ICMHN advocates for transformative global mental health reform grounded in human rights, equity, professional recognition, and universal access to high-quality mental healthcare.
The organisation supports mental health nurses to influence policy, shape systems, and contribute directly to international mental health reform agendas.
POLICY PRIORITIES
Workforce Recognition and Sustainability
Advocating for specialist recognition, workforce investment, safe staffing, and leadership pathways.
Education Reform
Supporting contemporary curricula that include:
- Lived experience perspectives
- Reflective practice
- Therapeutic relationships
- Trauma-informed care
- Cultural safety
- AI and digital literacy
Human Rights and Recovery
Promoting least restrictive, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented care environments.
Digital Mental Health and AI
Supporting ethical, culturally safe, evidence-informed use of digital technologies and AI within mental healthcare systems.
Climate and Mental Health
Recognising climate change as a mental health issue requiring ecologically informed and trauma-responsive approaches.
Suicide Prevention
Positioning mental health nurses as leaders in suicide prevention and therapeutic alliance-based models of care.
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP
ICMHN supports:
- Chief Mental Health Nurse roles internationally
- Collaboration with WHO and international agencies
- Global standards development
- International policy consultation
- Advocacy for universal mental health nursing care