About us

Mental Health Perspectives (former Global Initiative on Psychiatry) is a non-governmental organization established in the year 2000 and working in the field of mental health and human rights.

Our mission – to promote humane, ethical and effective mental health care, to protect human rights, to initiate and implement necessary reforms.

Our goal is to help both sides of society - the healthy and persons with disabilities - get to know each other, break down the myths and prejudices, to overcome fear with openness, to leave no gaps in violation of the human rights of people with disabilities.

Main activities include:

• influencing policy with the aim to reform mental health system

• protection of human rights

• establishment of new mental health services

• promotion of new initiatives, strengthening non-governmental organizations working in the field of mental health

Mental Health Perspectives successfully implemented more than 60 national and international projects and actively carries out advocacy activities, aiming for positive changes in mental health system.

Mental Health Perspectives is a member of the I can live coalition, National Non-Governmental Development Cooperation Organisations’ Platform, informal NGO coalition for child’s rights, Human rights coalition, as well as a member of international organizations Federation Global Initiative on Psychiatry and Mental Health Europe.