Monika Nemanytė Regional Seminar Budapest 28 05 2011

 Monika Nemanytė

 Regional Seminar

Budapest 28 05 2011

“a process of personal growth and development, and involves overcoming the effects of being a mental health patient, with all its implications, to regain control and establish a personally fulfilling, meaningful life” (Davidson et al, 2005).

is an association of persons with mental health problems, their family members and careers, psychiatric staff, and donors of the organization;

the first mental patients’ organization in Lithuania;

was founded on March, 1993;

member of international organizations: Hamlet Trust, ENUSP, GAMIAN-Europe, European Patients Forum.

advocacy and protection of rights of people with mental problems;

health promotion and social rehabilitation of people with mental

disorders;

combating stigma &discrimination and promoting equal opportunities

of mentally ill;

organizing educational activities and discussions for mental patients

and general public;

informing the society about the problems of mental patients;

improving the image of people with mental disorders in society;

providing a stimulating learning and experiential environment in

therapeutic community;

urging and encouraging mental users to creative self-expression.

2001 – member and volunteer of Club 13&Co.

2001 – Editorial Board member of The Club 13&Co. News (articles& translations

since No.13)

2001 – Club 13&Co. Board member.

2002 – member of Patients Advocacy Workgroup.

2003 – secretary of Club 13&Co. Board.

2004 – assistant implementing the project Advocacy for Mental Users – a New

Institution in Lithuania.

2006 – Board member of GAMIAN-Europe.

2007 – Patients For Patients’ Safety (PFPS) champion.

2008 – coordinator performing the international GAMIAN-Europe STIGMA Survey.

2010-2011 – GAMIAN-Europe Newsletter Editorial Committee member.

20025th, Ljubljana (Slovenia).

2003 6th, Marseilles (France).

2006 – 2010 (after elections to GE Board):9th, Blankenberge (Belgium). 10th, Terme Tuhelj (Croatia).11th, Jerusalem (Israel).12th, Malta.13th, Lisbon (Portugal).

The term “recovery” in mental health/illness is becoming equated (in the UK and possibly other countries) with loss of services, loss of benefits, and a push towards returning to work, without the support, retraining and flexibility this would require.

THE PETITION. Truth and Reconciliation In Psychiatry (T.R.I.P.)

Draft Statement. 2011.

strong social network and circle of friends; stable living situation, stable structured

environment; feelings of achievement, determination, purpose

of living, hobbies or work; interesting leisure social, cultural and spiritual

activities; close friend, relative with whom to share and solve

practical problems and control stress; physical wellness; effective medication without tiring side effects; real future expectations and hopes.

difficulties associated with the previously listed factors;

excessive stress; conflicts within interpersonal relations; abuse of psychoactive substances; permanent positive and negative symptoms;

depression or secondary symptoms; extremely frequent relapses, when the positive

symptoms become stronger.

1. Your problem should be unknown to many people.2. Your creativity may justify any craziness.3. Your responsibility is main value ensuring good

relations with the surrounding people.4. If your originality is unacceptable to others, just

pretend to be “normal” and put on a mask of “normality”.

5. Learn from your mistakes and try to move “forward” – to the improvement of your personality – not toward direction of degradation.

Saulius Pečiulis (doctor of social sciences and mental health services user),“Ten secrets to a succesful life for people with mental problems”, 2002.

6. Alchemic transformation – how one’s own shortcomings can turn into advantages.

7. Use special psycho-techniques to ensure your success.

8. Do not accuse anybody and thank God (or fate) for everything good you have in your life.

9. Self-help – actively participate in the system of mental health care, not only by using it but by helping others.

10.Life is a stage – take all the problems easily with a sense of humour.

Saulius Pečiulis (doctor of social sciences and mental health services user),“Ten secrets to a succesful life for people with mental problems”, 2002.

When we are no longer able to change a situation –

just think of an incurable disease such as inoperable

cancer – we are challenged to change ourselves.

Viktor Frankl(1905 – 1997)

Psychosis gives us a chance to attain individuation,

i.e. to become individuals leading a life which is

meaningful for ourselves and for the others in

harmony with the self and Supreme Being.

Karl Gustav Jung, (1875 – 1961)

Gintautas Mikutas.Sunflower. 2004.

“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Club 13&Co. Parko 15, Vilnius LT-11205, LithuaniaTel. (3705) 267 06 13;Fax (3705) 267 15 03;E-mail: monika@club13.lt

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