MHI Weekly Update 79
September 15, 2008
The Open Society Mental Health Initiative weekly update includes information on the latest developments impacting people with mental disabilities. 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

OSI-Supported Disability Rights Video Screened at UN
May 12, 2008
 VIDEO  
In recognition of the enforcement of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, WITNESS and the UN screened an OSI-supported video documenting the rights of people with mental disabilities to live as part of the community in Croatia.  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

Macedonia Opens "Iron Gate" in Major Step Toward Ending Social Exclusion of Hundreds of Citizens
September 25, 2008
Macedonia has signed a three-year cooperation agreement with the Open Society Mental Health Initiative to move people with intellectual disabilities out of an institution and into local communities. more

Moldova Moves to Protect the Rights of People with Mental Disabilities
Press Release
May 27, 2008
The government of Moldova joined with OSI and other NGOs in paving the way to end an era of isolating people with mental disabilities in institutions.  more

Mental Health Initiative Project Wins Top Civil Society Honor
May 20, 2008
The "Different, but together” program, supported by the OSI Mental Health Initiative, received the top award at the Romanian Civil Society Gala. 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