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the human rights of all members of a family and should exclude measures that
undermine the rights of any individual;
(e)
Address bullying with an ecological, public health approach that values
and fosters non-violent relationships and engages children, schools, families and
communities to end this harmful practice;
(f)
Adopt prevention strategies to address depression and suicide through a
modern public health approach that focuses on tackling determinants, enhancing life
skills and resilience, promoting social connection and healthy relationships, and
avoiding excessive medicalization;
(g)
Assign high priority to developing accessible public health interventions
to prevent or reduce violence in all its forms, including as part of a core package of
services provided within universal health coverage;
(h)
Address the fact that violence, institutionalization and other forms of
coercion are unacceptably widespread in mental health-care systems, often in the
name of treatment, in the case of persons who are diagnosed with mental health
conditions, doing more harm than good;
(i)
Refrain from and prevent xenophobic action and rhetoric inciting
intolerance against persons in vulnerable situations, including people on the move and
persons who are discriminated against by law and in practice.
97.
With regard to the promotion of accountability and measuring progress, the
Special Rapporteur recommends that States develop a more holistic set of indicators
to measure progress in the full realization of the right to mental health, including:
(a)
Performance indicators on the reduction of coercion, institutionalization
and excessive medicalization, and on the sustainable funding of rights-based
alternatives to a biomedical framework and the use of coercion;
(b)
initiatives;
Participatory indicators on the funding of user-led and other civil society
(c)
Cross-sectoral indicators on the coordination and integration of the
promotion of mental health in education, housing and employment.
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