Our Involvement in Publications

Ending Stigma through the lens of live experience
Exploring perspectives of stigma and discrimination among people with lived experience of mental health conditions: a co-produced qualitative study
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Our Founder/CEO, Charlene Sunkel and colleagues, published this paper on "Exploring perspectives of stigma and discrimination among people with lived experience of mental health conditions: a co-produced qualitative study" in eClinicalMedicine, Volume 70, April 2024, 102509.

GMHPN contributed to the ​Mental health, human rights and legislation: guidance and practice

GMHPN were involved in the consultation process of developing the WHO guidance for Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation.

The guidance proposes new objectives for law, including setting a clear mandate for mental health systems to adopt a rights-based approach. It outlines legal provisions required to promote deinstitutionalization and access to good quality, person-centred community mental health services. It highlights how laws can address stigma and discrimination and provides concrete measures on how to eliminate coercion in mental health services in favour of practices that respect people’s rights and dignity.

The Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health

The new Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health is the result of work by over 50 contributors from across the world, notably including people with lived experience of a mental health condition. Containing testimonies and poems from people with lived experience, the Commission reviews the evidence on effective interventions to reduce stigma and calls for immediate action from governments, international organisations, employers, healthcare provider and media organisations, along with active contributions from people with lived experience, to work together to eliminate mental health stigma and discrimination.

GMHPN contributed to the WHO World Mental Health Report 2022

​The World mental health report: transforming mental health for all is designed to inspire and inform better mental health for everyone everywhere. Drawing on the latest evidence available, showcasing examples of good practice from around the world, and voicing people’s lived experience, it highlights why and where change is most needed and how it can best be achieved. It calls on all stakeholders to work together to deepen the value and commitment given to mental health, reshape the environments that influence mental health, and strengthen the systems that care for mental health.

Book: Mental Health, Legal Capacity and Human Rights​

Our Founder/CEO, Charlene Sunkel (also co-editor with Prof Vikram Patel, Prof Michael Stein, and Dr Faraaz Mohamed) and four of our Executive Team members, Andrew Turtle, Syd Gravel, Iregi Mwenja and Marie Abanga contributed a chapter on "Lived Experience Perspectives from Australia, Canada, Kenya, Cameroon and South Africa – Conceptualising the Realities"

CBM's ​Community Mental Health Good Practice Guide: Peer Support

We collaborated with CBM Global in the development of this valuable resource that explains the concept of peer support, its benefits and why it is important in mental health, especially in low and middle income countries.
THE NAKED SCIENTIST - PODCAST
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Listen to our Deputy CEO, Claudia Sartor, talking about the value of people with lived experience in mental health and for the monetary value of our expertise to be recognised.

The lived experience of depression: a bottom-up review co-written by experts by experience and academics

Members of GMHPN co-authored this paper published in the World Psychiatry, that provides the first bottom-up review of the lived experience of depression, where first-person accounts within and outside the medical field were screened and discussed in collaborative workshops involving numerous individuals with lived experience of depression, family members and carers, representing a global network of organizations.