Founded as the International Association on the Political Use of Psychiatry (IAPUP), a volunteer human rights organization aiming to end the incarceration of dissidents in psychiatric hospitals.
Soviet psychiatric association admitted to systematic abuse and promised to release political prisoners during the World Psychiatric Association congress.
Led the global campaign against the abuse of psychiatry in the former Soviet Union (USSR).
Renamed the Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry, later Global Initiative on Psychiatry (GIP).
Incubated numerous national psychiatric associations.
Founded the Network of Reformers in Psychiatry.
Regularly organized Regional and World Congresses of the World Psychiatric Association.
Trained thousands of mental health professionals across various countries.
Established a publishing house to disseminate modern mental health care literature in Eastern Europe.
Initiated reform processes in Central & Eastern Europe’s mental health profession.
Initiated reform processes for psychiatric hospitals in Sri Lanka.
Developed mobile psychiatric care teams for remote communities in Sierra Leone.
Opened nine Expert Centers on Mental Health in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Established independent mental health organizations in Bulgaria, Georgia, and Lithuania.
Promoted a new approach to mental health care focused on community integration.
Became a federation uniting independent member organizations across several countries.
Prioritized rehabilitation, trauma care, and addressing psychiatric abuse for underserved populations.
Conducted assessments of social care homes, prison mental health care services, and forensic psychiatry worldwide.
Developed programs to combat social isolation due to COVID-19.
Launched social media campaigns against mental health stigma for Ukrainian and Russian speakers.
Created online mental health and trauma support programs for victims of state abuse and violent conflict.
Leading the Veteran Mental Resilience Center of Excellence in cooperation with Taras Shevchenko National University and Kings College.
Continues to advocate for ethical mental health care and against psychiatric abuse in Russia.
