「在病房與家門之間，佈建精障者社區生活的支點」
Between the Ward and Home: Community Support of Mental Health
呂淑貞理事長於公聽會上倡議政府應設立復元學院
適逢2020世界心理健康日，中華民國立法委員王婉諭於10月8日在立院舉行《精神衛生法》修草案公聽會，希望能排除該法案在實際面上窒礙難行的阻礙，並建立病人在社區生活的支點。中華心理衛生協會理事長呂淑貞以專家學者的身分受邀參與以提供專業意見，同時呼籲政府必須重視心理健康。呂理事長在發言中強調社區支持在精障患者恢復過程中的重要性，以及台灣目前對於同儕支持資源及工作者的匱乏。並援引國外的實際操作為例，建議政府應設立康復/復元學院，培訓精神康復者成為同儕工作者以提供服務，自助助人，貢獻社群。最後也呼籲政府增加心理健康的投資，適當分配資源以觸及更多需要的人，並在執行任何政策時都能考慮到人民的心理健康。
Between the Ward and Home: Community Support of Mental Health
In order to tackle the practical issues while enforcing the Taiwanese Mental Health Act, which was revised in 2007 and came into effect in 2008, legislator Wan-Yu Wang hold an amendment public hearing on Oct. 9th, 2020, echoing the 2020 World Mental Health Day. The law aims to assist patient to live independently and eventually re-integrated into society, however, where government stands to help communities in accommodating people with mental illness was ambiguous. The WFMH Reginal VP Shu-Jen Lu was invited as a guest speaker to share professional insight and advocate the importance of mental health. In her speech, Lu focused on the lack of intentional peer support (IPS) in the law, and elaborated the crucial role IPS played in foreign mental health professionals such as UK, Australia, and Hong Kong. In the end, Lu once again urged the government to increase investment, grant unbiased resource allocation, and hold mental health in high regard.