title: What contribution can ordinary people make to national mental health policies?
abstract: Recent development practice has begun to demonstrate the possibilities of local communities engaging in local mental health policy and has been the subject of much research. The challenge now is to apply this grassroots learning to the development of national mental health policy and thus address the gap between the top-down and bottom-up styles of policy-making. This report describes the progress and achievements of grassroots organisations and people with mental health problems in Romania in developing policies to promote community-based mental health services at a national level.
authors.affiliation: InterAction, 1 Tankerton Road, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 2AB, UK. secretariat@interaction.uk.net
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cutler
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D003256:Community Participation; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D035082:Federal Government; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D009111:Local Government; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D011050:Policy Making; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012383:Romania; D012941:Social Responsibility