CBM Launches New Community Mental Health Initiative

Bimala received emergency mental health support provided by a CBM partner, after losing her son during the earthquake in Nepal. ©CBM
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World Health Day 2019—CBM launches a new Community Mental Health Initiative to better accomplish its vision of an inclusive world in which all persons with disabilities enjoy their human rights and achieve their full potential.
The Community Mental Health Initiative will bring focus and scale to the work that CBM does in order to have a greater impact on this area, both for people with mental illness and psychosocial disabilities, as well as the wider communities where CBM focuses its work, and people with other disabilities, who are often at increased risk of mental health problems.

CMH Initiative Brochure
For an overview of CBM's new Community Mental Health Initiative, including initiative priorities, a timeline of our work and more details, download this booklet.
Access the brochure here
The new CBM initiative draws on CBM’s legacy of 15 years of work in Community Mental Health (CMH). During this time, CBM has touched the lives of 3 million persons with mental health problems. Read more about CBM’s work in mental health in this blog post.
The aim of the Community Mental Health Initiative is to promote meaningful participation in communities, improve the quality of life, and broaden the choices for care available for people with psychosocial disabilities.
Find out more about this exciting new initiative by downloading the overview brochure above or watching the following video.