WAPR is an international NGO, composed mainly by interdisciplinary mental health professionals and also with people with service user and family member experiences, from all regions in the World.
WAPR Action Plan
The involvement of people with lived experiences and their families in mental health services is a qualifying aspect of the WAPR’s activities that should go beyond social protection and the recognition of fundamental rights. People experiencing disabilities are usually protected and cared for, but must become rights holders in order to ensure their social inclusion, as well as their access to high-level social and health services.
Involving people with lived experiences is a necessary step toward allowing their greater participation in all aspects of healthcare. There is a need for real acknowledgement of lived experiences as an equal knowledge base in mental health. The result would be improved treatment outcomes and more appropriate services that adequately respond to peoples’ needs.
Mission and Goals
Our History
WAPR Action Plan
Our source of communication
Bulletin
Rethinking Mental Health and Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Support Among Moving Populations. WAPR Bulletin, 56.
This issue of the WAPR Bulletin invites us to rethink mental health and psychosocial rehabilitation and support in the context of migration, displacement, and moving populations. Bringing together contributions from researchers, practitioners, and people with lived...
Embracing Hope: A Global Perspective on Recovery and Psychosocial Rehabilitation, WAPR Bulletin, 55.
This issue of the WAPR Bulletin carries forward the theme of the WAPR World Congress and PSR Canada Recovery Conference in Vancouver, Embracing Hope: A Global Perspective on Recovery and Psychosocial Rehabilitation. The artwork kindly provided by the Vancouver Art...
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News & Events
World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day 10 October 2026 Lived experiences heard: real voices, real change World Mental Health Day is an opportunity to meaningfully engage with people with lived experience (PWLE) of mental health conditions and to recognize their knowledge as a vital...
World Mental Health Day Webinar
World Mental Health Day Webinar: Lived Experiences Heard - Real Voices, Real Change (organized jointly with the World Federation for Mental Health and the Global Mental Health Action Network) Save the date: Friday 9 October 2026 at 1:00 PM (GMT+01:00) London During...
20th. Anniversary UN Convention. Right in Mental Health
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