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Groups of (ex-)users and survivors of
psychiatry (and other addresses) in Ukraine
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Otrazhennye Miry (Reflected Worlds) · Contact: Otrazhennye
Miry, c/o Ukrainian Psychiatric Foundation, Vul. Frunze 103-A,
KYIV 254655, Tel. +380 44 4684185, Fax +380 44 4350271, +380
44 4637475
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Podderzhka (Support) · Contact: Podderzhka, 58-A Rokosovskogo
St, kv. 60, CHERNIGOV, Tel. +380 4622 42379
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* Soyuz Druzey – Friends'
Union . Agenstvo Spryiannia Socialnomu Rosvytku (Social Development
Support Agency) with Soyuz Druzey (Friends' Union), an NGO for
people with mental health problems, is part of Social Development
Support Agency (SDSA), the major purpose of which is to support
civil society development through the improvement of the social
protection system; to contribute to the creation of civil society
through providing social services and co-ordinating the efforts
of the state with NGOs in social areas, especially in mental
health. One of our main priorities is to work with users and
ex-users of mental health services. Special emphasis is placed
on supporting the creation of self-help groups and community
centres for people with mental health problems. We are open
for users and ex-users, who want to communicate with other people
with mental health problems. We try to create a supportive and
secure space for communication and development for these people,
their family members and professionals in this sphere, and also
provide communal work methods and psychological aid. We try
to help users to improve their social position, standard of
living, inner state and interpersonal relations. In recent months
SDSA, in addition to all its previous activities, has been carrying
out two new projects: The development of an employment project
for members of Friends Union, the first of its kind in Ukraine.
Advocacy of benefits reform. We have also taken part in a number
of international conferences, workshops and seminars; prepared
issues of our magazine; created a video-film and produced a
radio programme about our Centre · Contact: Agenstvo Spryiannia
Socialnomu Rosvytku, PO Box 111, KYIV 01010, Tel. +380 44 2166722,
+380 44 4668092, Fax +380 44 2166791
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* "User"
– All-Ukrainian Nongovernmental Organisation of Invalids
Users of Psychiatric Help · Publication: web site www.uzer.org.ua.
· Contact: "User", vul. Litvinenko 48, kv.4,
Mailbox 4985, VINNITSA 21018, Tel. +380 432 572939, Fax +380
432 533988, E-Mail uangouser[at]vn.ua.
English
information available
- * VITa Charitable Foundation:
VITa aims to provide help, support and various services for the
users and ex-users of mental health services, methodological and
informational support, and aid in the protection of social and
economic rights of the users. In relation to users and ex-users,
our organisation's policy is: To reduce stigma in society and
to work together with mass media in order to fight stereotypes
about the users; To protect the social and economic rights of
the users; To unite users and their relatives into self-help groups;
To encourage professionals to take part in the organisation of
educational and self-help programs; To disseminate information
to users as widely as possible; To find, develop and implement
new types of activity that can help users' integration and adaptation;
To establish dialogue with representatives of official institutions;
To contribute to the worldwide study, implementation and development
of methods of tackling the problems of users of mental health
services · Contact: VITa, ap.122, 3/15, Baggoutovskaya str.,
KYIV 04050, Tel. +380 44 2162743, Fax +380 44 2162743
(other address: Vita, 8 Vorovsky Str. apt 34, KIEV 254 053)
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