ttwud - an economic and social approach to mental health - chris underhill
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BasicNeedsAn economic and social approach
to mental health
Chris Underhill Founding Director
November 2013
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BasicNeeds
Founded in 2000 by Chris Underhill To enable people with mental illness or epilepsy and their families to live and work successfully in their communities
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Model for Mental Health and Development
Capacity Building
Community Mental Health
LivelihoodsResearch
Collaboration
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BasicNeeds Programmes 2000 - 2013
2011 – PresentChina, Pakistan, UK
2006 – 2010Lao PDR, Nepal,
India (North), Vietnam, Kenya
2001 – 2005India (South), Sri
Lanka, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda
2000 Set Up
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Impact
• 589,000 affected people since 2000• 12 countries
Significant improvement in + Access to treatment + Participation in family and community life + Ability to work
& Reduction in symptoms
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Impact
• 19, 894 people in 628 peer self help groups• 90, 745 people have re-entered productive
work or are earning an income
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Lessons for a high income setting
Importance of:• putting people at the centre• applying a scalable, proven
model• deliberately organising a
community-orientated mental health and development approach to make real change
• maximising existing resources and task shifting
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• offer a collective alternative and complement to mainstream health and care services
• offer an empowering environment created on people’s own terms
Lessons for a high income setting
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Thank you www.basicneeds.org