資料來源:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/mental-health-is-a-global-urgent-issue.html
精神健康是全球最急切的問題
於2010年6月10日由“Lisa Mitchell”發佈
類別:人權
地區:全球
目標:聯合國
網站:http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=251621098664&ref=mf
背景(序言):
“One Voice 4 Mental Health Awareness” 是一個全球利益團體,目標是確保成人和兒童的精神健康人權需求。
透過全球報告證實,精神健康是一項全球最急切的問題 – 需要全球緊急的解決方案,資料可從 http://www.globalmentalhealth.org 和 http://www.allafrica.com/stories/201008160014.html 參考。
世界衛生組織有一項全球的精神健康行動計劃 (http://www.who.int/features/qa/43/en/index.html) 而我們正在呼籲聯合國將此事優先處理,並確保有所有有精神健康問題的人民得到足夠治療和人權。
集齊 100,000 個簽名的目標數目後,本請願書會正式提交到聯合國,呼籲他們就此事件採取行動﹗
請願書
請願內容
「世界衛生組織 (WHO)」將精神健康定義為「每個人應意識自己的潛能,以維持正常健康狀態的水平,而該潛能可以足以面對日常生活壓力,有效率工作和得到成果,並且可以貢獻社會」。
精神健康經常遭決策人員和政府誤解和忽視。腦部是身體的中央樞紐控制,沒有精神健康就等如沒有健康。
世界各地很多人遭受不人道對待,或不能尋求治療。有更多人甚至遭家人、朋友和社會遺棄,然後用藥物和酒精麻醉自己。
主要問題包括工作、學校、社會歧視、住屋問題和缺乏健康保險的保障。
很多時有精神健康問題的兒童得不到足夠支援,影響成長及將問題引伸至成年。這些全部都違反了人權。
每個人都應該得到支援、尊重和免受羞恥、標籤和恐懼的尊嚴。而每人應該得到足夠和可負擔的醫療、心理和幫助,以及康復支援。
因此我們正在促請聯合國將協助國家改善精神健康的「世界衛生組織的全球行動計劃」盡快實行。該計劃的要求可從 http://www.who.int/features/qa/43/en/index.html 參考,其目標是建立和實行有條理和全面的的精神健康政策、計劃和立法;並且設法與每個國家和其代表將這些問題解決,以確保有精神健康問題的人民獲得足夠治療和人權。
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http://www.petitiononline.com/TScreen/petition.html
URL:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/mental-health-is-a-global-urgent-issue.html
Mental Health is a Global Urgent Issue
Published by Lisa Mitchell on Jun 20, 2010
Category: Human Rights
Region: GLOBAL
Target: The U.N.
Web site:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=251621098664&ref=mf
Background (Preamble):
One Voice 4 Mental Health Awareness’ is a global advocacy group to ensure human rights for adults and children with mental health challenges. Mental health is an urgent global issue – as testified by worldwide reports at http://www.globalmentalhealth.org/ and http://www.allafrica.com/stories/201008160014.html – that demands urgent global solutions. The World Health Organization has a global action plan on mental health (http://www.who.int/features/qa/43/en/index.html) and we are calling upon the UN to prioritize this and ensure adequate treatment and human rights for all people with mental health challenges.
This petition to the UN will be formally presented to them when it reaches its set target of 100,000 signatures calling for action on this matter!
Petition
The Petition
'The World Health Organization (WHO) define mental health as a ''state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is enable to make a contribution to her or his community''.
Mental health is often misunderstood and has been neglected by policy makers and governments. Since the brain is the central control of the body, there is no health without mental health.
Many people around the world have been subject to inhumane treatment, or have been unable to seek treatment. Many are rejected by family, friends and society and turn to self medicating by using alcohol and illegal drugs. Many experience issues with work, school, social discrimination, difficulty finding housing, and inadequate health insurance coverage. Often children with mental health problems are not given adequate support, leading to problems in adulthood. All of these are a violation of human rights.
Everyone deserves support, respect, and dignity without shame, stigma or fear. And each one deserves adequate and affordable medical, psychological and supportive help and rehabilitation.
We therefore call upon the United Nations (UN) to prioritize the WHO's Global Action Programme on improving mental health to assist countries to create and implement coherent and comprehensive mental health policies, plans and legislation as called for at http://www.who.int/features/qa/43/en/index.html; and to address these issues with each country and state's representatives to ensure adequate treatment, and human rights for people with mental health issues.'
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