As part of the QualityRights Initiative, WHO has developed a comprehensive package of training and guidance materials. The materials can be used to build capacity among mental health practitioners, people with psychosocial, intellectual and cognitive disabilities, people using mental health services, families, care partners and other supporters, nongovernmental organizations, organizations of persons with disabilities and others on how to implement a human rights and recovery approach in the area of mental health in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other international human rights standards.
The ultimate goal of WHO’s QualityRights is to change mindsets and practices in a sustainable way and empower all stakeholders to promote rights and recovery in order to improve the lives of people with psychosocial, intellectual or cognitive disabilities everywhere.
CORE TRAINING
- Human rights. WHO QualityRights Core training - for all services and all people
- Mental health, disability and human rights. WHO QualityRights Core training - for all services and all people
- Legal capacity and the right to decide. WHO QualityRights Core training: mental health and social services
- Recovery and the right to health. WHO QualityRights Core training: mental health and social services
- Freedom from coercion, violence and abuse. WHO QualityRights Core training: mental health and social services
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
- Recovery practices for mental health and well-being. WHO QualityRights Specialized training
- Strategies to end seclusion and restraint. WHO QualityRights Specialized training
- Supported decision-making and advance planning. WHO QualityRights Specialized training
GUIDANCE
- Peer support groups by and for people with lived experience. WHO QualityRights guidance module
- One-to-one peer support by and for people with lived experience. WHO QualityRights guidance module
- Advocacy for mental health, disability and human rights. WHO QualityRights guidance module
- Civil society organizations to promote human rights in mental health and related areas. WHO QualityRights guidance module
SERVICE TRANSFORMATION
- QualityRights Assessment toolkit
- Transforming services and promoting human rights. WHO QualityRights training and guidance: mental health and social services
SELF-HELP
- Person-centred recovery planning for mental health and well-being self-help tool. WHO QualityRights
The materials can be accessed at https://www.who.int/publications-detail/who-qualityrights-guidance-and-training-tools and the recovery tool at https://www.who.int/publications-detail/who-qualityrights-self-help-tool
Related resources
- QR Toolkit: WHO QualityRights Tool Kit
- Blog: WHO QualityRights Project: Addressing a Hidden Human Rights Emergency
- Innovation in India: QualityRights Gujarat
