CHICAGO – With every increase or decrease in depressive symptom severity, there is a corresponding significant and stepwise increase or decrease in psychosocial disability among patients with bipolar ...

The pathway to reforming the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is littered with obstacles. Among the biggest challenges is the federal and state governments agreeing on responsibility and ...

Stakeholders in the mental health sector have renewed calls for increased awareness, strengthened support systems and the elimination of stigma faced by persons living with psychosocial disabilities.

An advocacy project for social change and inclusive policies for persons with psychosocial disability (PPD) has been launched in Lagos. The project — RIRE which means re-address inclusion rights and ...

Ms. Hawa Diallo, Chief of the Civil Society Unit at the Civil Society and Advocacy Section, UN Department of Global Communications has extensive United Nations experience in public information ...

Globally, an estimated 792 million people or 1 in 10 people, including 1 in 5 children, have a mental health condition. Gender is a major factor (World Health Organization1; 2019a; 2019b; 2019c).

Objective To assess the longitudinal associations of physical and psychosocial exposures with disability retirement due to a shoulder lesion. Methods In a nationwide register-based study, we followed ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the “Committee”) ahead of its upcoming review of Indonesia. This submission ...

Thousands of Australians with high levels of functional impairment due to mental health challenges are being neglected by the government and are likely to end up on the National Disability Insurance ...

Grattan Institute's Disability Program has support from the Summer Foundation. The pathway to reforming the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is littered with obstacles. Among the biggest ...