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Building the Future of Mental Health Care

Event Recap
November 19, 2018
Madness and Human Rights: Ideas about the Past and Future of Mental Health Treatment (November 12, 2018)
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Throughout his years on the advisory board of the Open Society Public Health Program, John Trainor has studied how society reacts to the phenomenon of mental illness and the impact of that reaction on how people with mental illness are treated.

During a recent event, he presented examples from the past, reflected on how social acceptance and treatment have changed, and offered suggestions for the future of mental health care.

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