UNIPSY et Bien etre

UNIPSY et Bien etre

UNIPSY et Bien etre focuses on raising awareness, providing training and provision of care in the context of mental health.

Summary of relevant work

Our mission is to promote, provide training, conduct research and focus on provision of care in the field of mental health and psychology. This goal is based on the vision of a world where all have access to high quality care and mental health care practice. We want to:

  • create and promote better mental health
  • contribute to training and research
  • develop and implement projects aimed at advances in the development of better mental health, nationally and internationally

Summary of relevant work: 

We have collaborated with several other organisations and partners:

  • Association ASP (Actions in Public Health) within the framework of the psychosocial care project for teenage mothers since 2014
  • CASS of Nkolndongo (a community-health hospital in Yaounde) where regular training, seminars and conferences are held to promote mental health
  • Partnership on mental health sensitisation in hospitals in Yaounde
  • Partnership on mental health sensitisation in schools
  • Co-organisation of the first ever mental health forum for the promotion of psychological and psychiatric care in Cameroon with other organisations such as the Healthcare Information For All (HIFA)
  • Contributed to and participated in the writing, proof-reading and submission of mental health documents such as the mental health policy, guides, programmes, etc. for validation on the 26th of October 2016 in Yaounde by the Ministry of Public Health
  • Organisation and participation in the first Cameroonian mental health days on 15-17 December 2015
  • Participation in World Mental Health Day 2014
  • Participation in the setting up of a mental health crisis intervention team following the request of the Ministry of Public Health in the Biyem-Assi road traffic accident on 16 October 2014
  • Management of Eseka train accident in October 2016

Key partners

  • Action en Santé Publique (ASP), Genève
  • CASS de Nkoldongo, Yaoundé

Funders

 

Self-funding through members annual membership fee, still seeking funders

Seeking collaboration with

Experts by experience/service users
Other organizations
Policy makers
Researchers

Details

Approach(es)
Advocacy
Detection and diagnosis
Policy and legislation
Prevention and promotion
Training, education and capacity building
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Disorder(s)
All mental health conditions
Region(s)
Africa
Population(s)
Adults
Children and adolescents
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disability
Families and carers
Humanitarian and conflict health
Maternal and neonatal health
Minority populations
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Older adults
Setting(s)
Community
Primary care
School
Specialist care
Workplace
Country(s)
Cameroon