Europe's mental health institutions uniformly substandard, says WHO

None of the 75 sites visited by experts met the standards of care set by the United Nations

Mental health institutions in Europe are failing to safeguard residents’ human rights, with many described as shocking by experts who have found not one institution among 75 visited across the continent fully met all of the standards set by the United Nations.

While some institutions took care to train staff to deal with crises, create individual recovery plans and provide access to legal support, others failed to even partially meet such standards.

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