MAP PROJECT

MENTAL HEALTH AUTONOMY PROJECT

Mental Health Autonomy Project


A project to improve autonomy based on experiences

The project Mental Health Autonomy Project, led by AMAFE and with Progetto Ítaca Roma as a collaborating partner, It aims to facilitate access to and maintenance of independent living, as well as strengthening employability.Finding a job and living independently are fundamental factors in a person's recovery process, and to date, they are far from being covered.

The same objective from different perspectives

  • First-person experiences

    Each person is unique, and each diagnosis and experience are different. Therefore, it is important to hear the voices of those who experience firsthand what it means to have a mental health problem. Promoting independent living and autonomy undoubtedly requires giving voice to the people involved in order to more strongly advance their path to full citizenship.

  • Participation of professionals

    La proposición de nuevos enfoques basados en la colaboración para actuar y prevenir el desarrollo de los problemas de salud mental, mejorará la práctica profesional y la eficacia y eficiencia de los servicios de salud mental. Además, el intercambio metodológico, las intervenciones tempranas y la promoción de la autonomía para evitar la cronificación y el estancamiento de los problemas clínicos y sociales son parte importante del proyecto MAP.

  • The importance of families

    The onset of a mental health problem not only affects the individual, but also the family and their surroundings. In Spain and Italy, more than 80% of care and support tasks are performed by informal caregivers, yet the families' needs for support and information are barely taken into account.

A European program based on the collaboration between AMAFE and Progetto ITACA Rome

The MAP program, from its acronym in English, Mental Health Autonomy Project, It is a joint work that AMAFE will carry out with the Italian organization Ithaca Rome Project, an organization that offers free services to people with mental health problems and their families. Ithaca Project, Rome It is the accommodation agency of the Centro Club Itaca Roma Dedicated to the recovery and rehabilitation of young adults with serious mental illnesses through support for social autonomy and inclusion in the labor market with a regular salary.


Since its foundation, Progetto Ítaca Roma, through the The Clubhouse model, focused on autonomy and self-determination, has supported people with mental health problems in redefining their work profile and strengthening their employability and autonomy.

Know about Progetto Ítaca Roma

Conoce el proyecto y las conclusiones del focus group de familias

The drafting of a manual of good practices as a final result

Mental health Autonomy Project aims to develop a Manual of good practices through the transnational exchange of experiences between people with lived experiences in mental health, their families and their professionals.


This manual of good practices will promote the right of people with mental health problems to live autonomously and independently. without this condition implying discrimination or exclusion to achieve it, taking control of their lives, ceasing to be passive subjects in society.


Thanks to this manual of good practices we will bring the experiences lived to the greatest number of people and, in doing so, contribute to generating an exchange in the values of mental health care, including actions that encompass both the individual and the collective, placing people and their needs at the center of any action.


The Mental Health Autonomy Project is co-funded by the European Union's Erasmus program. The content of this website is the sole responsibility of AMAFE, and neither the European Commission nor the Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education (SEPIE) are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained herein.

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