Mental Health

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OSI Stories: People with Developmental Disabilities—Living as Everyone Else Does
Institutionalized for decades, Milica Čičić is one of thousands of Croatians with developmental disabilities being reintegrated into society, with the help of an OSI grantee. more

About OSI & Mental Health
The Public Health Program�s Mental Health Initiative aims to ensure that people with mental health problems and intellectual disabilities are able to live as equal citizens in the community and to participate in society with full respect for their human rights. more

Partners for Better Policies: A Manual for Mainstreaming
August 2006
This manual, cosponsored by the Mental Health Initiative, provides materials relevant to people with mental health problems and/or intellectual disabilities, and can be used in training events on influencing policy. more

Access to Education and Employment for People with Intellectual Disabilities: An Overview of the Situation in Central and Eastern Europe
October 2006
This Mental Health Initiative publication includes data from monitoring reports on access to education and employment for people with intellectual disabilities. more

Unprecedented Project Will Help Families Survive Poverty, Mental Disability
Press Release
August 6, 2007
Habitat for Humanity Kyrgyzstan and OSI's Mental Health Initiative have entered into a partnership to provide decent housing and support services to help Kyrgyz families stay together as they face the challenges of mental disabilities. more

Step Up: Sharing Successes and Challenges in Deinstitutionalization
Budapest, Hungary
April 24, 2008
OSI's Mental Health Initiative co-hosted a regional seminar in Budapest to share successes and challenges in ending the institutionalization of people with mental disabilities. more

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