Global Mental Health Peer Network
@gmhpn.bsky.social
We exist to empower, strengthen, and catalyse the voices of persons with lived experience worldwide.
Effective deinstitutionalization requires a progressive reduction in institutional caseloads, increased discharges with strong continuity of care, fewer admissions through early intervention, and the scaling up of person-centered community-based & community-led support systems.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Effective deinstitutionalization requires a progressive reduction in institutional caseloads, increased discharges with strong continuity of care, fewer admissions through early intervention, and the scaling up of person-centered community-based & community-led support systems.
Behind every recovery story is more than survival; there’s strategy, learning, and resilience that can strengthen entire systems.
#LivedExperienceMatters #MentalHealthReform #VoicesOfChange
#LivedExperienceMatters #MentalHealthReform #VoicesOfChange
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Behind every recovery story is more than survival; there’s strategy, learning, and resilience that can strengthen entire systems.
#LivedExperienceMatters #MentalHealthReform #VoicesOfChange
#LivedExperienceMatters #MentalHealthReform #VoicesOfChange
Sustainable success depends on psychologically safe, mentally healthy workplaces
#workplacewellbeing #workplacementalhealth #sustainableworkplace
#workplacewellbeing #workplacementalhealth #sustainableworkplace
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Sustainable success depends on psychologically safe, mentally healthy workplaces
#workplacewellbeing #workplacementalhealth #sustainableworkplace
#workplacewellbeing #workplacementalhealth #sustainableworkplace
Social connection is a public health necessity. Treating social connection as a public health priority is as vital as promoting heart health.
#publichealth #socialconnection #loneliness
#publichealth #socialconnection #loneliness
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Social connection is a public health necessity. Treating social connection as a public health priority is as vital as promoting heart health.
#publichealth #socialconnection #loneliness
#publichealth #socialconnection #loneliness
Let’s advocate for systems that make ageing a time of fulfillment, not fear.
#HealthyAgeing #MentalHealthForAll
#HealthyAgeing #MentalHealthForAll
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Let’s advocate for systems that make ageing a time of fulfillment, not fear.
#HealthyAgeing #MentalHealthForAll
#HealthyAgeing #MentalHealthForAll
Our October newsletter is out. You can access it using the link below:
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October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Our October newsletter is out. You can access it using the link below:
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Cláudia Sartor, Deputy CEO, attended the 2nd South African Mental Health Conference in Johannesburg under the theme “From Evidence to Action.” She chaired a session on emerging issues in mental health, highlighting how social, cultural, gender, legal, and community factors shape wellbeing.
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Cláudia Sartor, Deputy CEO, attended the 2nd South African Mental Health Conference in Johannesburg under the theme “From Evidence to Action.” She chaired a session on emerging issues in mental health, highlighting how social, cultural, gender, legal, and community factors shape wellbeing.
Our Benchwarmers peer support unit prioritizes members' mental health. This Unit emphasizes solidarity, understanding, and walking alongside one another through the complexities of life.
#peersupport
#peersupport
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Our Benchwarmers peer support unit prioritizes members' mental health. This Unit emphasizes solidarity, understanding, and walking alongside one another through the complexities of life.
#peersupport
#peersupport
Co-creation is not an option; it’s a necessity. Evidence shows that integrating lived experience has a positive impact on outcomes. Evidence shows that integrating lived experience has a positive impact on outcomes.
#livedexperience #cocreation #evidencebased
#livedexperience #cocreation #evidencebased
October 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Co-creation is not an option; it’s a necessity. Evidence shows that integrating lived experience has a positive impact on outcomes. Evidence shows that integrating lived experience has a positive impact on outcomes.
#livedexperience #cocreation #evidencebased
#livedexperience #cocreation #evidencebased
Employers who take suicide prevention seriously create environments where workers thrive, not just survive.
#suicideprevention #workplacewellbeing
#suicideprevention #workplacewellbeing
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Employers who take suicide prevention seriously create environments where workers thrive, not just survive.
#suicideprevention #workplacewellbeing
#suicideprevention #workplacewellbeing
Protecting rights is not separate from prevention; it is prevention. A system that violates dignity cannot claim to save lives.
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Protecting rights is not separate from prevention; it is prevention. A system that violates dignity cannot claim to save lives.
Rights-based approaches prioritize informed consent, dignity, and participation in care. They ensure that people are not only treated but empowered.
October 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Rights-based approaches prioritize informed consent, dignity, and participation in care. They ensure that people are not only treated but empowered.
Lived experience drives innovation in peer-led crisis response, culturally rooted care, and rights-based advocacy.
#livedexperience #advocacy #innnovation
#livedexperience #advocacy #innnovation
October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lived experience drives innovation in peer-led crisis response, culturally rooted care, and rights-based advocacy.
#livedexperience #advocacy #innnovation
#livedexperience #advocacy #innnovation
Employers who take suicide prevention seriously create environments where workers thrive, not just survive. They cultivate workplaces rooted in empathy, inclusion, and early intervention.
October 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Employers who take suicide prevention seriously create environments where workers thrive, not just survive. They cultivate workplaces rooted in empathy, inclusion, and early intervention.
Prevention is not only about clinical support but also about creating environments where people feel valued, connected, and heard.
#suicideprevention #suicidewareness
#suicideprevention #suicidewareness
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Prevention is not only about clinical support but also about creating environments where people feel valued, connected, and heard.
#suicideprevention #suicidewareness
#suicideprevention #suicidewareness
Healthy communities address social determinants like poverty, discrimination, and exclusion.
They ensure care for one another, make support accessible, and center lived experience in shaping the systems that serve them.
#socialdeterminants #healthycommunities #culturallyrelevantsupport
They ensure care for one another, make support accessible, and center lived experience in shaping the systems that serve them.
#socialdeterminants #healthycommunities #culturallyrelevantsupport
October 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Healthy communities address social determinants like poverty, discrimination, and exclusion.
They ensure care for one another, make support accessible, and center lived experience in shaping the systems that serve them.
#socialdeterminants #healthycommunities #culturallyrelevantsupport
They ensure care for one another, make support accessible, and center lived experience in shaping the systems that serve them.
#socialdeterminants #healthycommunities #culturallyrelevantsupport
The challenge is not the absence of guidance, but the lack of political will and accountability.
If governments follow these frameworks with urgency, millions could gain access to rights-based, community-driven mental health services.
#prioritizementalhealth #mentalhealthfinancing
If governments follow these frameworks with urgency, millions could gain access to rights-based, community-driven mental health services.
#prioritizementalhealth #mentalhealthfinancing
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The challenge is not the absence of guidance, but the lack of political will and accountability.
If governments follow these frameworks with urgency, millions could gain access to rights-based, community-driven mental health services.
#prioritizementalhealth #mentalhealthfinancing
If governments follow these frameworks with urgency, millions could gain access to rights-based, community-driven mental health services.
#prioritizementalhealth #mentalhealthfinancing
Ignoring gender in mental health costs lives.
Violence, inequities, and stigma intensify women’s struggles with depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. It is time to demand gender responsive policies that guarantee safety, dignity, and access to care.
#WomensMentalHealth #EndGenderInequity
Violence, inequities, and stigma intensify women’s struggles with depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. It is time to demand gender responsive policies that guarantee safety, dignity, and access to care.
#WomensMentalHealth #EndGenderInequity
October 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Ignoring gender in mental health costs lives.
Violence, inequities, and stigma intensify women’s struggles with depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. It is time to demand gender responsive policies that guarantee safety, dignity, and access to care.
#WomensMentalHealth #EndGenderInequity
Violence, inequities, and stigma intensify women’s struggles with depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. It is time to demand gender responsive policies that guarantee safety, dignity, and access to care.
#WomensMentalHealth #EndGenderInequity
Picture a mental health map that reveals who’s being reached, what’s effective, and where support is most needed.
Reliable data helps us direct resources, track impact, and close equity gaps, especially for those living with psychosis and beyond.
#MentalHealthSystems #MeasureWhatMatters
Reliable data helps us direct resources, track impact, and close equity gaps, especially for those living with psychosis and beyond.
#MentalHealthSystems #MeasureWhatMatters
October 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Picture a mental health map that reveals who’s being reached, what’s effective, and where support is most needed.
Reliable data helps us direct resources, track impact, and close equity gaps, especially for those living with psychosis and beyond.
#MentalHealthSystems #MeasureWhatMatters
Reliable data helps us direct resources, track impact, and close equity gaps, especially for those living with psychosis and beyond.
#MentalHealthSystems #MeasureWhatMatters
Join us for a powerful two-part webinar series on The Power of Peer Support!
#PeerSupport #LivedExperience #GMHPN_Speakout #FreeWebinar
#PeerSupport #LivedExperience #GMHPN_Speakout #FreeWebinar
October 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Join us for a powerful two-part webinar series on The Power of Peer Support!
#PeerSupport #LivedExperience #GMHPN_Speakout #FreeWebinar
#PeerSupport #LivedExperience #GMHPN_Speakout #FreeWebinar
What if peer support was seen as a core workplace strategy, not an add-on?
Peer support reduces stigma, strengthens solidarity, and boosts performance. Embedding it creates cultures of care that lift entire teams.
#WorkplaceWellness #PeerSupport #MentalHealthAtWork
Peer support reduces stigma, strengthens solidarity, and boosts performance. Embedding it creates cultures of care that lift entire teams.
#WorkplaceWellness #PeerSupport #MentalHealthAtWork
October 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
What if peer support was seen as a core workplace strategy, not an add-on?
Peer support reduces stigma, strengthens solidarity, and boosts performance. Embedding it creates cultures of care that lift entire teams.
#WorkplaceWellness #PeerSupport #MentalHealthAtWork
Peer support reduces stigma, strengthens solidarity, and boosts performance. Embedding it creates cultures of care that lift entire teams.
#WorkplaceWellness #PeerSupport #MentalHealthAtWork
Telehealth is a pillar of mental health care, and we measure its impact by care outcomes, not tech metrics.
It’s about secure, reliable systems that reach the underserved
communities.
What would make a digital mental health service feel trustworthy to you?
#MentalHealthCare #InclusiveInnovation
It’s about secure, reliable systems that reach the underserved
communities.
What would make a digital mental health service feel trustworthy to you?
#MentalHealthCare #InclusiveInnovation
October 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Telehealth is a pillar of mental health care, and we measure its impact by care outcomes, not tech metrics.
It’s about secure, reliable systems that reach the underserved
communities.
What would make a digital mental health service feel trustworthy to you?
#MentalHealthCare #InclusiveInnovation
It’s about secure, reliable systems that reach the underserved
communities.
What would make a digital mental health service feel trustworthy to you?
#MentalHealthCare #InclusiveInnovation
World Mental Health Day 🌍
This year’s theme: “Access to Services: Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies.”
GMHPN stands with all affected by crises and calls for fair, compassionate mental health care for all. It’s not a luxury; it’s a lifeline.
#WorldMentalHealthDay #GMHPN_Speakout
This year’s theme: “Access to Services: Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies.”
GMHPN stands with all affected by crises and calls for fair, compassionate mental health care for all. It’s not a luxury; it’s a lifeline.
#WorldMentalHealthDay #GMHPN_Speakout
October 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
World Mental Health Day 🌍
This year’s theme: “Access to Services: Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies.”
GMHPN stands with all affected by crises and calls for fair, compassionate mental health care for all. It’s not a luxury; it’s a lifeline.
#WorldMentalHealthDay #GMHPN_Speakout
This year’s theme: “Access to Services: Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies.”
GMHPN stands with all affected by crises and calls for fair, compassionate mental health care for all. It’s not a luxury; it’s a lifeline.
#WorldMentalHealthDay #GMHPN_Speakout
Communities can help close the mental health workforce gap by training peers, empowering non-clinical supporters, and valuing lived experience to deliver quality care.
What other roles can communities play in shaping the future of mental health care?
#MentalHealthWorkforce #ClosetheWorkforceGap
What other roles can communities play in shaping the future of mental health care?
#MentalHealthWorkforce #ClosetheWorkforceGap
October 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Communities can help close the mental health workforce gap by training peers, empowering non-clinical supporters, and valuing lived experience to deliver quality care.
What other roles can communities play in shaping the future of mental health care?
#MentalHealthWorkforce #ClosetheWorkforceGap
What other roles can communities play in shaping the future of mental health care?
#MentalHealthWorkforce #ClosetheWorkforceGap
Community-based programmes, peer support, and safe conversations about suicide reduce the risk of suicide
#suicideprevention #communitybasedinterventions
#suicideprevention #communitybasedinterventions
October 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Community-based programmes, peer support, and safe conversations about suicide reduce the risk of suicide
#suicideprevention #communitybasedinterventions
#suicideprevention #communitybasedinterventions