Mental health and psychiatry: role and issues of the Geneva mental health associations' network
León, C.; Benitez, C.; Dupanloup, A.; Saloukvadze, G.; Zinder, A.; de Marsano-Ernoult, G.; Krummenacher, T.
Revue Medicale Suisse 5(217): 1832-4 1836
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 19839372 Document Number: 635422
The psychosocial Geneva-based associations provide ongoing support to people suffering from mental disorders and their families. This network gives psychological care and works towards social inclusion. This approach is an alternative as well as a complement to medical care. The services offered by the associations are varied: mutual self-help, providing a place to live and a space dedicated to specific activities, family support, counselling, therapy, etc. They have two central issues: improving quality of life and promoting the rights of patients. Collaboratively, they are in constant dialogue with the psychiatric institutions in the canton, leading to joint activities and furthering the thinking on patient health and rehabilitation.