World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH)

Advocacy and Awareness Organizations is an effort to

make available a comprehensive worldwide searchable directory of

existing mental health patient/service user, family

member/caregiver support groups, and mental health advocacy

will stimulate international awareness of the great importance

of advocacy to improve mental health care and combat stigma.

Many of the organizations listed are engaged in advocacy and/or

public education as their primary mission or consider it to be

organizations are included in this first edition of the

Directory, and are arranged by country and area of interest

(anxiety disorders, depression, mental health associations,

schizophrenia, etc). As additional support groups and

organizations are identified, the Directory will be periodically

to the organizations, including its Affiliate and Voting member

organizations, for their assistance in locating and cataloging

Directory has been made possible through a grant from

AstraZeneca. WFMH extends its thanks and appreciation for the

support and encouragement it received from AstraZeneca that has