Mental health and human rights at the centre of a meeting in Oujda

The Regional Human Rights Commission (CRDH) of Oujda-Figuig organised, on Saturday, in Oujda, a study day under the theme “Mental health and human rights, for a new approach to mental health issues in the Oriental region.”The organisation of this meeting is part of the Commission's programme for the year 2014 and the commitment of the regional commissions to the implementation of the recommendations of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) report on “mental health and human rights, urgent need for a new policy.” This meeting aims to open a responsible and sincere dialogue between institutional actors involved in the mental health sector, neurologists, professionals, and associative actors, with a view to establishing a new approach at the regional level focused on mental health issues which “fall under the problems diagnosed and treated by the CNDH report.”Speaking on this occasion,…