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Formation | 20 October 1980 |
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Founder | Gérard Bles |
Type | Non-profit NGO |
Headquarters | Lorentzweg 45 B 1221 EE, Hilversum, Netherlands |
Fields | psychiatry |
1986–present Chief Executive | Robert van Voren, Ph.D. |
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Website | www |
Global Initiative on Psychiatry (GIP) is an international foundation for mental health reform which took part in the campaign against the political abuse of psychiatry in the USSR.[1] The organization is of NGO type.[2]
Headquartered in Hilversum, GIP has regional centers in Tbilisi, Sofia, and Vilnius, and a country office in Dushanbe.[3]
GIP is a main contributor to improving psychiatric care in countries of the former Soviet Union as well as Central and Eastern Europe.[4] It has expanded its focus and as of 2010 is including projects in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.[3]
GIP also focuses on the political abuse of psychiatry throughout the world[5] and human rights monitoring.[6]
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