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The role of communities in advancing the goals of the Movement for Global Mental Health

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Campbell, Catherine, Burgess, Rochelle·2012·Transcultural Psychiatry
DOI 10.1177/1363461512454643
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This special section of Transcultural Psychiatry explores the local-global spaces of engagement being opened up by the Movement for Global Mental Health, with particular emphasis on the need for expanded engagement with local communities. Currently the Movement places its main emphasis on scaling up mental health services and advocating for the rights of the mentally ill, framed within universalised western understandings of health, healing and personhood. The papers in this section emphasise the need for greater attention to the impacts of context, culture and local survival strategies on peoples’ responses to adversity and illness, greater acknowledgement of the agency and resilience of vulnerable communities and increased attention to the way in which power inequalities and social injustices frame peoples’ opportunities for mental health. In this Introduction, we highlight ways in which greater community involvement opens up possibilities for tackling each of these challenges. Drawing on community health psychology, we outline our conceptualisation of “community mental health competence” defined as the ability of community members to work collectively to facilitate more effective prevention, care, treatment and advocacy. We highlight the roles of multi-level dialogue, critical thinking and partnerships in facilitating both the “voice” of vulnerable communities as well as “receptive social environments” where powerful groups are willing to recognise communities’ needs and assist them in working for improved well-being. Respectful local-global alliances have a key role to play in this process. The integration of local community struggles for mental health into an energetic global activist Movement opens up exciting possibilities for translating the Movement’s calls for improved global mental health from rhetoric to reality.

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  • Global mental health has relied on a strategic and convincing public discourse to legitimise its existence, operations, and funding pledges.

    “the field of global mental health has relied on a strategic and convincing public discourse to legitimise its existence, operations, and funding pledges”

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    The Abstract describes the Movement’s biomedical framing as an arguably astute political strategy and says a clear message is likely to convince governments and attract donors. It does not establish that the field relied on this discourse to legitimise its operations or secure funding pledges; those parts of the claim are stronger than the passage supports. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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Authors
Campbell, C., & Burgess, R.
Affiliations
London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
Corresponding author
Campbell, Catherine
ORCID
Venue
Transcultural Psychiatry
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2012-07
Volume
49
Issue
3-4
Pages
379-395
ISSN
  • 1363-4615 (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-7471
DOI
10.1177/1363461512454643
OpenAlex
W2167951754
Cited by
180
References
7
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Type
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Language
en
Open access
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Locations
  • Transcultural Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
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  • London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Community Health and Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mental Health and Patient Involvement
Keywords
community participation, mental health advocacy, rights of the mentally ill, power imbalance, social justice, cultural context of mental illness, community resilience
MeSH terms
Community Mental Health Services, Community-Institutional Relations, Community Participation, Goals, Humans, Mental Health, Patient Advocacy, Poverty, Social Environment, Socioeconomic Factors, Persons with Psychiatric Disorders, Mentally Ill Persons, Health Status Disparities, Healthcare Disparities

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