Source: # What is true: WHO-style rights include…? *From the book – Chapter 32: Rights, Stigma and Suicide Prevention* ## The right answer Community care, consent, protection from abuse, integration ## Rights People with severe mental disorders often face discrimination in education, employment, and housing; social exclusion; human-rights violations — neglect, abuse, inappropriate confinement. WHO and other bodies emphasise: - Community-based care over long-term institutionalisation. - Respect for autonomy and informed consent. - Protection from abuse and coercion. - Integration into society with support. Families reduce stigma by education, respectful language, and inclusion — not by hiding the person or treating the house as a ward. [Read the full chapter – Chapter 32: Rights, Stigma and Suicide Prevention](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/chapter/32/) ## Stories from real life - [The Meeting He Did Not Join](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/story/the-meeting-he-did-not-join-134/) – Daniel, thirty-four, a logistics supervisor in Nairobi, had been treated for depression for four months and was doing better. He had not told anyone at work.… - [What Farah Said at the Bus Stop](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/story/what-farah-said-at-the-bus-stop-135/) – Farah, twenty-two, a college friend of Imran in Karachi, had been quiet for weeks. At the bus stop one evening she said lightly, 'You all would… - [The Room With the Latch](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/story/the-room-with-the-latch-136/) – Kofi, thirty, had lived with schizophrenia for ten years in a village outside Kumasi. After his last relapse, his family, frightened by neighbours' talk, kept him… - [Sam Told Nobody at Home](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/story/sam-told-nobody-at-home-137/) – Sam, seventeen, a pupil in Sydney, had told two friends that he was a boy, though everyone at home still used a different name. When he… More on this topic: [Mental health crisis and suicide prevention – what to do](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/topic/safety-crisis/) ## More questions - [What is true: asking about suicide…?](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/what-is-true-asking-about-suicide/) - [What is true: A locked starved room at home is…?](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/what-is-true-a-locked-starved-room-at-home-is/) - [What is true: if someone may be suicidal…?](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/what-is-true-if-someone-may-be-suicidal/) - [The Meeting He Did Not Join – what this story teaches, the signs and what to do](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/story-the-meeting-he-did-not-join/) - [What Farah Said at the Bus Stop – what this story teaches, the signs and what to do](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/story-what-farah-said-at-the-bus-stop/) - [The Room With the Latch – what this story teaches, the signs and what to do](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/story-the-room-with-the-latch/) - [Sam Told Nobody at Home – what this story teaches, the signs and what to do](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/story-sam-told-nobody-at-home/) - [The Words We Use After Ravi – what this story teaches, the signs and what to do](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/story-the-words-we-use-after-ravi/) - [Understanding stigma](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/understanding-stigma/) - [Understanding rights – stigma and suicide prevention](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/understanding-rights-stigma-and-suicide-prevention/) [myadvisorfriend@gmail.com](mailto:myadvisorfriend@gmail.com) · [Contact](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/contact/) · [About](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/about/) · [Privacy](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/privacy/) · [Disclaimer](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/disclaimer/) --- *Psychology for Everyone – A Mental Well Being Series* by Satish Zope · free to read · Contact: [myadvisorfriend@gmail.com](mailto:myadvisorfriend@gmail.com) · [About](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/about/) · [Privacy](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/privacy/) · [Disclaimer](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/disclaimer/)