocacy activities with policy-makers and planners = 33
3.4 By supporting advocacy activities with the general population = 36
4. Examples of good practices in advocacy = 41
4.1 Brazil = 41
4.2 Italy = 41
4.3 Uganda = 41
4.4 Australia = 42
4.5 Mexico = 42
4.6 Spain = 43
4.7 Mongolia = 43
5. Barriers and solutions to supporting advocacy from ministries of health = 44
5.1 Resistance to advocacy issues from policy-makers and planners = 45
5.2 Division and friction between different mental health advocacy groups = 45
5.3 Resistance and antagonism from general health workers and mental health workers = 45
5.4 Very few people seem interested in mental health advocacy = 46
5.5 Confusion about the theories and rationale of mental health advocacy = 46
5.6 Few or no consumer groups, family groups or nongovernmental organizations dedicated to mental health advocacy = 47
6. Recommendations and conclusions = 48
6.1 Countries with no advocacy group = 48
6.2 Countries with few advocacy groups = 48
6.3 Countries with several advocacy groups = 49
Definitions = 51
Further reading = 51
References = 52
Aims and target audience = 8
1. What is advocacy and why is it important? = 9
1.1 Concept of mental health advocacy = 9
1.2 Development of the mental health advocacy movement = 13
1.3 Importance of mental health advocacy = 14
2. Roles of different groups in advocacy = 17
2.1 Consumers and families = 17
2.2 Nongovernmental organizations = 18
2.3 General health workers and mental health workers = 19
2.4 Policy-makers and planners = 20
3. How ministries of health can support advocacy = 22
3.1 By supporting advocacy activities with consumer groups, family groups and nongovernmental organizations = 24
3.2 By supporting advocacy activities with general health workers and mental health workers = 30
3.3 By supporting advocacy activities with policy-makers and planners = 33
3.4 By supporting advocacy activities with the general population = 36
4. Examples of good practices in advocacy = 41
4.1 Brazil = 41
4.2 Italy = 41
4.3 Uganda = 41
4.4 Australia = 42
4.5 Mexico = 42
4.6 Spain = 43
4.7 Mongolia = 43
5. Barriers and solutions to supporting advocacy from ministries of health = 44
5.1 Resistance to advocacy issues from policy-makers and planners = 45
5.2 Division and friction between different mental health advocacy groups = 45
5.3 Resistance and antagonism from general health workers and mental health workers = 45
5.4 Very few people seem interested in mental health advocacy = 46
5.5 Confusion about the theories and rationale of mental health advocacy = 46
5.6 Few or no consumer groups, family groups or nongovernmental organizations dedicated to mental health advocacy = 47
6. Recommendations and conclusions = 48
6.1 Countries with no advocacy group = 48
6.2 Countries with few advocacy groups = 48
6.3 Countries with several advocacy groups = 49
Definitions = 51
Further reading = 51
References = 52