BasicNeeds

BasicNeeds is a global mental health organisation, which works with mentally ill people in the developing world to alleviate their poverty and help them secure their basic rights.

The organization uses a model of working, called the "Model for Mental Health and Development", created by its Founder Director, Chris Underhill MBE. The Model has 5 parts: Capacity Building, Community Mental Health, Sustainable Livelihoods, Research and Management and Administration. The aim of the model is to demonstrate that cost-effective community mental health care can be introduced into poor communities in developing countries and that mentally ill people can advocate for and secure their own human rights.

Since the year 2000 the organisation has helped 54,076 poor, mentally ill people in India, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Colombia and Lao PDR.

References

*cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-77655832.html|title=Bishop's BasicNeeds project to ease minds in developing countries.|date= August 28, 2001 |work=The Birmingham Post (England)|accessdate=2008-09-09
*cite news|url=http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=PSTI000020060602e26100013|title=BasicNeeds: Helping the Mentally Ill Live Productively|last=Kaplan|first=Arline|date=2006-06-01|work=Psychiatric Times|accessdate=2008-09-09
* [http://www.islamonline.net/English/Science/2006/05/article05.shtml Basic Needs for Mental Health, By Vijita Fernando. IslamOnline.net]

External links

* [http://www.basicneeds.org BasicNeeds]
* [http://www.mentalhealthanddevelopment.org/ Mental Health and Development]